Girl Scout Product Design Presentation

Product Design Badge Chapter 1

January 18, 2013Troop 2295

What are we going to do? ★ Learn about design and how design is used

to make everything we use in our daily life!

★ Learn about who does design - and how they do it !

★ Try out some design exercises ourselves!

★ Have fun!!

What are we going to do? Meeting 1:!★ Talk about Product Design!★ Try a fun group design exercise!★ Plan for Meeting 2!!Between Meetings:!★ Use your Design Journal to take notes on

some of your experiences.!!Meeting 2:!★ Interview each other!★ Design Challenge!

What is a “product”?

Something made by people for the

use of other people.

What is “design”?

Creating a plan for how to make something and

communicating your plan so that others can

understand it.

What do these people make?★ Fashion Designers!★ Industrial Designers!★ Graphic Designers!★ Service Designers!★ Website Designers!★ Landscape Designers!★ Game Designers

So many kinds of designers! What

skills do you think they all share?

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Why is this funny? Or this?

Empathy

Putting yourself “in someone else’s shoes”

to understand their needs or feelings.

So, in conclusion...!!

Design is about making something for the use of other people based on empathy for their needs

and feelings.

bored students

Any questions?

Design ExerciseStep 1: Read and discuss the facts about the object and about the user!

Step 2: Decide how your design will be based on these facts!

Step 3: Draw your design (or part of it)!

Make your design decisions based on empathy for the “user”!

You don’t need to use all of the “facts”!

You can use any other facts you know!

Your design doesn’t need to be possible - but NO MAGIC!

You don’t need to answer all the questions!

Don’t worry if your design is not perfect or even complete - just express your ideas

What shape should the bristles be?

What should they be made of?

How will the elephant hold it?

What size should it be?

What shape should the handle be?

What should it be made of?

Example

African Elephant• The animal's sense of smell may be four times as

sensitive as that of a bloodhound.!

• When underwater, an elephant can use its trunk as a snorkel.!

• African elephants have two finger-like extensions at the tip of the trunk that allow them to grasp food and bring it to the mouth.!

• Elephants usually have 26 teeth, including the tusks, which are actually their front teeth!!

• The African bush elephant can be found in habitats as diverse as deserts, marshes and lake shores.!

• Elephants are eat leaves, twigs, fruit, bark and roots.!

• Elephants are among the few species known to use tools. An Asian elephant was recorded modifying branches and using them as flyswatters!

What should they be made of?

Example

What shape should they be?

How will the penguin put them

on? Take them off?

Emperor Penguins• Emperor Penguins can’t fly. They have a

streamlined body, and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for use in swimming.!

• They live in Antarctica (where it is VERY cold).!

• They are the fifth heaviest living bird species.!

• They have webbed feet, for use in swimming. They also have sharp claws that are not retractable.!

• Sometimes Emperor penguins that are standing still, rest only on their heels. They point their feet in the air, minimizing contact with the cold ice. !

• As a defense against the cold, a colony of Emperor Penguins forms a compact huddle (also known as the turtle formation) ranging in size from ten to several hundred birds, with each bird leaning forward on a neighbor.

Example

What kind of seat should there be?

How will the

octopus pedal?

What shape should the handlebars

be?

Octopus

• Octopuses have eight arms, usually bearing suction cups.!

• They have no skeleton, so they can squeeze through very narrow slits between underwater rocks, which is very helpful when they are fleeing from moray eels or other predatory fish.!

• Octopuses have keen eyesight.!

• Octopuses move about by crawling or swimming. Their main means of slow travel is crawling, with some swimming. To really move fast, they use jet propulsion! !

• Octopus uses the suctions cups on its arms to grab onto prey, but they also allow the octopus to smell and taste its environment.!

• When threatened, the octopus squirts ink at the predator. This blocks the predator's view of the octopus as it escapes. In some cases, the ink also damages the predator's senses so it can't find the octopus as easily.

Example

What shape should the bristles be?

What should they be made of?

How will the yak hold it (or use it)?

What size should it be?

What shape should the handle be?

What should it be made of?

Yak• Yaks are heavy and bulky with sturdy

legs, and rounded hooves. They have extremely dense, long fur that hangs down lower than the belly.!

• Yaks have a pronounced hump over the shoulders.!

• Their hair this may form a long "skirt" that can reach the ground. The tail is long and horselike rather than tufted like the tails of cattle or bison.!

• Yak's wool is naturally odor resistant!!

• Although there are wild Yaks, this one lives with humans.

Homework• Task 1: Getting up in the morning. Everything you do, think, or feel

from wake-up to leaving the house.!

• Task 2: Doing your homework. How you do it, where you do it, when you do it.!

• Observe yourself doing the task and take notes about:!

• The steps in the task!

• Who else is involved?!

• How you feel during the task!

• What are you thinking?!

• What parts of the task are difficult or could be improved?

First of all, thanks for your GREAT participation at our discussion about Product Design. I appreciated all your attention and your designs were super-creative, super-smart and, most important, super-EMPATHIC! Since our meeting, have you been thinking about how many of the things around you were designed by someone? Have you noticed that some things seem to have been designed with more empathy than others? I hope so, because in our next meeting we'll be putting your new design skills to the test in a more real-world situation (no more Yak hairbrushes). Don't worry, it'll be fun – and there might be M&Ms. But you do have some homework to do before we meet…!!Your homework is to observe yourself doing a task (the tasks are on the next page) that you probably do every day and taking note of as many details as you can observe. !!First, you should break the task down into steps and then focus on each step separately. Try to end up with between 3 and 6 steps. You can observe yourself (and ask your family for their ideas) on different days and see if the task is different or if it's the same every time. Collect your observations on the attached worksheet. I've given you a few questions to get you

started. It's also great if you can draw a picture of the step, because this can help you focus on the important details and it will also help your troop-mates understand what you are talking about. !!When we meet, each of you will present your steps and observations. Our goal for the meeting will be to design ways to make your tasks better, easier, or more fun.!!Let me know if you have any questions or if you don't understand the homework. !!I'm looking forward to designing with you all again!!!Nick

Greetings Troop 2295!!

Getting up in the morning on a school-day. Everything you do, think, or feel from wake-up to leaving the house.

Doing your homework after school. How you do it, where you do it, and when you do it.!

• Ashley Albinus!• Lauren Anatol!• Maris Hayes!• Sophie Gould!• Lucy Graham!• Charlotte Hampton!• Moya Linsey!• Ana Mesa

• Lavoneia Mayers!• Elsa McElhinney!• Joan Marie Varous!• Lily Hughes-O'Higgens!• Lila Blank!• Alexandra Conklin!• Maggie Schaffzin

Group 2: HomeworkGroup 1: Mornings

What happens in this step?!

!What things are you using in this step?!

!Where are you?!

!How do you feel during this step?!

!Who else is involved in this step?!

!What do they do?!

!What parts of this step are difficult or could be improved?!

!What would make this step more fun?

Step #___ Draw this step

Product Design Badge Chapter 2

February 15, 2013Troop 2295

What are we going to do? ★ Quick review of last session!

★ Watch some “design-y” videos!

★ Do an imagination warm-up!

★ Review your task observations (2 groups)!

★ Break out into design teams!

★ Present your designs!

★ Have fun!!

What is a “product”?

Something made by people for the

use of other people.

What is “design”?

Creating a plan for how to make something and

communicating your plan so that others can

understand it.

What do these people make?★ Fashion Designers!★ Industrial Designers!★ Graphic Designers!★ Service Designers!★ Website Designers!★ Landscape Designers!★ Game Designers

So many kinds of designers! What

skills do you think they all share?

!

!

Why is this funny? Or this?

Empathy

Putting yourself “in someone else’s shoes”

to understand their needs or feelings.

So, in conclusion...!!

Design is about making something for the use of other people based on empathy for their needs

and feelings.

Design-y Videos

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★ Studio-H (2:00)!

★ 21 Balancoires (0:32)!

★ Sifteo!

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★ Transform all 30 circles into something recognizable like a face, a planet, a ball, bicycle wheels, etc.!

★ You have 2 minutes!!

★ It’s OK to draw outside the lines!

Imagination Warm-up

Getting up in the morning on a school-day. Everything you do, think, or feel from wake-up to leaving the house.

Doing your homework after school. How you do it, where you do it, and when you do it.!

• Ashley Albinus!• Lauren Anatol!• Maris Hayes!• Sophie Gould!• Lucy Graham!• Charlotte Hampton!• Moya Linsey!• Ana Mesa

• Lavoneia Mayers!• Elsa McElhinney!• Joan Marie Varous!• Lily Hughes-O'Higgens!• Lila Blank!• Alexandra Conklin!• Maggie Schaffzin

Group 2: HomeworkGroup 1: Mornings

Design Jam! !

★ 4 Groups!

★ Decide on your product!

★ Design it!

★ Tell us about it!

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