Interview with Commercial Buildings
Mock Up Model
Research- Existing Products
Comparing with My Bicycle Rack
Research- Existing Products
Comparing with My Bicycle Rack
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2 comments:
interesting. I wonder though how you get the bike out again after it is locked?
Also, it appears that there is quite some strength needed to push the bike upwards. Not sure my mom would be able to do it.
hi sun ki,
thanks for your post. I was very intrigued by something that you showed on one of the boards, when you were brainstorming. You mentioned the idea of a wrapper of some kind that could be applied to the bicycle on entry to a building. You can think of this as the wrapper that they give you when you enter a department store on a rainy day, so your umbrella does not drip on the floor. I first saw that in Japan and Korea, but it is getting more popular here, too. people who ride their bicycles to work every day could have some kind organic, disposable wrapper of some kind. Maybe you could develop a dispenser for these, something you give back at the end of the day. It's unlikely that elevators full of executives with their bicycles will come to work in skyscrapers in midtown Manhattan. but to make a successful product, you don't need to satisfy the whole world, only a market that is big enough to sustain your small business. So, if there were a very specialized environment, let's say, an office building where people are not typically going in elevators, where employees are less formal in their clothing. I could see this product being used at big, spread out state universities....My point is that you need to try to solve small problems in a specific, sustainable way, and if you take that approach, your design direction will emerge.
also, if you are going to design a wall-mounted bicycle mount, how do differentiate yours from all of other designs that already being manufactured? Are you sure that you want to direct your attention to this as your thesis? Please re-examine your original ideas, and let me know what you think ASAP.
steven
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