Highchair Feet · Ramsey
(Product · Person)
(Product · Person)
A client of the Independent Projects arm at IDIYA came to us with a problem. As any new parent knows, finding a place for a baby at a restaurant can be an awkward endeavor. Experienced waitstaff know that flipping a standard wooden highchair upside-down presents a perfect, carseat-sized cavity for a somnolent parent to lay their precious cargo.
The problem is that those high chairs aren’t flat on the top, which means, when flipped, they wobble. Tired of keeping one foot on an inverted high-chair for all foreseeable dinner outings, our client asked, “can’t we just jam something under there?” And thus the highchair feet were born.
Parents · Restaurants
Mass
$10
4 weeks
Simplicity and convenience was the name of the game.
For parents, the product needed to be convenient and strong enough to throw in a baby bag without concern, and cheap enough for a last minute baby shower gift; for restauranteurs, easily storable and cheap enough to buy in bulk.
Price point and mass-production warranted simple features conducive to injection molding, convenience led to the overall footprint, and storage led to the snap fit left-right connection and a stackable design.
Fusion 360 · PreForm
3D Printer · Calipers · Cardboard