Ideation: Shape Borrowing

• Ideating widely is important to arrive at best solution

• How we can generate better ideas by observing things around us

• The qualities of a good idea presentation

Shape BorrowingLessons from Nature

How do leaves repel water?

Blood Vessels – Pipe Repair

Learning from Bats

Bullet Train

Human Skeleton to Chair

Car Design

Alligator?

Example of Shape Borrowing – First Aid Box for Canoes/Rafts

Problem Situation

• Army personnel go for training outdoors and the boots are usually caked with mud. Soldiers spend a long time washing their boots and they waste a lot of water in the process. Is it possible to design something to solve this problem?

Task 1 (10 mins)

Design Brief• Design and make ..

Design Specs• Design must be simple to use

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Task 2 (25 mins)

• Now that you have written the design brief and specs, discuss with your group members 2 possible solutions to this problem- Sketch your ideas clearly and write annotations

• BUT FIRST, LOOK AT THE PICTURES GIVEN TO YOU TO DRAW INSPIRATION

GROUP 1, 2,3, 4

Group 5, 6, 7

Group 9, 10