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Re-innovation
How does every-body like it or
make it.
What keeps people drinking
it.
Do people drink it outdoors.
What do people have alongside.
Breaking down the process and elements involved in making a cup of tea will help me understand what
aspects i can revolutionalise.
consider the Who, When, Where, why and how.
Concepts...
While enjoying a drink with another person you are not only sharing the taste but also the moment. Could two people be brought
closer together very.
Closer
Carrying drinks while sharing the moment with Friends is always a tricky process, Could a simple solution address this.
Carrying
Sharing with others can have its negetive aspects but could simple solutuions make
this much easier.
Groups
in the outdoors it is always hastle to share a warm drink, could i develop a has-
tle free object to ensure youve always got a drink to share.
Outdoors
Sharing a drinkin a group is never straight forward, everyone has different tastes but could this problem be fairly easy to
cater for.
Preference
Space is an ever growing concern from storing the components needed to make
a tea and the potencial damage caused by spilling a full cup very costly.
Space
CHoice
a simple carrying device could potencially be
a very effective concept. not only for the home but also
for the catering market such as cafes.
a simple carrying device could potencially be
a very effective concept. not only for the home but also
for the catering market such as cafes.
Chosen Concepts
Both these objects have to potencial to be used in a personal but also in comercial enviroments.
there would be many issues to address
if i took this design futher such as.
Stabilitybalance
SizeLid
Handles
for this design to be a sucsess the mech-anism would have to be smooth and and
easy to use.
With a sliding lid this design could work well but it would
have to easily lock into place.
Safty will be a con-sideration with car-
rying hot water.
Also the handle would have to be
suitable for a num-ber of people to
use.
A detachable spout splitter would
definalty not be suit-bale to separate the
two.
Main Conecpt
Although there are many flasks that already exist, to transform it with the idea of sharing could bring a whole new dimension to an everyday
object.
Out off all of my con-cepts this is one of the most simple forms but such a simple form has the most potencial for further development
Exploiting the strap that secures the cups to the body of the unit will be the key feature
of this project, this will require further test-ing though modelling.
Would having sucha small internal flask
be a worthless task as it would just been too small for many people.
DevelopmentSplit Pot
As everyones preference is different we need to accomadate and having a dispencer
that wasnt only limited to a single beverage such as a teapot is to tea. but the main prob-lem in doing this is to store both separatly
and still be able to pour them with ease.
two individual containers com-bined together with the same handle would make pouring
easy.
having a curved profile towards the base would make the liquid
center as it emptied and keep it
level.
passing a handle through the middle would ensure the balance point was
equal between both.
A sliding lid that was inset and
incorporated the profile of the
spout would stop any spilling.
Developmenttea Carrier
As everyone knows carrying more than is designed to fit in your hands is always a challange and especially difficult when
obstacles such as doors are in the way. this design should let you carry a number of
mugs with ease and still have a free hand.
Although four is a safe number to begin with. through development
there is no reason more could not be
carried.
the simpler the release mecha-nism is to use
the more effective it will be as a product.
A simple single peace handle will be easy
to make and not give that chance for
hands getting caught while carrying hot
liquids
With the handle inset into the cup will give a large surface area for the join between
the two materials.
a big thread will require a small
turning circle and make it easier and quicker to secure
after use.
If the strap is set out from the
surface of the flask it is open
to damage easier.
What limitations are there on size?
with a smafered pin into the silicone strap it will be
easy to detach but not fall of easily.
with the pin being de-tachable it would help with the assembly and
could be safty feature to stop the strap from getting caught or help
for any repairs.
to stop the wood on the outer surface getting damaged from the heat a silicone inset would
help and it would be easily attached with the
screw of the bottom pin.
to make the flask easy to open the lids needs a grip but nothing too
aggressive and that fits into the inside of
the cup.
Having the same proven
vaccum design as exiisting
flasks on the inside it
will keep the liquids hot by reducing the
heat exchange
across the internal
walls.
to reduce the length of the flask for a variation
of sizes the strap could be pinned to the side of the
cup rather than back down to the bottom.
to expand on the flask and give it a wider range
of uses the handles can sit perpendicular to eachother so not
to cross paths and not disrupt the form.
to under how the whole form would work together beyond
hand drawings i began modelling from the most
basic form. By adding each component step by step it ensured that everything worked as a unit and so
nothing cross paths .
Slowly through a collaboration of drawings and modeling the
form of the flask started to look like a realistic object. the
addtion of the desired materials and textures really brought out my
final developed concept.
Range
to broaden the avaliablity of the flask i dont want to limit it to just a single design, using ideas from my
development i want to create a range for everyone.
Small Medium Large(with Bowls)
Final Design
Through 3D modelling my finished concept became a crisp clean concept, each piece fits togther seemlessly and each com-
ponent combines to produce a smooth design. incorporating a number of materials, has produced an object capable of storing hot drinks while also having two mugs ready to use for sharing with someone else.