Uma kukhona into eyodwa umhlaba obonakala ungasayidingi, kungenye idizayini yebhodlela lamanzi engasetshenziswa kabusha. Phakathi kwenhlanganisela yemibono yemojuli ekhulula ukuhlanzwa okulula kwaleyo efaka isijusi sikalamula esishumekiwe, uhlanga lwesintu alukaze lube nezinketho eziningi zokufaka amanzi emlonyeni njengoba lwenza manje. Yebo, sibonga i-Kickstarter, sisenomunye futhi umklamo webhodlela lamanzi esizokwengeza kulolu hlu...kodwa lena igwema ukusebenza nemiklamo yakamuva nenkulu kunayo yonke emiklamo yesimanje futhi ifuna ukudizayina kabusha idizayini engokwesiko…futhi eyinhloko.
I-NeoGourd, eyaklanywa usomabhizinisi osemncane u-Joseph Derris Polite, yagqugquzelwa ngokwengxenye amakilasi amaningi omlando ayekade ewathatha ekolishi futhi ehlala efunda ngezinkabi njengohlobo lwesitsha sokuphuza.
Isivele ixhaswe ngempumelelo I-Kickstarter, sihlangane noJoseph ukuze sibuze imibuzo eyengeziwe futhi sithole ulwazi oluyimfihlo ukuze sidizayine ibhodlela lamanzi "elidala".
I-SS: Ngokusobala leli akulona elinye ibhodlela lamanzi lepulasitiki le-Nalgene-esque…futhi awuyena umklami womkhiqizo ochwepheshile ngokohwebo. Ngakho-ke yini indaba ngemuva kwe-NeoGourd Joseph futhi yavelaphi?
I-JP: Ngiqale ngeza ne-NeoGourd ngisemncane kakhulu. Kodwa-ke muva nje bengihleli nabanye abangani bami basekolishi endaweni yami yokulala lapha e-Hawaii futhi kuza intengiso ye-TV mayelana nebhodlela lamanzi lensimbi engagqwali eyicylindrical elibiza cishe u-$20. Ngasho ngokuzwakalayo ukuthi ngingaklama into engcono kakhulu kunalokho. Ngibonga lawo mazwi, abangani bami - abangakaze bangivumele ngibaleke nanoma yini - bangiphonsele inselelo yokuthi ngikufakazele lokho. Ngemva kokuyidweba, ukuyifakela kudijithali, ukuyibeka endaweni yobumba futhi ekugcineni iklanywe ibe yisibonelo sensimbi, i-NeoGourd, iphupho lami lobuntwana, ekugcineni ibikhona ukuze bonke bayijabulele.
I-SS: Ngokwakhiwe, noma yiziphi izinto ezintsha ezibalulekile?
I-JP: Sisebenzise inqubo yokubumba eyingqayizivele evumela ukuthi ibhodlela lakheke ngensimbi engagqwali - okuthi ngokombono wezinto ezibonakalayo ibaluleke kakhulu kulokho ebesikufuna ekugcineni kokubili idizayini eqinile ne-ergonomic.
I-SS: Iyiphi inselele enkulu ekuthuthukiseni i-Neogourd?
I-JP: Inselele enkulu impela bekuwukuthola umenzi ongazama ukungenzela isikhunta. Eqinisweni, kubo bonke abakhiqizi abazimisele ukwenza i-OEM, munye kuphela owaba nethuba lokuzama ukwenza idizayini nami ngaleso sikhathi.
I-SS: Kuthiwani ngogqozi ngemuva kwe-Neogourd?
I-JP: Idizayini igqugquzelwe ezindabeni zami zomlando wakudala ezihlanganiswe nezinhlobo ze-anime, ubuciko bokulwa namasiko asendulo. Lapho ngiseyingane ngikhumbula kahle ngibuka uJackie Chan ku-Drunken Master ephuza ukhamba. Kwakukhona futhi izinkomba ezimbalwa zemiklamo efanayo ye-gourd evela emhlabeni wonke ezifundweni zami zomlando wasendulo ekolishi.
I-SS: Ungakwazi yini ukwabelana ngemininingwane emayelana nesofthiwe, amathuluzi okwenza imishini/e-prototyping, iziphi izinhlobo zemidwebo/imifanekiso/imifanekiso eyenziwe, iziphi izinselelo obhekane nazo?
I-JP: Ngisebenzise i-AutoCAD ukwenza umdwebo wedijithali futhi imidwebo eminingi ye-elekthronikhi neyokuphrinta yathonywa ngokuyinhloko leyo midwebo. Njengomklami womkhiqizo wokuqala, izinselelo eziningi engibhekane nazo bekusekhonweni lokwenza umkhiqizo ophathekayo ngokuphikisana nokudalwa kwama-mockups. Nakuba ngibonga abakhiqizi bami, noma iyiphi indlela ngikwazile ukwenza amabhodlela ami enziwe.
Ibhodlela lamanzi le-NeoGourd liqala ku-$18 liqhubeke I-Kickstarter.
