Product Improvement Design Brief

Client Company: Micah

Person/Company producing the product
Hill

Target Consumer:
Person/Company buying the product
Students

Problem Statement: What is wrong with the item/product?

Runs out of ink too quickly
Clip breaks off

Design Statement: What needs to be created/fixed?

I will fix the ink storage and
the clip

Constraints: The “rules” an engineer has to follow when creating their

idea.
The pen must keep at least
3 of the original parts, must
be .75in wide or less, must
fix at least one of the
problems.

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