Project 5: Kiosk Final

Working in a group has taught me a lot. The one thing I really enjoyed with this project, although in the end I think may have hindered us was the amount of ideas that bounced around. Because there were three of us, we were all able to think of something the last person wasn't. This was helpful, but also hindered us. It was helpful because of I came up with an idea, Lynn was able to see that it was not feasible, when maybe I thought it was. I think it hindered us because we did end up going through a lot of ideas, which made it hard for us to decide on one.

In the end we ended up with a concrete concept. Our concept was tree-tops. Our product, an all natural nail polish, led us in the direction of having an organic space. We wanted the customer to feel as if they were in the middle of the trees, feeling and seeing that fresh air, and the beautiful light that makes its way through the branches. We chose oranges and yellows to color the inside of our space because it was natural. They are calming color that invites on it to the space. The white on the outside and the center display gives it the birch wood tree feel we were going for all along.

The image to the right shows an interior view of the space. The brown ledges on the trees would be shelves for the nail polish.
Our next step was to focus on the packaging. after doing a lot of process work on packaging, we decided it did not make sense to singaly package just one nail polish. Instead, we decided to design the end result of ones shopping experience. I designed a bag that customers could put their purchased nail polish in and take it home with them. the bag could be reused then for something else.

The last part of our project was the display system. We ended up with a center display, which was a floor to ceiling tree. We chose the white to have it stick out from the rest of the space. The tree has four "leafs" allowing for traffic to flow around it. The cash register would also sit on this display, allowing the employee to interact with customers.