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8. Project 12: Redesign Cookworks Hand Mixer                                                  Designs
                                                                         Out of Box Experience











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                                                                                          Putting
                             Initial
                                                                         First visual
                                                                                                                              Taking
                                                                                                            Using
       Description         impressions  Removing   Opening   Taking out   Removing   impressioins  Picking  beaters   Plugging   controls  Beating  beaters   Cleaning   Storage
                                                      the parts/
                                    the boxes
                                              the box
                                                                plug seal
                                                                                                                     eggs
                                                                                                   mixer in
                                                                                                                                      beaters
                                                                                  up and
       of each part          of Box   seal             Feel of           of mixer  feeling  in mixer                           out
                                                        Mixer
       Out of box
       experience
                         ◊ Like the colours                               ◊ Grip can be                                  ◊ Beaters are small.
                           on the box.                                      slippery when                ◊ Hitting turbo.  ◊ Cord is to short.  ◊ Hard to
       Comments          ◊ Easy to         ◊ Hard to take  ◊ White plastic     holding.  ◊ Beaters hard to   ◊ Hard to push  ◊ It is designed     store away.
                                                                                         push in.
                                                             looks cheap.
                                             off seal.
                                                                                                                           for right handed
                           understand                                                  ◊ There are to many      buttons across.    people.
                           what it is.                                                                   ◊ Turbo same
                                                                                          holes on the base     as number 5  ◊ Cord in the way
                                                                                          dont know where      speed.       when mixer.
                                                                                          to put beaters.  ◊ No off button.
                                                                           Main Problem Areas
        Instructions
                                                                                                            These are the
           No participants looked at instructions to set up the product, they used   Areas that work well   top four areas
           the box and their general knowledge to set up and use it. I got the      (Dont change)         that need to be
           participants to go through the instructions. Below are the results:                                looked at.
           ◊  They had missed out on important information about the product.       Areas that could do with
           ◊  The instructions were difficult to understand, leading to confusion.  improvements (Might change)
           ◊  They were to long to get through.
           ◊  There were not enough images to explain what to do.                   Areas that are a big
           ◊  Instructions should be at top of the box when opening.                problem (Need to be fixed)
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