" TWEAK " the chestnut cracker
The goal of this project is to create a peeler for whatever fruit or vegeteble the student choose. So I chose "chestnut" because since my childhood, I find out that it's hard to crack or peel it off. That's why I want to create something that can be able to crack it easier than bare hands.
The concept was inpired why the way the elder use their teeth to crack it. I think that it's the same way of animals eat something that has a hard shell. But human teeth didn't create for bite something that hard like a chestnut so it's bad for their teeth health especially the elders. So I create the tool that can repalce the teeth and make it easy when crack it plus it need to be handy and easy to pick it up too.
Target group of this project is the elders and their family and friends. The context of it is like a cutlery not a something that has one lay on a table and everyone going to use it.
After I considered about a target group, I come with a feature of the product such as handy size that can be easy to pick up and put down, curve handle for ergonomics and the notch blade to crack into the chestnut shell.
The design is coming up with the friendly form and the bright colour for the elder.
DESIGN PROCESS
After we got a concept and had ideas about function that solve the target group's problem' I design a form that follow the product's features.
So it came out many different way and after I put things together and summarise.
I made a study model to check the size and scale that it is ok and can get along with the features. Final step is to development to create a prototype and rendering for presentation.
RENDERING & PROTOTYPE
