Five Rupees Design

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Five Rupees Design


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5 Rupees Design New design interventions.

Economic Design.

Design for all; making valuable products

accessible at a low cost.

Encouraging local production and consumption.

Exploring new aspects with locally available

materials and craftsmen.


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Kick Off...Brainstorming with questions like:

How I would like to spend my 5 Rupees?

Where do I normally spend my 5 Rupees?

Stationaries

Bus

Ticket


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What others say.Names0 Occupation

Kaka Painter Parle-G, Chai, Bus Fare, Balloon for Kids, Fix Puncture, Paani Pouch.

Kamlesh Bhai Carpenter Chai, Kurkure, Chewing Gum, Dairy Milk Chocolate, Pakore, Kakdi, 1 Boiled Egg, Biscuit,

Chhota Maggi, Local Call, Pen Refills, as kids giveaway.

Radha Ben Maid Plastic earrings, Hair Pin, Bangles, Bindi, Chai, Parle-G, Snacks, Milk, Sugar, Tomato, Chilli

Powder.

Ajay Mechanic Small spanner, Cigarette, Paan, Chai, Wafers, Parle-G, Dairy Milk, 5-Star, Soda, Gutkha,

Bus Fare, Kachori, Samosa.

Adesh Patel School Student Chocolate, Pen, Pencil, Eraser, Soda, Vanilla Ice-cream, Ruler, Notebook, Chart Paper,

Carbon Paper, Patang.

Haresh Doshi Other Dairy Milk, Paas-Paas, Pen, Pencil, Wafers, Biscuits, Cigarette.

Gender, age group, likening so many things affects on 5 rs. Expenditure.

Its not just price its also VALUE of the money.


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Trip to Teen Darwaza.


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Making stuffs.Objective:

Create product(s) from the junk orobjects lying around the campus with

the collective cost of materials is under

Rupees 5.


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1) BouquetsConcept:

Making some aesthetically pleasing Bouquets out of dry leaves and

wood splinters.

Materials:

Dried bamboo leaves, wood splinters, wood pieces, thread/wire etc.

Target Users or Consumers and Price:

Any as its a gift item or a decorative piece; price 10 Rs. per piece.

Production Cost (per Unit):

Around 5 Rs. per piece


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2) LocketsConcept:

Wearable neck lockets

Materials:

POP chunks, wood/bamboo pieces, transparent PVC.


Students and children; price varying from 5-10 Rs. per piece.


Each locket is somewhere between 2-3 Rs. depending on thematerial used.


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3) Keyring HolderConcept:

Key ring holder with provision to hang key rings; which can be easilymounted on the wall or kept on table top.

Materials:

MDF, wood pieces and steel hooks.


Family and students; price varying from 20-50 Rs. per piece.


Each Key ring holder cost was about 5-10 Rs.; excluding theamount of labor effort.


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Whats next.Selecting a work area, preferably

closed group; taking the raw materials,production skills and consumers should

come from the same.


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4) Apps for SmartPhonesConcept:

Creating a one-of-a-kind application for smartphone which itself is agroup of applications(paid or freeware); balancing the price suchthat it is less than the price of the applications bought individually.

Materials:

Internet connection, Laptop or PC.


Any smartphone user; price vary on the group of application

selected.

Unable to materialize due to shortage of time and the amountinvolved to get a valid application market license.


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5) GO! Series PowerBooksConcept:

Creating a power manual for the user(s) who know less about the technicalities of the

smartphone; enabling them to kick-off with their smartphones by providing them with

a list of some popular freeware applications and tips!

Materials:

Internet connection, Laptop or PC, designing software (Photoshop, Illustrator, GIMP,

InkScape, Scribus)


Any smartphone user; price 10-15 Rs. per unit


Around 15 Rs. Per unit but can be reduced to as low as 5 Rs. per unit if produced bulk

i.e., 1000 copies.

One can also advertise on such booklets which can reduce the production cost.

Tie-ups with carrier providers like Vodafone, Airtel, BSNL etc.

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