A day with the design team

The mission for the day is clear: your class makes a product that you plan, design, test and produce together and that you can hold in your hands, present, marvel about, praise, criticize and proudly take home.

As a designer, you play a critical role in the planning and designing of this product. Your team determines how the product looks. Will it be red, sky blue, pink or neon yellow? Will it have glitter effects? Do you want it to be clear, milky, or opaque? What about two colors in an awesome color shading? Or, do you instead experiment with all the options? This is not going to be an easy decision. Despite all the styling, keep in mind the market trends and your target group.

And, of course, find out from the other teams if your ideas are feasible and realistic. It’s also a smart idea to give the communications team a hint, or if you order a catchy advertisement or even a commercial for your product design, which you can also produce yourself.

That’s an ambitious agenda for one day but you’ll make it as a team. At the end of the day, you’ll be able to say: Great product. Mission accomplished!