Educational Tool for Speech Therapy
From idea to production and then to market. This was an amazing internal product that we took to market!
Services
Industrial Design
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Prototyping
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Engineering
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Design for manufacture
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Production
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Services
Industrial Design
We had two users. The children and the therapists. Through understanding both these users we designed and prototyped a variety of designs which we tested with therapists throughout the process. This gave us amazing feedback which we used to help drive design decisions.
Prototyping
Using basic FDM 3D printing and printing. We were able to prototype different ideas each week for fast iteration.
Designed for Manufacture
We used three manufacture methods:
- Injection moulding with a 2 cavity mould for the buttons.
- Silicone moulds with the low volume balls.
- Vinyl printing for the graphics.
Branding and Packaging
We wanted the brand to be fun, colourful with a hint of educational. We chose a parrot and speech bubble in our logo and a packaging design that embraced a modular system allowing customers to store and grow their collection.
Educational Resources
One of the major component to Snapi was the educational aspect. We designed multiple educational resources that paired with the physcial objects.
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Basic Prototyping
Using a variety of prototyping methods. We conducted tests with a handful of therpaists that gave us valuable feedback
The Market
But what did others think of the product?
So we created a crowdfunding campaign
With the campaign being funded just enough to help us make moulds and start selling.
We hit the market officially!
We designed hundreds of illustrations
Speech therapy for children requires engagement, and versatility.
We had to make sure our illustrations were unique, and fun to use!
This helped keep children engaged for longer
The Design Evolved
The design of the ball was refined over and over again until it was the perfect size, fit, weight and functioned the way needed.
Filed Patents and Design Registrations
Filing protection of the intellectual property was a large cost of the project.
Built a sweet website!
Obviously we need a website to sell the product. We learned a ton from using Shopify and selling product through the website
Learning Resources
We designed many text resources to go with the 3D toy. This ensured therapists were getting great variety out of the system
the Feedback was great!
We validated the idea, and sold a whole bunch.
Part 3 - The End
Closing down
After a wild two years of selling hundreds of products to speech therapists.
We made the decision to close the business for various reasons.
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