To reiterate, my topic is Family Gatherings
I chose to focus on a camera as an archetypical existing object that plays a large role during the holidays because families usually want to document the event through photographs as it can be one of the only time they gather during the year.
Put to other use
Can I replace or change any parts?
Doesn't need a view finder
Can I use other ingredients or materials?
Wood, metal, fabric?
Can I use other processes or procedures?
Photos develop with sunlight
Can I change its shape?
Round, thin, small
Can I change its color, roughness, sound or smell?
It could come in various colors and play music to photos
What if I change its name?
Photographic Machine, Snapper, ClickClick
Can I substitute one part for another?
Viewfinder for video screen
Can I use this idea in a different place?
Cameras placed in different objects
Can I change my feelings or attitude towards it?
Vintage cameras evoke nostalgia
Can I use a different energy source?
Solar powered, powered by body heat
Can I combine or recombine its parts' purposes?
lens+viewfinder can be combined
Can I combine or merge it with other objects?
Can organize photos by facial recognition on camera
What materials could be combined?
metal and glass
Can I combine different talents to improve it?
Is there something similar, but in a different context?
Does the past offer any lessons with similar ideas?
What could I copy, borrow or steal?
GoPro's mounting capabilities
What ideas could I incorporate?
What different contexts can I put my concept in?
What ideas outside my ﬁeld can I incorporate?
artistic medium--not for family gatherings
What can you add?
What can be extended?
Can it be done faster?
ultra fast continuous pictures
What can be magniﬁed or made larger?
What can be exaggerated or overstated?
What can be made higher, bigger or stronger?
Stand for camera
Can I add extra features or somehow add extra value?
Can it do more things?
Video/Slideshows of Family Gathering
PUT TO OTHER USE
How would a child use it? An older person?
child would use it to take random pictures of things
Older person would use it to take posed pictures
How would people with different disabilities use it?
Blind people could use it to describe people's appearance/scenes
Can I use this idea in other markets or industries?
What parts can be removed without altering its function?
Body of Camera
What's non-essential or unnecessary?
Bulkiness/Weight of camera
What if I made it smaller?
Lapel clip camera
What feature can I understate or omit?
Should I split it into different parts?
one part lens attached to body by long extendable cord
Can I compact or make it smaller?
Fiber optic tiny camera
Are there other patterns, layouts or sequences I can use?
Colors/patterns customizable for camera
Should I turn it around? Up instead of down? Down instead of up?
Lens points at you to take your picture
What if I consider it backwards? Inside out?
What if I try doing the exact opposite of what I originally intended?
Make it erase unwanted memories