SCREWLESS, SUPER-ELASTIC GLASSES

Designed by Neethu Mathew

“Screws are the bane of an optician’s life.”- (Optician 2013(

Problem

Phase 1 - Setting the problem

Phase 2 - Solution finding/ Ideation

Phase 3 - Feasibility and Optimisation

Design debrief

Market analysis

User analysis

Materialinvestigation

Problem redefined Ideation Prototyping

Evaluate and

develop

User testing

Phase 4 - Refinement Review

Test and verify

designImplement

Design process

Corrective eyewear has risen by 7% in the last 5 years.

Growing market

Ethnographic &

User Insights

Existing Services &

Market Trends

Material Analysis

Theoretical Analysis

Material Experimentation

Manufacturing Analysis

Sketch developments

Stakeholders were asked to participate in a joint co-creation method which was developed by Jeremy Utley, a lecturer and director of Executive Education at Stanford University. This method involved the stakeholders discussing:

•What they liked about the product.•What they would change.•What they were confused by.•What ideas did they think could be

applied to this product.

Co-creation with stakeholders

Laser etched temple frames

“I can imagine this product going into the eye-wear market. I have never seen anything like this before. The uniqueness of the mechanism will make it stand out from the crowd and allow you to cater it towards the high-end market.”

- Mr. Sanchez (Optician, 2013)

Testing with opticians

Skills used: Understanding Of The Shape Memory Alloy, Nitinol / Surface Modelling / CAD / Prototyping / Laser Cutting /Design For Manufacture / Design For Ease Of Assembly.

Final design