Ball pegs are clothes pegs that give a new aspect to this previously limited market. While its only real function is, like all clothes pegs, to fasten clothes to a clothes line; the ball peg also has physiological, aesthetic, psychological and social benefits that other clothes pegs do not. The target market are homemakers; typically women between 30-50.
Physiologically the balls are significantly heavier and sturdier than a regular peg which signals their sturdiness to the user. They are nice to touch, as the polyurethane is soft and squeezable as well as easy to grip.
Aesthetically the ball peg is much more pleasant than a standard clothes peg. Its spherical shape catches the light and the bright colours are fun and uplifting. The ball peg is symmetrical about 3 axis' horizontally, and symmetrical vertically which creates a balanced product.
Psychological benefits arise from using the product because it is easy to use and the chore of hanging the washing will seem more appealing. The aesthetic benefits of the product will also mean that the clothes line is no longer an eye sore.
The social benefits of the ball peg are that friends and family will be intruiged as to what "those balls are on your line." Thus they become a talking point. Further the intruige and playfulness of the product will involve the family in the chore of hanging out the washing. Even the kids can play with them when they're bored!
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what is good about the student's design and how can the student's project be improved
Very nice idea and nice models. The different colours are nice too and your rationale seems to explain it well. Only complaint is that the orthogonal drawing doesnt explain how the peg actually works.
1. A bit of change for product on the clothes line may be nice to use everyday. Also, having a product that is nice and round makes to smoother and easier to work with, especially when the product works so close with the hand and fingers.
2. Older women may have a bit of a problem with trying to open up the peg, as it is a spherical object. Maybe a change in its shape like an ellipse shape could help to overcome this problem.
This is an interesting take on pegs. They look great, the shape and colours are nice. The thing I don't get is how they are easier to use than conventional pegs with springs, or even older pegs with no springs.
Fewer parts and a more sturdy build are also good, as this will lower costs, and increase reliabilty. The fact they can be used as toys is an awesome bonus for kids...or cats.
When I first saw these ball pegs I was immediately curious as to what they were. When I found out they were pegs I was surprised as they looked like nothing I’d ever seen on a cloth line before. The thing I like about them is their unusual nature aesthetically pleasing design as its not often u see colourful balls on cloth lines. What I would change about them however would be their size and weight because it be quite hard to lug around a basket of these balls to hang up your families washing with.
- An excellent approach to a product that needs that little bit extra. Appropriate colour range has been imposed to the set that you have created as well as a very playful form, not relieving the user of the arduous task, but allowing for that little bit of interaction making the task doable.
- from the model, it seems as if it is made of a thin guage polymer perhaps not giving the user the same depth of visceral enjoyability as a guage with more heft may offer. The actual mechanism doesnt offer as much surface area "clamp" as the standard peg.
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