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ASSIGNMENT SIX: INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Build a better mousetrap.
We’ve all heard the phrase “Build a better
mousetrap and the world will come knocking
at your door”. Well here’s your chance.
Come up with an idea for a new mousetrap.
As with all products, you have to follow several
strict criteria.
- The mousetrap must be an object of
beauty.
- The mousetrap must catch one or two
mice, but not kill them.
- The mousetrap can be baited but not
with poison or drugs.
- The mousetrap must be innovative in its
approach.
Once you’ve come up with an idea of how to catch a mouse, make drawings
to show not only what the trap looks like, but also how the trap works. (For
example, “The mouse walks onto a metal switch to get the cheese, which
releases a metal bar...”)
Don’t forget to make it beautiful as well as functional. Choice of color
and form should be a combination of functional reasons (mice like green) and
aesthetic ones (green sells mousetraps, according to the latest edition of ‘MouseCatchers
Quarterly’). The final step is to make a model of the trap. Make it out
of whatever materials you are familiar with: cardboard, balsa wood, clay or
styrofoam. Paint the model to match the colors you’ve chosen, and remember
to give the product a cool name so the world will come knocking!
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