GREEN GOLIATH
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Green
Design. The idea was to design a product with minimal packaging so as to
reduce the contribution to landfills. Our design team came up with a grass
seed spreader that could eliminate all packaging waste by making the packaging
serve as part of the product. Originally, the product was sold unassembled
under another name. The components (wheels, whisk, axle, etc.) were pack
aged within the seed hopper, which was in turn stuffed in a cardboard box.
The cardboard box was usually discarded after the seed spreader had been
bought.
Our team redesigned the hopper to serve as the packaging box. The cardboard
box was no longer needed. In fact, the product is designed to sit on the
shelf in one of its hopper. There is noth ing to throw away.
The box measures 1x1x2 feet when unassembled. The sliding top which
allows access to the components prevents seed from spilling during storage
in the final configuration.The box splits along a diagonal, one half is
then rotated and then reattached to form the wedge-shaped hopper.
Team Members: Nayana Ghantiwala Jim Gouldstone Mike Wittig
