Pop Up! All the fun of air popped popcorn with less hassle and mess.
Growing up, popcorn meant movie night. Making popcorn was often more fun than watching the movie. I was endlessly entertained staring at the kernels spinning around the air popper until they reached the magical temperature that caused them to POP! I tried to harness my childish wonder in this redesign of the common and dreadfully underused air popper.
Design Targets
Reduce Okala Impact
Minimize Storage Space
Remove Tasks
User Interviews
The Binge Couple
Profile: Netflix movie binges require a bowl of popcorn or three.
Quotable: "Our popcorn maker is too big to fit in our cabinets."
The Fan Couple
Profile: The fall means football and football means popcorn.
Quotable: "We melt butter on the stove because it is easier than using the butter cup."
The Holiday Couple
Profile: Homemade caramel corn is the perfect Holiday gift
Quotable: "If it were smaller we would probably use it more often."
Task Analysis
Life Cycle Assesment
Traditional air popcorn poppers have an Okala impact of approximately 27.85 over their lifetime.
Sketch Development
Final Concept
The cherry blossoms framing Mt. Fuji looked to me like popcorn spewing from a volcano. Awesome!
Modeling
Design Targets Hit
Minimize Storage Space
Eliminate Tasks
Reduce OKALA Impact
Integrated measuring cup removes 6 steps from the initial task analysis.
Replacing ABS and PVC with silicone and PET lowers the Okala impact by 66% and allows the bowl to collapse.
Movie night will never be the same.
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