Coffee Pod Project Tasks

Design Brief

You are to design and model a new single shot coffee pod machine.  To do this, you will need to carry out a series of tasks to ensure that you have the information you need to be successful.

Image board - Single Shot Coffee Pod Machines

You are to carry out secondary market research on single shot coffee pod machines.  Please use Google / Pinterest or other websites to collect a range of images of a range of machines that are visually very different.

Design specification - Single Shot Coffee Pod Machines

We will use ACCESS FM to highlight the key requirements of the coffee machine.  This will be a classwork activity with your teacher.  You will look at your image boards and contribute key words / observations from your image board that the teacher will write on the smart board.  You will write these requirements /observations down in the format of a Design Specification on the template provided to you.  This template has been started to assist you.  You must aim to make the specification points as specific, measurable and justified as possible.

Product evaluation - Single Shot Coffee Pod Machines

You are going to evaluate one of the single shot coffee pod machines on your Image Board.  You will also use your Design Specification to help you.  To do this, you will follow the steps below.

1. Identify 4 key points about your coffee machine.  For example, the material, safety features, aesthetic appearance, functionality, etc.

2. Write an evaluation paragraph for each one of these points.  

3. Each paragraph must have a sentence describing the point, a sentence explaining about the point and a sentence evaluating how this links to the coffee machine.

4. One paragraph has been done for you as an example.

5. You will go through this with your teacher and then do 4 paragraphs of your own.

design ideas - Single Shot Coffee Pod Machines

Click the links below to go to the:

1. sketching page which will remind you about the fundamental sketching principles that you should use when generating design ideas for your coffee pod machine.

2. examples of more advanced sketching of coffee machines.

Onshape model - Single Shot Coffee Pod Machines

The image below is Mr Jones' example of a very simple unfinished Onshape model of a coffee pod machine.  Click on the button above to access the materials showing you the basics of modelling in Onshape and creating the machine below.  Scroll down for the instructions on how to realistically render your coffee pod machine and present it using Augmented Reality (AR).

shapr3d - applying real material effects and using augmented reality (AR)

Click the link below to learn how to photorealistically render your Onshape model and use AR to place your model into a real environment to check for aesthetics and other design factors.

physical model - Single Shot Coffee Pod Machines

Click on the link below to go to the physical rendering section where you will be shown how different types of models are made as a part of the product design and development process.