Glue Gun +
A Glue Gun designed and modernised taking inspiration from retro product languages. Same as technology, design too follows a path of obsoletion. Analogy design creates a sense of nostalgia; paired with modern elements, it is play over form and aesthetics that targets the consumer psychology of possessing something unique.
Analogy Design
Industrial Design | October 2021
Analogy Design & Consumer Psychology
Type: Studio
Time: 04 weeks
Team: Individual Project
Brief
Design evolves with technology. Apart from aesthetics, design is largely influenced by advancements is manufacturing/fabrication technologies. Looking back at products, simple moulds created boxy forms with a singular aim of accommodating components. Currently design is all about creating an impression and most importantly creating desire. This studio helped understand various design trends, teaching designers to adapt to newer trends that might follow in the future.
Creating an uninvented product imagined in a different design trend timeline, to specifically target consumer want psychology.
Contents
Research | Deconstruction | Conceptualisation & Ideation | Final Concept | User Scale Representation | Form Study
Inspiration Board
Analogy Design
Glue Gun
Mockups - Scale 1 : 1
Materials used - MDF 2/5mm, Foam, Card paper. Spring, Wire.
Initial Research - Product Study - Affinity Mapping
Product- Glue Gun
Brand- Magic 999, Denziine
Weight- 109 grams
Dimensions- 3.93” X 4.13” X 0.87”
Secondary Research - Material Dynamics and Function
