Technical Drawings

CH_001, gives the dimensions
CH_002, gives detail as to where the product is to be cut and folded. Solid lines represent where the product is to be cut. Dotted lines represent where it is to be scored and folded.
CH_003, has been included to give a clear representation on what the product looks like once it has been assembled and hopefully explains how it is to be assembled.

These technical drawings were created from the concept 11 sketches

I have also e-mailed you pdf files (as a back up), as the jpegs may not be of the best quality
Please contact me if there are any discrepancies within the drawings

...good luck with the model making :)

Evaluation Matrix

Guys,
We've done our evaluation matrix. Please see below. Our winner is Concept 11.

concept 12

Made from one piece of cardboard with a fold over handle to eliminate exposure to exposed edges. Each of the cups are secured with tabs, accommodating for different sizes. The triangular form will result in a ridged structure. 

Concept Selection Matrix

We have completed a Concept Selection Matrix during our class and these are our results.


Please fill out the matrix with your opinions and compare them with our results.
The chosen concept shall be base on this data.
We hope to have a concept selected by Friday morning (our time) to allow us to complete the detailed drawing for you by next Tuesday (your time)

The spreadsheet will be e-mailed to you

Points that must be addressed

Firstly, do you all agree with our idea for the customer story? i.e. placing in a car. if so then stability and spillage would be key issues. We feel that by using this story it would give us an advantage over other teams, as we would have a niche.

Secondly, it would seem that the only coffee franchise which is common to both UK and Australia is Starbucks, and so will we use this as out target customer? if so, then we will need to base our holder on their coffee cup sizes.

lastly, we are wondering how we should evaluate the concepts? we have left comments on all your designs and numbered each of them.

We feel that we should reach a decision by the end of this week (Friday) for the final concept, giving you the chance to refine the design before next week (detailed design)

We were going to make an evaluation matrix for the concepts so far, however as the majority of them are made from plastic, we would be comparing only a few in the matrix.

Please let us know what you think of our concepts and leave comments where possible. It would be ideal if you could let us know which concept or concept features you like the best.

IMPORTANT..!!!

Our class lecturers (Hilary, Ian and Caroline) have clearly stated that the final design MUST BE MADE OF CARDBOARD / CARD, because it's cheap and easy to make.

Therefore it should be a major factor in the evaluation stage.

Cheers

Communications So Far

We're just summarizing all the email conversation we have so far.
For the purpose of tracking the project progress, we should keep all the communication on the blog starting from now.

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From: Isidora Budic
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 2:52 PM
To: Jonathan Gray; Craig A; Antya Widita; alexandragray75@hotmail.com; incarnate@optusnet.com.au
Subject: RE: Introduction - Global Design

hi every one,

I just had posted some rough sketches on our blog. I tried to be inspired as much is possible...

I agree that the simplest and easiest concept is the best solution for our product. So, look forward to hear your suggestions.

Regards,

Isidora


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From: Jonathan Gray
Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 4:20 PM
To: Craig A; Isidora Budic; Antya Widita; alexandragray75@hotmail.com; incarnate@optusnet.com.au
Subject: RE: Introduction - Global Design

Hey guys (Swinburn and Strathclyde),

I've done a quick mock up of a PDS and put an initial concept on the blog. Attached should be an electronic copy of the PDS which, if you like, can added pieces to and re-post.

I have left out the patents section at the end, as i am quite busy this weekend, so if you have come across any patents during the research stage can you please add it.

Cheers,
Jonny


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From: Jonathan Gray
Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 1:34 PM
To: Craig A; Isidora Budic; Antya Widita; alexandragray75@hotmail.com; incarnate@optusnet.com.au
Subject: RE: Introduction - Global Design

Hey guys,

We thought we should define our market in terms of a particular store or coffee shop, the two main coffee franchises in Scotland are Starbucks and Costa Coffee, we visited Costa stores today to carry out some investigation into their types of cups/current holders etc. Our initial thoughs were to target Costa as out main customer base, however his decision obviously depends on whether Costa is also a big brand in Australia. Targetting the large franchises would give us as large a customer base as possible, and would therefore most likely be the most lucrative. Your thoughts and opinions on all this stuff would be appreciated.

All the main points from discussions and photos taken today have been uploaded onto the blog, and hopefully you should all have access to it now.

We feel the next stages for us is to develop a Product Design Specification (which you can all add to once you have carried out your research) and get underway with concept generation. All progress in these areas will be added to the blog.

From discussions with Costa staff, we also thought that it may be possible to target a niche in the market by developing a coffee cup holder that isn't so wobbly and can be placed in a car. This may be a good option as the staff and customers appear to be satisfied with the current coffee holder, which is targetted at carrying coffee on foot. Again your thoughts on this matter would be appreciated.

Cheers,
From Scotland with love.

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From: Craig A [craig_man86@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 8:24 AM
To: Antya Widita
Subject: RE: Introduction - Global Design


it works for me
i've made a post


Craig

> From: antya.widita@strath.ac.uk
> To: craig_man86@hotmail.com; isidora.budic@strath.ac.uk; jonathan.j.gray@strath.ac.uk; alexandragray75@hotmail.com; incarnate@optusnet.com.au
> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 07:41:24 +0100
> Subject: RE: Introduction - Global Design
>
> Hi all,
> I've sent an invitation to your email to enable contribution. Please check and let me know if it works.
>
> Thanks.
> Antya
> ________________________________________
> From: Craig A [craig_man86@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 4:12 AM
> To: Isidora Budic; Jonathan Gray; Antya Widita; alexandragray75@hotmail.com; incarnate@optusnet.com.au
> Subject: RE: Introduction - Global Design
>
> Hi Everyone
>
>
> We received your email and it's good to hear from you all. We're in class now discussing the project.
> Can you please use our emails to invite us to contribute to the blog by modifying the viewing permissions.
>
>
> Here is a little bit more information about us.
>
>
> Alex G: HI, I'm in my second last year of Engineering Product Design and am really enjoying the course. Hopefully I can bring my creative design and organisational skill to the project.
> Craig A: Hey, I'm completing my final year Product Design Engineering. I've completed a diploma of sustainability and ride a motorbike.
> Frankie N: Hello, I'm Frankie and I'm studying my 5th year of Product Design Engineering. I have a year work experience in plastic manufacturing so I can bring some plastic expertise in our group.
>
>
> Swinburne Contribution:
>
> * Research designs of current coffee-cup holders
> * Research different types of take-away coffee cups including dimensions (height, bottom and top diameters) and materials used in Melbourne
> * Uploading research work by Friday (9-oct-09)
> * Begin Initial concept work (uploaded by the next Strathclyde Tuesday class)
>
>
> Strathclyde Contribution
>
> * Research types of take-away coffee cups in Scotland (dimensions and materials)
> * Create a user needs list (questionnaire for current target market)
> * Update blog to allow Swinburne students to upload work
> * Begin initial concept work (rough sketches with annotations/positive attributes) - so we can discuss your work in the swinburne class next Wednesday (please note our time differences)
>
>
> We look forward to working with you.
> Love,
> Swinburne.

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From: Isidora Budic
Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 5:00 PM
To: Jonathan Gray; Antya Widita; craig_man86@hotmail.com; alexandragray75@hotmail.com; incarnate@optusnet.com.au
Subject: Introduction - Global Design


Hello everyone,

Hope you guys are doing well.

As you might already know, we are in the same team for our Global Design class. So, first of all, we (team Strathclyde) are here to introduce ourselves.
- I'm Isidora Budic, I am from Novi Sad, Serbia. I joined the MSc in Global Innovation Managent this semester at Stratchclyde University. And I drink a lot of coffe :)))
- Hey! I'm Jonathan (or better known as Jonny). I am in my 5th year of Prduct Design Engineering here at Strathclyde, and The only official Scot in this group!!
- I'm Antya, from Jakarta, Indonesia. I am also with MSc in GIM here. Great to know you guys!!

So, let's get back to business.. :))

We've created a blog named the F'ers, http://FuntasticF.blogspot.com
In this blog, we are supposed to send all our ideas, thoughts, initial designs, basically everything related to our project in Global Design class.
We can communicate through the blog and also through this email chain.

We will make a questionnaire with basic questions for targeting the market and make a story board for our coffee holder. Who is our customer? Is it the coffee shop or the buyer?
We're going to identify similar product available in the market, and we will finally sum up all our research in a Product Design Specification which will be also communicated to you guys, hopefully by next Tuesday.

As we are aware, this project is based on a very short time, so we think that we should keep all the tasks as simple as possible, including the design.

Can you please also share with us what your agenda / activities are?

Hope to hear from you guys soon.

Thanks!

Concept 1-4

concept 1


concept 2

concept 3

concept 4

Concept 5

Concept 5

Conceptual Sketches 6 & 7

Concept 6


Concept 7

Rough sketches 8-10

Concept 8
Paper board container that serves as a coffee cup carrier

• it is made from a one peace paper board



• very simple and quick to make
  



• easy to carry around
  
  
  
  
  

Concept 9

Carton box carrier

• very stable for transportation and easy to carry around



• takes some effort to be made
  

Concept 10







Fabric bag carrier:

• stable and absorbs liquid



• easy to wash and reuse
  

Concept 11

Here is a quick sketch of my concept.

Concept 11


Attributes:
* Made from one cut section of card.
* Tabs around support holes support various sizes of coffee cups.
* Flat card base and two rows of cups increases stability.
* Can be stored and carried flat, and folded easily into shape.

Product Design Specification

Product Design Specification

Performance

1.1 The product must be capable of carrying and supporting a minimum of 6 cups of coffee.

1.2. The product must keep cup damage and spillage to a minimum.

1.3. The product must be capable of supporting coffee cups of multiple sizes.

1.4. The process of placing the cups in and taking them out of the holder must be a simple as possible.

1.5. The product must not require the use of any additional components to support the cups.

1.6. The product should be capable of advertising the company which offers it to their customers.

Working Environment

2.1. Product must be fully functional within the temperature of -20 - 70˚C.

2.2. Product must be capable of capable of withstanding outdoor weather conditions for short periods of time.

2.5. The product must be able to withstand abuse from daily usage such as minor bumps and dropping.

Product cost

3.1. Cost of manufacture should not exceed 75% of selling price.

Ergonomics

4.1. The product must be suitable for male and female users’ hands between 5th and 95th percentile.

4.2. The grip or handles must be comfortable and secure.

4.3. Any movable parts on the product should be simple and cause little strain for the user.

4.4. The method of operating the product should be obvious and simple and should not require training; picture instruction should be sufficient.

4.5. The product must be ambidextrous.

Aesthetics

5.1. The aesthetic styling of the product must not interfere with its functionality.

5.2. The aesthetic styling should comply with ergonomic factors.

5.3. The product should appear modern but attractive to users.

Safety

6.1. The product must have no sharp edges or corners which could cause harm to the user.

6.2. The product must comply with all relevant safety standards.

Weight

10.1. The product should be a lightweight as possible in order to cause the user as little strain as possible.

Size

11.1. The product must be large enough to hold 6 cups of coffee effectively.

Quality & Reliability

12.1. The product must be capable of multiple uses.

Materials

13.1. The product must be manufactured from cardboard or card.

Customers/Market

23.1. Coffee shops which sell take-away coffee.

Disposal

25.1. As many components as possible must be designed to be recyclable or biodegradable where possible.

25.2. No components can be a danger to the environment after disposal.

Patents

The Coffee Club Cup

Local Coffee Shop - Research

Costa Coffee Cup Sizes

The three sizes of take-away coffee cups which Costa offers all have the same base and rim diameters which are 60mm and 90mm respectively. They all fit well into the current 80mm diameter holder. The three heights 115mm, 135mm and 160mm.

Costa Coffee Shop

Types of take away coffee cups and holders

Starbucks Coffee Cups

















Costa Coffee Cups

















Costa Coffee Holder (2 cups)













































Costa Coffee Holder ( 4 cups)
















































Coffee cups with holder

Costa Coffee Research Summary

Possible Customer Narrative/Story:
The customer is going to work by car and stops in to get a coffee for himself and his/her collegues. He/She purchases the coffee and takes it back to his/her car and places them inside the car whilst driving. The coffees are then carried from the car to the workplace.


Summary of In-Formal Interviews/Questionnaires with staff of stores:
*Do customer often buy 6 coffees or more?
- Yes, a very common occurence. Especially for a store located in a business district.

*What common problems do customers face when carrying their coffee with the current holders?
- They can be very wobbly, especially if placed in a car when driving.

*Do customers ever bring their own form of coffee cup holders to the shop?
- No.

*Do customers appear satisfied with the current coffee cup holders offered?
- Yes.

*Do custmers reuse the current holder?
- Some regulars to the shop do.


Discussion:
- materials used in addition to card - fabric (absorbant), plastic caps, netting (as for cup holders in foldable chairs)

- make use of secondary design features? i.e. also hold sugar/napkins/stirrer/sandwich

- as current holder is given out for free in shop, the most likely customer for the new cup holder would be the coffee shop (as oppose to the customer)

- new cup holder could offer a better solution for transporting the coffee in a car? (less wobbly than current one)

also current products

Current Products