Jeff Burrell Design

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Timed Tea Infuser

Timed Tea Infuser

A timed tea infuser concept.

Role

Industrial Design Lead

Client

Personal project

Year

2018

Tea infuser bottle with a glass body full of steeping tea, a white ceramic base and dark lid, on a sunlit kitchen counter

The project

A product concept designed around a simple problem: over-steeping tea. The Timed Tea Infuser integrates a timing mechanism directly into the infuser form, automating the one step most tea drinkers get wrong.

Drinkware

The project

Drinkware

A product concept designed around a simple problem: over-steeping tea. The Timed Tea Infuser integrates a timing mechanism directly into the infuser form, automating the one step most tea drinkers get wrong.

Project goal slide over a blurred grey photo of two bottles, listing the objective and design restraints
Market research photos of drink bottles on store shelves and lids in hand, with REI, Target, Amazon, Walmart and Bed Bath & Beyond logos
Ring chart of the drinkware market split into hydration, mugs and food storage, with notes on shelf space and complexity
User definition board with a portrait of a young professional woman, office and gym photos, and a word cloud and profile
Brainstorm wall covered in colored sticky notes and printed bottle images
Competitive landscape of six tea infusers with prices, from a mesh tea ball to a smart electric tea maker
Inspiration board of white ceramic and glass vessels, cups and speakers, with notes on form and material
Page of pencil concept sketches of tall bottle and infuser shapes
Refined pencil and marker sketches of infuser baskets, lids and bottle parts with handwritten notes
Seven-step usage diagram: fill reservoir, insert it, pour water, secure lid, set timer, drink, enjoy
Grey rendering of two tea infuser bottles, one assembled and one with its lid, mesh basket and cap lifted apart
Assembled tea infuser beside an exploded view with labeled cap, steel mesh basket, glass and ceramic base, on a kitchen counter
Tea infuser bottle with a glass body full of steeping tea, a white ceramic base and dark lid, on a sunlit kitchen counter
Project goal slide over a blurred grey photo of two bottles, listing the objective and design restraints
Market research photos of drink bottles on store shelves and lids in hand, with REI, Target, Amazon, Walmart and Bed Bath & Beyond logos
Ring chart of the drinkware market split into hydration, mugs and food storage, with notes on shelf space and complexity
User definition board with a portrait of a young professional woman, office and gym photos, and a word cloud and profile
Brainstorm wall covered in colored sticky notes and printed bottle images
Competitive landscape of six tea infusers with prices, from a mesh tea ball to a smart electric tea maker
Inspiration board of white ceramic and glass vessels, cups and speakers, with notes on form and material
Page of pencil concept sketches of tall bottle and infuser shapes
Refined pencil and marker sketches of infuser baskets, lids and bottle parts with handwritten notes
Seven-step usage diagram: fill reservoir, insert it, pour water, secure lid, set timer, drink, enjoy
Grey rendering of two tea infuser bottles, one assembled and one with its lid, mesh basket and cap lifted apart
Assembled tea infuser beside an exploded view with labeled cap, steel mesh basket, glass and ceramic base, on a kitchen counter
Tea infuser bottle with a glass body full of steeping tea, a white ceramic base and dark lid, on a sunlit kitchen counter
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