Designing a condiments bottle that can accommodate everyone’s need is crucially necessary, but also challenging. Condiments are packaged on a cylindrical based bottles with usability, virtually and physically out-of-date to people with disabilities. They mostly require hands and force to activate and use, depriving people who are visually and physically impaired. We have come up with multiple re-designs of a common condiment product - like Heinz - until we found the best solution that could be plausible to implement. A special bottle packaging intended to improve user-usability, access, and require minimal force to operate with maximized result.
The first step in this project was to identify the common problems present in condiment packaging - Heinz - and we went through several model drawing and iterations. We went on to stage the process by modeling our concept into 3D to further investigate it visually. The next phases include testing it virtually looking for faults and cons. Until we’ve arrived into a fully conceptualized container with improved assistive functionality.
We have added modifications to the mechanisms of a typical condiment bottle to improve or lessen the amount of force even necessary to access condiments. We have added embossed labelling and braille symbols so that varied products can easily be classified by the visually impaired. Furthermore, we have emphasized an assistive ‘push’ lid for easy access and anti-slip surface material for the bottle to improve portability and compactness. This concept of a dynamic container allows accessibility designed to accommodate certain usability needs to conform to the specifications and requirements of others. This cylindrical bottle contains certain features that is very suitable for universal access, while also improving common user experiences.
