Four exercises from studio: story telling, time management, design process and design language.
Being an industrial designer, not only do we develop a functional and aesthetic product, but we also develop stories along the way about how the product came to life. The company craighill, led by a whole team of industrial designers, realised the struggles brought to life when using everyday scissors. Commonly seen, is when you try to cut plastics with scissors, and the plastic gets wedged between the two shears, and doesn't actually slice through the material.
Craighill saw these imperfections in commonly used scissors and took it to the design team. They went though every type of scissor, and what their usage was, including small scissors for first aid, large scissors for general cutting, and old metal scissors used in the 1900's.
Each product had its floor, each product also had a strong feature that made it work. They settled on an important aspect, this aspect stops the splitting between shears and helps keep them strong, rigid and have little flex. This aspect was to have the scissors made of two, strong metal blades that were forged with an included handle which was then later dipped in a wax for grip. these two blades are then pinned together firmly, ensuring there is no flex between the two shears.
Overall, craighill turned a once thought 'perfect' tool, into one of the most practical and strong pair of scissors in today's market. This is a beautiful example of industrial design in society.
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This activity was designed to grow my vocabulary of design words and to develop detailed descriptions about a range of products.
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