Okey! In my next assignment is a duo task where I first had to draw a normal tea spoon and use the SCAMPER method to bend it to my will! I had to apply each of the SCAMPER techniques and give a brief explanation on my findings and have I would marked them.
Second I had to design a rice package, different from the packaged you can find in the stores. Then I must use all the SCAMPER techniques to alter the package to my bidding again, and do a write up on my findings. Then choose the option that I think would work best and do a sketch on how I think the package will look like. Now you got the basics, so here we go! I will start with the spoon.
This assignment was more fun then I expected it to be, and actually even more fun after I started to read “creativity now” by Jurgen Wolff. I first thought of spoons as kinda boring, and first I looked at it as a daunting assignment because I did dent find spoons very creative. I sat down to do brain storming on the spoon but had to take a break cause I couldn’t keep my concentration. After a little break a found the the book creativity now and started to read. It did not take long until I realt started to like this book, and Jurgen fast thought me that anything can be fun, no matter what by his positiv attitude and go get them attitude. It was inspirational! I satt down again and found a huge A3 sketch book and began my brain storming. And I think I found some interesting and fun new spoons I can write about.
I chose 7 of the spoons that I think represents the different SCAMPER techniques.
S- The cutlery Changer.
- You can substitute the spoon for different cutlery like forks and knives.
- The package contains one handle, 1 spoon, 1 fork and 1 knife.
- Perfect for trips and adventures.
- Perfect for sharing hygenicly if theres a loss of cutlery.
C- The salad spoon.
- Fasten a spoon and a fork at the end of the handle.
- Perfect for salads or other food types that needs a pinch.
A- Confetti party spoon.
- Nothing can change the party mood then a confetti spoon!
- Spoon with confetti handle.
- Pefect for parties or a moody day.
- Refillable, great for the enviremnet.
- DON NOT wash in machine.
M- Animal children’s spoon.
- Changing the metal spoon to a different softer ecofriendly material.
- Handle takes the form of animals, giraffe, zebra etc. to be more appealing to children.
- Longer handle for better grip.
P- Small shovel.
- You can use the spoon to dig in small places.
- Archaeologist best friend.
- For fine shoveling.
E- UFO toy
- Eliminate the handles on two spoons and place them atop of each other. Design it as a sturdy UFO toy. Everyone loves aliens!!
- Small UFOs for children 3+.
- Simple toy, no hokus pokus.
R- Finger Spoon.
- Round handle for finger grip.
- Perfect for small children.
- Made in a corn material to be ecological and soft for the children.
Theres my spoons! Next we go for the rice package!
For the first design I went for a classic cardboard material but changed the top so it would be like a pouring top. Mostly at the marked the pouring comes from the side of the package, with a flip you push inward. I wanted an easier solution because I don’t think that the side pouring work very well. Some rice get stuck in the opening and its not always easy to pour the right amount because it does not run fluently. I wanted to fix that by putting the pouring edge to the top, with a large opening that can be opened and closed. I went for a eco friendly rice, and called it dream rice. I placed wings and clouds for it to look like air and heaven.
Now my assignment is to use each of the SCAMPER techniques to see what I discover! Then I must sketch what I think will work the best in the end.
S – Here changed the material to a plastic bottle, like the soda bottles, but with a wider opening for easy pouring.
C – I rearranged the package and put the opening at the bottom instead of the top, I then combined it with a stand for easy pouring.
A – I applied a measurement marker on the package.
M – I modified the name for a more matched name with the design on the package. I changed the name from dream rice to heavenly rice. It goes better with the clouds and air design.
P – I thought long and hard on this one, and then I came up with the wedding rice! Its said that they don’t want you to throw rice on the newlyweds because it harms the birds. But my special rice is bird friendly! Throw as much as you like!
E – I eliminated the cardboard and made a portion package made from rice paper formed like a sausage.
R – Like I said on the combine part I rearranged the opening to the bottom, but I also made a design where I made open and close flip in the top right corner, and I angled it upwards for better pouring.
And what I discovered was what I believe is the meaning of the SCAMPER method, I got many ideas for how I could to the design better and got more creative the more techniques I used. And I get why many people use this method to take everything to the next level. And I have learned that this method can get me far, now and later on in life! Thank you!
As for my final result, I went for the plastic bottle, put it upside down and placed it in a stand. I really like this design and could easily have this stand on my kitchen counter. You can buy large sacks for refill or you can “pante” (is there an english term for this?) at your local store. For the degin I went for a blue background representing the sky, and placed clouds on the blue and from the clouds it rains rice. Rice falling from the heaven. I called the rice “Thombah´s ECO Heavenly Rice”, I am Thombah (long story) and I kept the wings around ECO heavenly. For the pouring you can pull in and out two flaps on each side for easy pouring. Its sounds great in my head, but it would be so nice to actually try this for real. You can buy the stand separately and it comes with a measuring cup! Here’s the sketch for my final product:
In the sketch the bottle is kinda small and I would make it even bigger in real life.
That’s the end of my Q3 assignment!
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