— Product Design · CAD · Prototyping —

This course provided an overview of how to design for entertainment. I worked with four other students to develop a prototype of a new toy. We brainstormed and sketched ideas, produced and presented sketch models, and ideated on these ideas to create our final prototype. Some of the models we took and presented to the children’s museum to receive feedback directly from potential users. Our team’s final product was a big pillow that made noise when it was hit, and the pillow contained a box on the inside where users could record their own sound to add to the library of existing sounds. I was tasked with making the box that housed the electronics and designing the foam around the electronics housing to ensure the toy was safe to use.