Gropod

Project Overview

Our food travels thousands of miles to get to our homes. Through this process, rich nutrients are lost. By being able to grow micro-greens at home, users are able to enjoy delicious, nutrient rich vegetation in the comfort of their home. Micro-greens can be easily added to meals, smoothies or salads. The Gropod is an all in one system that maintains micro-greens with little effort.

Role & Skills

Gropod was a personal project. This was done for my Thesis at OCADU. Research, ideation and design were all done by myself.

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The Task

For my final thesis project, I wanted to create a costumer product that would address issues of sustainability, health and work/life balance.

Research

I continued to research several different types of hydroponics, what other cities were doing at the time, competitors and conducted experiments on my own to see if the product I had in mind would be feasible.

User Personas

The personas I decided to focus on were individuals in their 20's and 30's, because I found that this population segment was most open to trying new things as well as concerned about their overall health.

Ideation

The original concept was a hexagon shape device, so that costumers would be able to purchase multiple. Upon further testing and research I found that a rectangle would work better, because it would offer more area to grow, as well as be modular if need be.

Iteration

The concept went through several design iterations but ultimately shaped based on the experiments conducted as well as research about the manufacture infrastructure, durability and maintenance of the possible product.

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Next Steps

The Gropod was a great first step towards ideation for an at-home living wall system. Further research would uncover more opportunities and constraints to help modify the design and functionality of the product.

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