Thursday, April 24, 2014

Emily O'Brien: Week 4 Detergent

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The Shake It was inspired by Replenish Spray Bottles. The unique design places the soap/detergent in the bottom cap only, while he rest of the bottle is filled with water. The hourglass shape allows the user to gently press in and then let go - this motion releases a small amount of soap/detergent into the bottle. The hourglass shape, again, allows the user to easily "shake it" up and down to mix the water and detergent. The removable cap design helps reduce plastic pollution because instead of throwing away the entire old spray bottle and buying a new one, the user only needs to remove and buy the bottom cap every time.

To make this lovely shape, I used the tool Sweep2 to create the surface. Then, using projected curves I split the surface and used Sweep2 again to create the divets running across the bottle. For the screw cap, I watched the tutorials provided and used the helix tool for the threads, along with Sweep1 to create the pipe-like look to it. To create the indent of the thread I used the Boolean Difference tool.

For the product, I wanted the inside to be visible to show off the bottom screw cap. For the overall bottle I used a clear white plastic and for the screw I used a darker clear plastic. Adding color to the bottle using the bottom and top caps I chose cloudy colored plastics.

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