CAPitalizing on RE-USE

CAPitalizing on RE-USE

Our class was asked to invent a product this week made out of bottle caps. Bottles are accumulating more and more everyday and we need to find ways to reuse them to save the environment. After brainstorming separately we were asked to pair up and work together.

Brainstorming combined.
-recycling bin
-outdoor decoration
-wind chime
-chair and table
-flower pot
-garland
-money holder
-floss dispenser
-spool for string
-contact holder
-plant holder
-circle tracers/stencils
-paint tray
-magnet
-thumb tacs
-pencil sharpener
-placemat

Our Sketches.


After listing pro's and con's of each item we decided that a placemat would be the most functional and creative product we could create.

The next step to our process was going around to every single door in the dorm asking for bottlecaps. We needed to do this first to see the color results to create our design. We then went back to the studio and sorted out all of the colors. We noticed a dominance of clear and white caps with various little amounts of colors. We chose orange, blue, and green because it is a triadic color scheme on the wheel and we thought they worked well together.

Iteration One.




After getting advice on the design from outsiders we redesigned our concept and plan. Since there was no way we could collect even more caps we decided to break apart the first model and reuse the caps.

Peeling the glue.
Our giant hot glue pile.

Iteration Two.

In the making.
Going Crazy.Assembling.
ALL DONE!

This product will SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS TEACH CHILDREN HOW TO SET A TABLE PROPERLY!

it is assembled with a 20 percent recyclable material glue that is biodegradable. May be purchased at One Stop Shop hot melt glue.