Reflection - Prototype

After receiving some feedback from my classmates, I decided to sew the Velcro to the grip instead of relying solely on the adhesive at the back of the Velcro as it may lose its stickiness after extended use. Since I have not sewn before, I found it quite difficult to sew, to make it worse, the material was quite difficult to punch the needle through.
Another problem I encountered was that the slit I made in the material to allow the cup handle to fit through was tearing.

I overcame these difficulties by by persevering and by learning how to sew from my classmates and teacher.
I solved the tearing problem by sewing the slit at the ends to prevent further tearing.

The 2 key takeaways are that we must specify clearly what conditions we want our product to fulfill as people may get confused if our condition is too vague. The other takeaway from this lesson was the meaning of prototype which is the first version of the product that we are to be designing . The goal of a prototype is to find out if the product has any problems or flaws and to correct them so that the final product will be free from these errors.