Mechanical Engineer, Design Enthusiast, People Person
MeshCu
A Product Design Concept

Tasked to tackle the threat of COVID-19 to local communities and the world...
My team conducted multiple stages of the product development cycle to create an informational and captivating one-page sell sheet for MeshCu, a flexible copper mesh that provides fast, permanent, and inexpensive pathogen control for household doorknobs.
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We conducted ethnographic research to identify customer needs and began the design process by starting with the "what" and not the "how."
Customer Needs
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The surface product protects from the materials that the virus can survive on for prolonged periods of time such as certain plastics, paper, metals, stones, glass, leather, and ceramics
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The surface product acts as a barrier from direct human contact with any surface
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The surface product can be disinfected by external products
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The surface product eliminates or reduces survival time for the virus
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The surface product allows external disinfectants to remain for equal or longer periods of time than common types of materials
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The surface product can fit a variety of objects of different shapes, sizes, and flexibilities
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The surface product last for many uses and is NOT a single-use product
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The surface product is good for the environment and does not pose and health risk upon disposal
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The surface product discourages human physical contact
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The surface product is durable and can not be removed from the surface it is attached to easily
We sketched several product concepts and - using concept selection matrices, personal judgment, and interviews - decided on a design to prototype, test, design, and brand. We created the final rendering and sell sheet with a combination of pencil-sketching, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator.
