Lacuna: Crowdfunded Design
Translated title
Lacuna
Author
Larsen, Torben Hove
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2014
Submitted on
2014-05-28
Pages
92
Abstract
Lacuna is a process report from an industrial design master’s thesis that examines how crowdfunding can be used to frame product development and market entry. The project begins with a trend- and statistics-based survey of crowdfunded projects and progresses through analysis and concept trials related to both toys and lighting. With the intention of publishing on a crowdfunding platform, potential users were involved early for research and feedback, resulting in a structure inspired by open-source development and expandable modularity. The process combines market and business analyses (including Business Model Canvas, Porter’s Five Forces, Blue Ocean, and SWOT) with iterative design activities such as ideation, sketching, CAD, mock-ups, user tests, and concept detailing focused on modularity (including spherical modularity), magnetic assembly, customization and add-ons, lighting principles, and materials/production. The outcome is the foundation for a modular construction toy that integrates qualities from lighting design, documented in this process report (Part 1), while the product itself is presented in Part 2. Conducted as a solo project with limited development time, the work aims to deliver a near-complete design ready for crowdfunding.
Lacuna er en procesrapport fra et industridesign-speciale, der undersøger, hvordan crowdfunding kan anvendes som ramme for produktudvikling og markedsintroduktion. Projektet starter med en trend- og statistikbaseret kortlægning af crowdfundede projekter og fortsætter gennem analyse og afprøvning af koncepter relateret til både legetøj og lys. Med udsigt til at offentliggøre projektet på en crowdfunding-platform blev potentielle brugere inddraget tidligt som kilde til research og feedback, hvilket afspejles i en struktur inspireret af open source og udvidbar modularitet. Forløbet omfatter markeds- og forretningsanalyse (bl.a. Business Model Canvas, Porter’s Five Forces, Blue Ocean, SWOT), samt iterative designaktiviteter som idégenerering, skitsering, CAD, mock-ups, brugertests og konceptdetaljering med fokus på modularitet (herunder sfærisk modularitet), magnetisk samling, tilpasning og add-ons samt lysprincipper og materialer/produktion. Resultatet er grundlaget for et modulært konstruktionslegetøj, der kombinerer kvaliteter fra lysdesign, dokumenteret i denne procesrapport (del 1), mens selve produktet præsenteres i del 2. Arbejdet er udført som soloprojekt med begrænset udviklingstid og sigter mod at nå en næsten færdig løsning klar til crowdfunding.
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Keywords
Toys ; Lighting ; Crowdfunding