My product is a fork which has a cap like top which makes it become a spoon through a slotting method. Without the top it is a fork for such foods like noodles and with top on it can be used for food like yogurt. My targeted users are young primary children who bring lunches made from their mums to school, with this product it gives a choice in what to use with a variety of foods. This product provides something different to primary kids and would be a nice fitting to the lunch boxes
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Very creative response to the brief . I like how you just didn't take the shape of a spork and try and alter its asthetics but rather work on the mechanics also.
Evidently you've successfully researched your target market, acknowledging a child’s need for lightweight, interactive utensils to promote the child feeding process. Also the choice of colour as light blue is also indicative of the product being a hygienic utensil (good for selling to parents).
However, as children are already messy eaters, i'm unsure as to whether a parent would be inclined to buy them a utensil in which runny substance could possibly seep through. So one proposed improvement could be having the spoon part comfortably fold in and under the fork, assisting with fork usage but then giving it the ability to flip out when its spoon time =)
But Well done for originality!
i think its a good idea - especially if they could be manufactured cheaply/be disposable, theres definitely a market. especially in places such as school canteens looking to cut costs by stocking one disposable utensil instead of several.
my only concern is how you would make the seals/joins between the fork prongs and spoon attatchment water tight??? and then if they child were eating rather vigorously, how sturdy the spoon would be ie would it detatch itself or break?
you could always make the spoon attatchment the full oval shape, and just have the outline of the fork recessed into it so it could snap on without compromising on the functionality of the spoon.
if issues such as these were fully addressed this could be a successful product!
A very nice design. you have recognised the target markets needs and applyed the nessecary problem solving skills needed.
One flaw may be the connection of the 2 parts? it the 'spoon' part came off, would it become a choking hazard?
the hygine aspect may be a problem as well, with different food groups mixing
a very good design concept, and with more improvements, gerat product!
A great idea for a messy target market.
The overall design solution seems to take into account all of the requirements of the brief.
As the other's have said the one problem might be hygiene and the sealing.
One improvement you could have is have the handle as a knife. Something not sharp enough to cut a persons skin but sharp enough to cut the food. An example of this is seen at supermarket's with the kiwi fruit knife/spoon.
Overall a useful product which could definitely be marketed once the small kinks were straightened out.
Another very interesting design, although its quite different to the one's currently out in the market.
I do like how you modified the mechanics on the spork although i have a feeling that the connection (mechanics) of the spoon and fork may be a little weak.
Other than that, it looks and feels great
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