Ideation Sketches

When initially tasked to come up with 40 ideation sketches, I was pretty lost and did not really know where to start and how to come up with ways to transform the already pretty “perfect” hairdryer I had. Thus, I took to the internet to look at various industrial and product designer ideation sketches, this showed me how rough ideation sketches could be and how ideation sketches were simply visuals of whatever went through one’s mind when looking at the object. I started to look out for objects in my every day that had unique and shapes, I would then take a photo of them and incorporate their elements in my sketches later on. Before I knew it I had already completed my 40 sketches! I was being inspired by things all around me, like tennis rackets, kitchen strainers and even dog walkers!

From this assignment, I think my biggest takeaway is learning to let go and be free. As a designer, we should not hold back our ideas simply because it may already be common or look rather “lame”. It is with these initial ideas that will help us develop our designs to be greater. Additionally, I also learned that there are two ways that one could ideate product sketches, number one, adapting the original form and number two, focusing on the purpose of the object. 

Learnings aside, here are my ideation sketches!