STAY WITH CATS
A collection of furniture can increase interactions with your cats
OVERVIEW
Cats owners said they buy furniture for cats just because they want people to know they have cats.
My propose to design a collection of furniture that can increase more interaction between the owners and cats, and also have functions for human and cats.
UNDERSTANDING CATS
Sometimes, people not understand the cat's behaviors, like sitting on a paper, laying on the laptop, or hiding in a tiny space.
We need to understand their body language to design better.
GOOD DESIGN, HAPPY CATS
By doing research, cats owner like to buy the furniture for their cats, but after several months, the cats will not use that furniture.
Some owners said they buy furniture for cats just because they want people to know they have cats
RESEARCH - CATS BEHAVIORS
CLIMB TO HIGH POINTS
In the wild House cats
To survey territory Top viewing
Spot prey Evolved to do
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HIDE IN TINY SPACE
In order to prey (in the wild)
Propensity
Curiosity
SIT ON PAPER
Retain their body's heat
Crave attention
SCRATCHING
In the wild House cats
Sharp claws Remove dead nail
Climbing, hunting Mark territory
Self-defense Relieve stress
PAW DIP INTO WATER
Avoid long whiskers get squished
Feel security
SIT ON LAPTOP
Love warm places
Love move things
Like make noise
Love soft things
INTERVIEW - CATS OWNERS
To see the problems from the owner's perspective, I interviewed 12 cat owners to understand what are they really need.
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15 cat owners Female Male couple
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age: 20-30 age:30+
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Apartment House
All of them buy furniture like cat tree for their cats
9 out of 15 spend more than $300 per year
10 out of 15 participants change cats furniture per year
12 out of 15 cats get bored less than 3 month
PERSONA
DESIGN ELEMENTS
SPACE
They also like hiding in tiny space , because they want protect themselves
MATERIALS
Cats like soft and warm materials, such as flax rope, felt, and carpet
BEHAVIOR
Cats always want make mess of human's items with no purpose
FORM
Compare with straight shape, cats more like the curve shape
SKETCHES
Collection - stool
Collection - shelf
Collection - table
Collection - chair
Collection - light & more
3D MODEL
EVALUATION
WHAT
The purpose to design a collection of furniture that can use for cats and human
Product can increase more interactions between owners and cats.
WHY
HOW
Use soft and good feeling materials, and create a darker tiny space that cats like, and design a curve line replace the straight shape.
PROCESSING
FINAL VERSION
