Shopping Cart Concept for IDEO
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Design Entrepreneurship and Innovation General Engineering, Engineering Science Industrial Design Industrial Engineering Mechanical Engineering |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Teaching - Case Study |
| Media Type: |
Unknown |
| Author(s): |
Organization:IDEO |
| Description: | Project description of: Redesign of the shopping cart for ABC's Nightline. The project has a link to the teams and the video clip from the Nightline show. "To demonstrate its process for innovation for an episode of ABC’s late-night news show Nightline, IDEO created a new shopping cart concept, considering issues such as maneuverability, shopping behavior, child safety, and maintenance cost. The show concentrated on IDEO’s design process, recording as a multidisciplinary team brainstormed, research, prototyped, and gathered user feedback on a design that went from idea to a working appearance model in four days. The nestable steel frame lacks sides and a bottom to deter theft, and holds removable plastic baskets to increase shopper flexibility, help protect goods and provide a method to promote brand awareness. A dual child seat uses a swing-up tray for a play surface, and a hole provides a secure spot for a cup of coffee or a bunch of carnations. One of the unique -- and potentially patentable -- features of the cart is the design of its steerable back wheels. Normally fixed straight for stability and familiarity, an easy sideways effort allows the wheels to turn left or right. Pushing the cart forward puts the wheels straight again." |
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| Keywords: | industrial design human factors interaction design mechanical engineering shopping cart IDEO |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
Creative Thinking |
| Use of Resource: |
The design is an interesting case that could be used as an accompanyment to using the Nightline video in class. The design wan the 1999 IDEA Silver design award. |
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Easy |
| Interactivity Level: |
Low |
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| Publication Date: | June 2008 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.ideo.com/work/item/shopping-cart-concept/ |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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