I designed a solar cooker/oven for the Indian market with considerations of renewable energy use, low cost and manufacturing simplicity and increased efficiency.
This was a research and design development project I undertook as part of my curriculum at NID, Ahmedabad. I followed a systems approach and focused not just on the product but the systems surrounding it such as human practices, changing needs as per time, product use, environmental awareness and economic sustainability issues in
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India. I see the solar oven as the ‘medium’ which provides the connectivity between grass roots users, inventors, manufacturers and designers. My design process included conducting research and analysis , prototype development and implementation. I concluded with a physical design output for redesigning the solar oven.
I also extended it a little further to a futuristic design solution using roto-moulding technology with better aesthetics.