Skewp Book - The New School Portfolio

Skewp
Sofia Von Hauske
Eugene Chang
Kavya Khanna
Studio 1
Kimberly Snyder
Get a Grip
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Contents
Product Statement
Market Survey
Miscellaneous
User Research
Ergonomics
Brainstorming
Design Strategies
Ideation Sketches
Grip Study
Prototypes
Orthographic Drawing
Rendering
Final
In Use
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is an ice cream scooper whose sharp edges and
angled head allow vendors to easily drive through ice cream
without any strain by maintaing a neutral wrist position.
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Ice Cream Timeline
1768 - M. Emy published a
cookbook for flavoured ice
and ice cream.
1904 - The walk away edible
cone make their american debut at the St. Louis world fair.
5th century BC- ancients greeks
mixed snow with honey and fruit.
1776 - The first ice cream parlour in america opens in New
York City,
1938 - J.F. Grandpa and Sons
serve first soft serve ice cream.
1953 - The first Baskin Robbins
store officially opens.
1991 - chocolate cookie
dough ice cream makes its
debut.
1987- Curt Jones invents Dippin Dots.
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Scooper Timeline
1878 - George william Clewell invented the first
device that would dispense ice cream using a
single utensil.
1897 - Alfred L. Cralle patened the leveraction
ice creamscooper. He also invented the familiar
hemi-spherical scoop.
1930 - Sherman Kelly invented the Zeroll, a
non-mechanical, one-handed “roll dipper.”
It rolled the ice cream into a ball, instead of
squeezing it.
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Market Survey
Brand
Size
Capacity Material
Color
Shape
Price
Good Cook
11.8” x 4.6”
5.6 Oz.
cast aluminum
chrome
scissors with
half sphere
$ 10.80
Vollrath
8.5” x 1.5”
10 Oz.
stainless steel
plastic
silver
green
half sphere
$ 10.76
New Star Food
Service
9.5” x 1.8”
5.6 Oz.
steel
plastic
silver
blue
half sphere
$ 8.99
Meco
three different
sizes
11.7 Oz.
stainless steel
silver
half sphere
$ 8.68
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Brand
Size
Capacity
Material
Color
Shape
Price
Norpro
2” x 7”
2.4 Oz.
stainless steel
chrome
scissors with
two half spheres
$ 6.99
HIC
9.5” x 3”
4.6 Oz.
stainless steel
BPA-free plastic
silver
black
flat rectangle
$ 7.99
Wilton
3.6” x 10.6”
6.2 Oz.
steel
silicone
silver
blue
triangular
$ 5.50
Tovolo
2.8” x 8.3”
6.5 Oz.
steel
plastic
red
silver
curved
$ 9.91
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Brand
Size
Capacity
Material
Color
Shape
Price
black
silver
half sphere
$ 9.99
New Star
Food Service
7.5” x 2.1”
16 Oz.
stainless steel
rubber
silicone
OXO
7.3” x 1.7”
5.6 Oz.
ast aluminum
silver
yellow
curved
$ 6.86
8” x 3”
6.4 Oz.
steel
silicone
silver
blue
triangular
$ 8.78
6.4 Oz.
steel
plastic
silicone
red
pink
silver
curved
$ 7.89
Boston Warehouse
Good Cook
12” x 5.2”
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Miscellaneous
Scoops a ball, but it takes
a bit of pressure to scoop
the ice cream
Half rubber half
plastic handle acts
as a good grip
Blades on the
outside
Too much pressure on
the fingers
Does not make an ice
cream ball.
Thumb rest is not
elevated enough
Curved edges help
puncture the ice
cream
Curved handle stops
it from sliding.
High thumb rest
made it comfortable.
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Angle of the head only
really allows the user to
push forward to scoop.
Wide end stops the hand
from sliding off
Handle is big for small
hands
Hole in the back helps
with the pain. It felt really soft in our hands
Does not creat a scoop
Scissor like handles
create a lot of pain
Ice cream is difficult
to remove
Slits in the silicone in high
pressure areas
Quick release would
pushout only half of the
ice cream
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Have to click 3-4
times to release ice
cream.
Have to click 2-3
times to release ice
cream.
Bigger head
means less
Thumb rest was not
useful.
Groves help with
the grip
but not the pain.
The bigger, the better.
User has to apply a lot
of pressure.
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User Research
USER
-pain in wrist,arm and
shoulder
-blister appear in hand
-hard to make a perfect
round shape
- requires practice and
strenght
TOOL
ENVIRONMENT
-grip is uncomfortable
-ice cream sticks to the
scoop
-hard to scoop
-certain flavours make it
harder to scoop
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Hand Strain Spots
Finger Muscles
Thumb
Lumbrical muscle
Abductor Policis Muscle
Flexor Policis Muscle
Opponens Policis Muscle
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Arm Strain Spots
Humerus
Biceps Brachii
Medial Epicondyle
Transverse Carpal Ligament
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Brainstorming
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Design Strategies
Ergonomic
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and material
material
Asymmetrical
shape
asymmetrical
shape
Sharpedges
edges
sharp
simple
structure,
easy
wash
Simple
structure
easy
to to
wash
Shape
pain
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grip to
to reduce
reduce pain
in in
thethe
wrist and palm
wrist and arm
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Ideation Sketches
Upper lip,to help form a perfect
scoop
Thumb rest:
extra support while scooping
Thumb rest, curved handle
keeps the hand position neutral
Angled head, sharp edges
allows the wrist to remain in a
neutral position
90’ head: helps keep the hand
position neutral
Flexible handle,silicone cussions
on the high pressure spots.
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Hole in the head, requires less
energy to scoop
Thumb rest,
extra support while scooping
Removable head, easy to wash
Ridges stop the hand from
slipping
Silicone head, ice cream can be
pushed out easliy
Thumb rest, blades on the edge
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Grip to lock the hand
Longer scoop, the user does not
have to bend to reach the ice
cream
Primitive easy hand scooping
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Grips
The thumb rest is in the front groove while the
index finger rest in the back groove. Nice grip,
the fingers it in the grooves nicely.
Single groove allows index finger to rest in the
handle.It is comfortable, no where for the thumb
to sit without feeling awkward.
Bamboo like structure allow fingers to sit in each
groove. It is uncomfortable. The sections are way
too far apart.
No grip, the handle slides.
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Prototypes
Forward push, keeps the wrist at a neutral position while scooping. Forms a perfect scoop, however it is really hard to get the
ice cream out without flexing the wrist
90 degree angle on the head requires less flexing and stress
on the wrist. No grip on the handle.The head of this scoop
was too small.
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45 degree angled head helps keep the wrist from flexing however was not effective for a left handed person.
Thumb rest and groove allowed for a comfortable grip.
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Orthographic Drawing
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Ice Cream Scooper
Scale -1:1
12-10-2014
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Renderings
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Final
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Buck Studies
Allowed for the to head to be moved even
more. Allowed us to create a postiion where
the only force needed to create an ice
cream scoop would be pulling. The angle
would maintain the wrist at a neutral postion, getting rid of the strain in the hand and
the pain in the wrist. The curve on one side
would only allow a right handed user to use
this tool, it would be completely usless for a
left handed person.
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Angled head allows for the user to scoop
while pulling. The location of the head
caused flexing of the wrist and increased the
pain.
We tried scooping at a 90
degree angle, 45 degree
angle and 60 degree angle, but because of where
the head was located,
all these angles caused
the same strain on the
wrist, arm and shoulder.
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It does not hold the structure, making it hard to apply force while
scooping, causing too much strain on the thumb and fingers.
Grip adjusts to the hand of
the user, making it more
comfortable to hold.
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In Use
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