Final Product Development
Initial Prototypes
Carrying on from the sketch ideation, the group agreed to take on this concept to develop as we thought it had potential and that we could incorporate a few ideas later in the process.
The idea is a modular coaster that has reactive light feedback to guide users through drink preparation stages. The concept targets difficult drink orders which sometimes may have different adjustments and alterations which for some workers at BSK might not be achievable if it isn’t part of their routine.
We experimented and decided a screen was a great addition to the original concept idea as tracking coffee steps with just coloured lights would pose to be a difficult issue to achieve and for users to follow.
There's lots of Coffee Cups!
Through research and word of mouth from the various visits of coffee shop we realised that there is not really a standard coffee cup size - there’s one for each drink type! We need to think about the proportions of the product that we are designing.
Discovering form and ideas
When there’s one great thing, there’s usually another. From the responsive base we also wanted to find a place to put a screen for visual instructions and steps.
The final concept sketch
We settled on a portrait screen, the feedback was mixed some liking a landscape and some a portrait. Ultimately we decided a portrait screen was easier to follow steps on and also in the case there are multiple units next to each other it would sit more snugly.
A few considerations before we start!
