Design+Proposal

__**Group Members;**__


 * Hassan Waqar - 996962719**
 * Syed Saad Qaiser - 997075819**
 * Maham Akram**
 * Syed Mustafa Abbas Mahmood - 997140491**

__**DESIGN PROPOSAL**__

We call our product “Life-O”, which targets the underprivileged class, which is often deprived of hygienic drinking water.

The product is inspired by “Life-Straw” and “Q-drum”, which are its predecessors. With Life-O, we are trying to harness the positive features of both of its predecessors and strike a balance between the two products, as well give Life-O its own unique features. Our aim is to carefully carry out a research before coming up with the final design in order to minimize the drawbacks and chances of failures.

We would like to briefly highlight the purpose of 'Life-Straw' and 'Q-drum'. The former is a small straw that filters out un-hygienic water in order to make it drinkable. The latter is designed to carry and store water; especially for the poor propel in less-developed regions such as Africa. 'Life-O' is designed in a way that would serve both purposes hence it is extremely sensitive to the demands of 'poor'. Life-O is a cylindrical shape device made of food grade plastic; it is transparent in color and has filters installed that purify the water while the water is flowed through. The mechanical process of moving the product does not only aims at mobility but at the same time it also aims at filtering the water inside without creating any further hassle. The transparent food grade plastic allows the consumers to actually witness the process of filtration, which in our opinion would increase their confidence in the product.

The basic aim of this product is to: 1, Provide clean hygienic drinking water. 2, Make mobility and storage easy. 3, Provide durability. 4, Earn trust of the target market (Africa & Pakistan). 5, Selling it at lowest price possible hence design in a way that minimizes cost. 6, Give a long lasting sustainable solution. 7, Keeps water cool and serves it for other purposes as well such as cleaning and cooking etc. 8, Easy to use and can be used by everybody including infants and old that weren’t catered by the design of Life-Straw and these are the people who are most vulnerable to diseases. 9, Hyg iene- That is one of the main concern since previous predecessors (Life-Straw) in our opinion failed to do that as it was not durable and could only last for no more then one year and loses its efficiency after 350 liters. Moreover it released chemicals that were harmful to nature and caused side effects and diseases. 10, Efficient subjected to time durability.

Lifestraw Q-Drum

__**OUR DESIGN (Life-O) :**__