BETA/FINAL PROTOTYPE

After additional refinement from last week, we are here now.

1. My artifact is named Kindle Pouch, being that it allows me safely carry my Kindle about.

2. Below are images of the artifact

Casing acting as a stand for the Kindle in portrait mode

Kindle Pouch opened to show the pocket to hold paper, cards, and other writing material as well as the elastic holders for the Kindle.

Case acting as a stand for the Kindle in landscape mode

Case opened and folded

Kindle Pouch closed and locked

Kindle Pouch opened with Kindle inplace

Kindle Pouch side view

3. Gap: In what way may I securely carry my Kindle Paperwhite and writing materials about. 

Key user need:

• The Case protects the Kindle
• The Case should not be bulky
• The Case should be easy to use
• The Case invokes admiration
• Ability to use the Kindle without holding it
• The Case holds writing materials as well
• The Case should be portable
• Case is affordable
• Case should not hinder accessibility
• Case should be durable

I love reading on my Kindle, and I get to carry it about. So a casing would be appropriate to securely carry it about. I have the official Kindle Papewhite casing but I have three main problems with it.

i. It is very expensive

ii. It lacks a form of pocked where I can keep jotting materials like a sheet of paper or my hospital card when I take my Kindle to hospital.
iii. Fixing and removing the Kindle from the case was difficult, as it acts like an almost permanent case.

The Kindle Pouch has solved these three problems and met the key user needs rather well.

4. For further refinement, the stitching would be done with machine rather than the thread and needle I used for this case. The cardboard used for the core (in between the outer material for the case) then to buckle when standing in portrait mode, this would have to be changed to something stronger like a sheet of plastic. Lastly, the strap that locks the kindle blocks the micro USB port meaning it cannot be charged while locked so this can also be fixed by way of a refinement.

5. To reduce the cost of searching for or identifying the Kindle Pouch, assuming it is lying on a shelve in a store, the name of the artifact is written on it.

Artifact showing brand name (Kindle Pouch)