NKC/KAIMEN
Research
What we have found
CRAZY PROTOTYPE
​Snow in summer
Rediscovering User
Some campers bring the refrigerator to a camping site
Because,
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They wanted to make raw food like meat, fish cool and be relieved.
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To make drink cool
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In order to cook more thing.they don't worry about amount of staff
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The number of times they go shopping during a camp will be increased.
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They have some power pl in a car.
Needsfinding
Campers want to,
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Cook something by themselves
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Enjoy communication
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Find nice combination unexpected
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Meet personal taste
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Unique to camping
Persona
Misaki (27)FeMale, Consultant
She is Intermediate level camper who owns relevant camping gear already.
She is curious and likes to challenge herself for new things and learn from the experiences.
She likes camp cooking because she can explore new ways of cooking without concerning about any restrictions.
She goes camping not only as a hobby, but also as a social activity with her work colleagues. She wants to surprise others with new outdoor experiences that they don't know about.
Benchmarking
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Easy cold smoke machine
Only 5 min, you can get complete cold smoked dishes by the machine.
Using smoke chip, it blows smoke to a closed space where there are foods.
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Negatives
Lightly scented
Doesn't suit for camping
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Our propose
what do you feei snow in very very hot situation
Is it fun something like Kaki-gori or vanilla ice cream
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Description
Setting very very hot situation with heater←like sauna
Blow the shaved ice and with wind of fan like snow fountain
Make Kaki-gori or vanilla ice cream in mouth
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Insights
Feeling of snow is better than rain because one grain of rain is bigger than snow .
in the hot environment, snow（ice） immediately change to water
sweet fragrance(vanilla) entertain people but bearing flavored mouthtache is too heavy.
PREVIOUS PROTOTYPES
SMOKED â€‹× CAMP
​Used plastic pump
Purpose
Will the hot air go to food place by difference of temperature?
Good thermal conductivity
Result,
food is smoked better than Using compressor prototype but it is light scented
the air is not so cool
What we learned
It is necessary to blow the air because there is a limit to moving smoke only by the difference in temperature
Only used tube
Purpose
Changing fire source can the prototype add strong scent to foods?
Goodness unique to cold smoked
Result,
Cold smoke has stronger fragrance than hot smoke (compared with cheese)
Salmon has already quirky small
Yukimi-Daihuku, ice covered with rice cake, smoked Yukimi-Daihuku became cream bun after cold
What we learned
smoke chip leave a strong smoked scent than smoke wood
But, it is necessary to take care about fire
Used refrigerator and water pump
Purpose
Research people's needs and reaction toward to cold smoke.
Use a refrigerator as a cooling function, because ice block is precious when camping
Result,
There are many connection so air leaked somewhere
What we learned
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