Tigger Flipper
Apr 2023
GOAL: design a product that helps a Natalie, woman with cerebral palsy, to add ingredients to a mixing bowl
SKILLS: CAD, market research, user-focused design, wood working, prototyping, collaboration
This artifact was created for a group final project with with prompt to create a product that helps Natalie, a Youtuber with cerebral palsy (Natalie's YouTube channel), make a three-ingredient cake (Baking A Subscribers 3 Ingredient Cake!). Our class had the step of putting ingredients into the mixing bowl. Specifically, our group focused on helping Natalie remove canned apples from the can.
Our Summary Poster:
Fabrication
Base:
Woodworking, painting
cut wood pieces and used wood glue to attach them
acrylic paint to paint tigger and a clear layer of water proofing
Case:
attacked to base with a hinge
body of case 3D printed
cut foam glued on
Spatula:
wooden dowel cut at a 45 degree angle and glued together to create a right angle
hand grip molded to Natalie's grip style and angle with Instamorph Moldable Plastic
spatula tip molded with Instamorph Moldable Plastic
