DESIGN PROJECT - I

PUSH PIN ( Developing a new design for push

pins )

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Volume : 1 of 1

STUDENT : PRERAK G BOTHRA

PROGRAMME : UNDERGRADUATE

GUIDE : RAVI RATNAM

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2019

PRODUCT DESIGN
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 PROPOSED PRODUCT NAME
PUSH PIN

This project is about refining the design of a product named push pin , which
would deliver service of more conveniency and safety while using the push pin /
drawing pin / thumb tacks on boards of office , colleges, design studio . This
project incorporates ethnographical study about the working space products
and their issues.
In this project , I have address a problem of using the current designed push pin in
office, which creates a inconviency in work and waste of time, This project is all about
refining the design of a push pin for the users, which would deliver its service with well
equipped aesthetic and ergonomics sense.

TOPIC AREA
As per history pushpins were first invented by Sir Moore in 1900”s. Who then
later on founded the Moore push pin company , this way he really brought a
massive change in the world of pins , who then got his first big orders from
Kodak film company of $ 1000 in 1900. The major focus of this entire project will be running across two points:-
Documenting and complete study of usage of soft boards in corporate offices and
educational institutions and user experience of pin-upping the soft board /
presentation board.
PUSH - PIN
• The Focus will be on refining the design for user-experienced product - Push
Pin .
After 1900’s Till today , push pins have got much more recognition than any
• Re-correcting / Rectifying the product quality and functionality according to
other stationery product , as because of its much broader use at offices,
Ergonomics and the general usage by users and in offices, institutions.
homes, educational institutions exhibitions, etc.

But ,due to inconvienency and time taking causes, users have moved to some
other alternative uses of magnetic pins and use of stapler to present their
work , As we know for every product in this world , there is one alternative or
substitute, but coming back to how much they affect the lives of people
matters at last. This makes an important impact of changing lives of people.
 SIGNIFICANCE MAJOR AIMS :-

• Accuracy in pin-upping the user’s work.

Push pins are an important product used in somewhere in our day to day life ,
• Avoiding wastage and loss of push-pin during pin-using.
but yet being in the market as a super selling product for more than a
century , No one ever encountered the problems of using the pins by user • Reducing the efforts in using push-pins.
and its inconviency.
We have found a huge reason of keeping alive the push pin product rather than • Reducing the time to pin-upping the work.
using its alternatives as it is cheaper and already widely accepted across the
world. Based on the our market research ,we have found that there are many
varieties of push pins in the market, but they all serve fancyness , lacking the
aesthetic and ergonomic sense. APPROACH :-
Under design sustainability this new refinement of designed product aims for
affordability and user-friendliness.
A primary approach will be working on design
conceptualisation and along with keeping an eye on the user’s
OBJECTIVE use of push-pin.

Documenting the whole process of pin-uping the bulletin-

Push-pins have been a supporting bone for presentable boards or bulletin boards. board.
Making easy for people to attach their notice’s or piece of work.
Keeping in mind the ergonomics and hand posture while pin-
uping the bulletin-board.Here the main focus will be keeping the
Today we can see a huge range of colourful and different material based push-pins,
product affordable and user-friendly.
no matters whatever the materials have been used for push-pin, its primary use plays
a huge role in the offices and institutions.

Here, our primary aim is to refine the push pin’s design embedded with a aesthetic
sense and which stands ergonomically , which makes easy for users to pin-up their
work.
 METHODOLOGY
This project, initiated by designer’s itself experience while using push-pin / drawing
pins on soft board. Along with that research were conducted by interviewing ( users
- students ) problems they encounter while pin-upping their board.
At last ,along with that an observations on users while pin-using their work is being
done.The main topics for analysis were :-
• Value system in Indian stationery market is price awareness in user,
so the product have to be affordable and cheaper to user and its
important to notify the user the
• Value system in Indian stationery market is price awareness in user, so
the product have to be affordable and cheaper to user and its
important to notify the user that its one time investment to user.

• Bulletin Board / Soft-board.

• Sustainable invention for bulletin board , regarding push-pin. Design Conceptualisation / Final proposals ( for
• Study of users way of using push-pins on bulletin-board. Push Pin Gun)
• Ergonomics and safety while using the designed product.

. After final prototyping a group of user will be given this product for testing
Key Findings of Analysis. out.Their feedback will help to design and develop the product.

• User of push-pins by hands accounted for loosing and hunting in fingers of

users.
• It was clearly identified that material innovations in push-pins like use of colourful
push-pins and wood push-pins etc, but were not intended for solving this
unnoticed problem.
• A study of expense done on push pins by per user shows that in offices its
rupees (150-200 ) and in educational institutions rupees 250-300 per user.

• Making product compact and ergonomically perfect is necessary for user

acceptance.This is because, if above functions doesn’t work users will keep on
using pins as they use to before.