After assignment #3 I decided I was not going to move forward with my first idea. Instead I decided that I would like to create something that may not be solving a problem but it is something that could eliminate a great inconvenience. I will continue to work on and improve my idea of the car key holder using Sketchfab to finalize my design.
Prototype Update
I took another look at my previous assignment and came to the realization that even the car keys issue isn’t a big enough issue to be considered an actual problem but rather an inconvenience. That is why I decided that I am going to go with the creative route.
I thought this idea was interesting and decided to go with it to see how it would actually look. I think this product would still be used by people and particularly those who have “push to start” cars. I also have a “push to start” car and have often found myself in similar situations. I think it would be beneficial to those who are going to work or those who drive often. This would be a lot more convenient for them and allow them to save time and avoid the issue of forgetting the keys in the car.
I have seen people using lanyards to solve this issue but not everyone wants to walk around with a long string hanging from their back pocket or around their neck. I have also seen people using suction hooks that they can just attach to their windshield. My cousin had tried this solution and found that the keys would fall off the hook or even the suction itself would just fall off.
As for finding representative customers and getting feedback I would find people who I think would use the product and see through them and get their feedback. I would conduct a survey to see what aspects of the product they liked or disliked.
Assignment #3
For my interview I wanted to make sure my cousin didn’t know that she was being interviewed. I talked to her as if it was any other day and tried my best to get the best feedback that I could.
As we continued talking I found that she had tried to solve this issue in many other ways but eventually I came to the conclusion that this wasn’t a big enough issue to be considered a problem.
We had talked several times over the week and I had found that maybe there is another problem that could be solved. My cousin has issues with losing her keys in the car and often times finds that there is no proper place to keep her keys. She has tried keeping the keys in different places such as, in the cupholder or on her lap and that has caused more of an inconvenience as the keys kept falling on the car floor which was a potential danger.
Taking these things into consideration I thought it would be a good idea to make a place for the keys in the car. I thought it would make sense to have an attachment that would latch onto the rearview mirror that allows you to hang your keys from it. This way the keys would not fall and they would be right in front of her whenever she needs them.