recreating the rake

come september 22, fall will be here. that means pumpkins and hay rides and football games and leaves. with leaves comes a mess and a rake. the rake has a simple enough design: broom stick, metal 'teeth' and that's it. it also has simple enough pain: blisters, uncomfortable handle, that slight knife stabbing your side as your raking. yes, we've all been there, done that. so today we brainstormed on how to improve this.

-grippers
-movaable grips
-bent handle
-bigger 'teeth'
-all plastic
-contour the grip to hand
-lighted rake
-telescopic handle
-biodegradable material
-fan/vacuum to gather leaves easier
-attachable trash bag

Q&A

Hangers. They hang in your closet, on your door, on your bed, on your floor. They're white, blue, black, green and every color in between. From plastic to cardboard, everyone uses them. In the department store or at the dry cleaners, they're always hanging around. But like everything, couldn't they use a little improvement? Like how with a simple step they snap, or they're even slightly too big the stretch your favorite shirt. They suck. So I interviewed two girls and three guys to find out why they still let their hangers hang.


Tessa Canon
What, in your opinion the best part of a hanger?
"To keep clothes wrinkle-free and convenient. They're easy to take right off and wear."
What, in your opinion the worst part of a hanger?
"Sometimes if the hanger isn't big enough, shirts fall off and I have to pick them up."
If you could change anything about the hanger, what would you?
"I wish you could hang more than one article of clothing."


Jake Fisher
What types of clothing do you usually hang on hangers?
"I hang my dress clothes, play clothes, sophisticated clothes, everyday clothes, pants."
What else do you use hangers for? 
"I use them as pull up bars as well. So they need to be more durable as well."


Jesse McGinness
What do you use hangers for?
"I use them to keep my clothes fresh."
If you could change anything about the hanger, what would you?
"I'd make it mandatory that all are plastic. Those wire and cardboard ones are terrible."






Sam Maupin
What, in your opinion the best part of a hanger?
"The ability to dry my delicates is nice."
On average, how many have you broken a year?
"Well my dog has chewed up about 20. I've only broken about three or five."



Casey Rolf
What, in your opinion the worst part of a hanger?
"Its one size fits all characteristic"
If you could change anything about the hanger, what would you?
"Make it easier to put in shirts without stretching the neck."

IDEO deep dive

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everything is designed, except for nature. there is an idea of design v. invention: idea for floss is invention but whoever decided to put that floss in the white box is design. in the design world, there is no rank. if you're an intern and you have the best idea, go you. deep dive = crazy ideas are thrown around; build off of ideas. "focused chaos." everything has to go through a process and takes a lot of hours, an open mind, a belief that chaos can be constructive and teamwork.
>> "fail often to succeed sooner"


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Deep-Dive™ is the name of a technique used to rapidly immerse a group or team into a situation for problem solving or idea creation. It was designed by IDEO and often focuses on four distinct areas: Process, Organisation, Culture, and Leadership. 
The deep dive process consists of five parts: 1. Understand the market/ client/ technology and constraints 2. Observe real people in real situations 3. Visualize new-to-the-world concepts and ultimate customers 4. Evaluate and refine prototypes 5. Implement new concept for commercialization. Also, the deep dive includes rapid prototyping (putting brainstormed ideas together and building or trying out ideas, concepts or processes).