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Small start-up company looking to disrupt the dog feeding bowl market. When you have a dog, you want to do all you can for it. There are a variety of boredom buster feeder dog products/bowls on the market that helps solve the problem of alleviating boredom and anxiety that can lead to excessive chewing, barking, digging, and other destructive behaviours.
I want to disrupt the dog feeder product market competitors to create something new, original and innovative integrating the Wobble Balance Board concept.
Please read the attached brief for more details on the scope of work and if you have any questions please let me know.
Wants:
• Open to multiple designs/entries
• 3 unique product designs plus 2 wild card designs
• Innovative, creative and original design – out of the box thinking
• Cost effective and designed to manufacture
• Injection mould friendly using food grade rubber and plastic materials to manufacture
• 3 sizes-small, medium and large
• Sturdy and non-slip when in use
• Is it relatively unique versus what competitors sell and most people have come across on eBay, Amazon or similar online shops and current product competitors?
• Minimalist and simple
• Must help us modify if needed
• Use logo attached
The critical point is to positively make it an engaging experience for the dog – the end consumer. The other challenge is to convince the dog parents of the benefits/features by design and usability of it.
Open your imagination and professional creative ability – design something original and innovative.
If you think we're not being creative enough and have an innovative idea for an awesome design that fits the brief, please also submit. There are multiple prizes on offer.
Evaluates expected basic elements of products and facilities that are: aesthetical superiority; sincerity; originality; good value for the price; user-friendliness; designed with safety in mind; designed to fit the usage environment where it's used; meeting the needs of consumers (and their dogs); offering good functionality and performance; attractiveness.
Is it a superior design?
Design: the design concept is superior; the process or the management of the design is superior; the formal expression is new and exciting; the design is superior in its overall sense of completeness.
User: it shows a high level of solving the problems facing the user; it puts the principle of universal design into practice; it presents new modes of behaviour and manners; it conveys versatility and a high degree of functionality in an easily understandable way; consideration has been given to maintenance, improvements, and expansion during usage.
Additionally, the basic criteria sought in assessing a product is listed below:
-Design Innovation
-Ergonomics
-Manufacturing (Construction and Use of Materials)
-Functionality: Form follows function - Good product design marries form and function well.
-Price (the cost to manufacture – value for money)
-Creativity, Originality & Simplicity
-Environment considerations
-Safety
-Aesthetics
-Usability: Benefits to the user (dog), including performance, comfort, safety, ease of use, and
universal function and access
-Marketability
-Packaging considerations
-Made from a million pieces
-No sharp or clunky edges
-Non-manufacturable designs and complex designs
-Cheap plastic look & fee
-Does meet the evaluation criteria
- AutoCAD
Thank you to all the designers who submitted designs for this contest.
It was a wonderful experience to be given the opportunity and access to work with such a talented bunch of individuals! Apologies if I have not reached out to you personally, I will do so in the next few days.
In terms of next steps, a shortlist of designs will be done in collaboration with a panel of experts to assess concepts as outlined in my brief:
• Design Innovation
• Ergonomics
• Manufacturing (Construction and Use of Materials)
• Functionality: Form follows function - Good product design marries form and function well.
• Price (the cost to manufacture – value for money)
• Creativity, Originality & Simplicity
• Environment considerations
• Safety
• Aesthetics
• Usability: Benefits to the user (dog), including performance, comfort, safety, ease of use, and universal function and access
• Marketability
• Packaging considerations
As we go through this process of shortlisting designs, if you are nominated you will be notified individually, I will keep you all updated. Thank you again for all your work, this is appreciated.
Cheers and thanks,
Ryan
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I have submitted a design . Please do have a look and let me know what you feel.
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I just started with this competition and so wanted to know that are you still looking for some new designer or have to finalize any of the designs submitted till now.
There are a lot of entries on this competition and so wanted to know if it's worth it to invest time in it.
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I'm uninveted designers but wanna join . could I join this interesting contest ?
Thanks
thanks for competition , I am in. Soon I will try to submit something -that really matches the motto of this contest.
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https://doglab.com/slow-feed-dog-bowl/
Thank you for your post. Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Ryan
So the feeding bowl has to be designed for which type of dogs?
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Thank you
Ryan
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Can we use other software like solid works ?
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arkiattack
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