Garden Shears Reimagined

Hello and welcome to my first action project for my STEAM core class, Design & Engineering. In this class via virtual learning, we learned about what it means to have empathy in the topic of design. Empathy is to understand and share feelings with others. We got the opportunity to speak with Field Experience guests from Greater Good Studio about empathy and how they incorporate it into their designs and projects. We also spoke with some designers from Dyson and participated in a design activity based on reinventing a household product. In our class meetings via google meet, we dove deeper into the math and engineering that goes into the design process. We covered topics such as simple machines, classification of levers, trigonometry, and algebra. For this action project, we were instructed to create a new product based off of tools we looked at in Home Depot during another Field Experience. We started the process by interviewing people who participate in gardening about the tools they use and discussing how they felt about gardening and their tools. Next, we researched the tools we chose from Home Depot and discussed it with their employees. We did this in order to try to create a product that properly met the needs of an elderly person. My partner and I worked on creating a new product based on the concept and tool, garden shears. Our garden shear is a battery-powered tool. It comes with a charging stand and adapter for the charging stand. The hardest part of this project for me was deciding what tool I should redesign. I worked with my teacher and my partner on the project to create a schedule that worked for me. Check out my partner's project here. During this time of this global pandemic of Covid-19, I'd like to say thank you for taking the time out of your day to view my projects. I hope you enjoy this action project!

Citations: 

“Best Garden Clippers - Titanium & Teflon Coated Blades - Traditional Bypass Pruning Shears. Garden Scissors With Anti Slip Ergonomic Rotating Handle. Garden Tool Avoids Carpal Tunnel & Blisters. - Walmart.Com.” 2018, www.walmart.com/ip/Coated-Blades-Shears-Carpal-Slip-Blisters-Rotating-With-Ergonomic-Titanium-Pruning-Best-Anti-Tool-Teflon-Garden-Avoids-Handle-Tunnel-Bypass-Scissors-/941252306. Accessed 16 Oct. 2020.

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