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A LEVEL Product design questionnaire?

This is a questionnaire is for my A-level Product Design course. I’m looking into the problems and common issues that affect different ages though the summer season. The survey is completely anonymous and will only be used as research for my project. When answering the questions could you please consider that it will need to lead me to a problem that I can solve with a physical product at the end of it. The questionnaire should take no longer then fifteen minutes to complete. Thank you for taking time out to complete this survey. 1. Could you please specify your age 2. Male/ Female 3.What is your current occupational background? Please pick the corresponding options: Full time work Part time work Unemployed Retired Primary education (years 6 and below) Secondary education (years 7-11) College/Sixth-form University 4.What do you look forward to the most in the summer season? [E.g. being able to go snowboarding] 5.What are the biggest problems you undergo over the summer season/holidays? [E.g. finding activates to occupy my child during the summer holidays] 6.Could you list the five main activities you do over the summer season (June-August), in preference to how often you do them. The first being this is what you spend most of your summer doing. [E.g: 1. going to the cinema, 2. swimming, 3. Work ….] i. ii. iii. iv. v. 7.In relation to the five activities listed above what problems or areas of improvement have you identified for each one. [E.g: 1. hard to carry all my snacks at the cinema] i. ii. iii. iv. v. 8. Do you think the current range of seasonal products on sale in England are unsuitable for the unpredictably of English weather? Please state your view. 9. Would products that cater to this weather unpredictability interest you more? [e.g. water proof/light weight, easy to pack away and store or disposable] please pick the appropriate answer. Yes, make life easier for me. No, I buy products for the one situation. I don’t really care, not interested. 10. What would be your ideal summer entertainment product? Please describe if doesn’t exist or state its name and use if it does exists. 11. Could you list a summer product that you think needs developing and write what needs to be changed? [E.g Drinks cups- need to keep the drink cool too.] 12. The product design course I am doing specifies that I need a problem to research and solve with a product at the end of it, if you were presented with this brief what you would look into? Thank you for completing this survey :)

Public Comments

1. 1. 17 2. Female 3. Sixth form 4. Sleeping 5. getting obese 6. Walking, jogging, swimming, sleeping, running 7... don't really have many problems 8. I believe that no matter what the weather, there is a market for seasonal products. 9. Yes, make it would make life easier for me 10. a pool 11. I like your idea of the cup that keep the drink cold 12. I would need a while to think about that :S That was a long survey :D
2. 1. 18 2. Male 3. University 4. Free time to go out where I want, do what I want (Playing music, playing tennis, meeting with friends) 5. Getting to where I want to go, organising my stuff and carrying my things. 6. Playing tennis, playing piano/guitar/clarinet, composing, watching films, surfing the net 7. Hard to keep my drinks cool whilst i'm playing tennis, trouble organising my music, need an organised place to store recordings/notes, possibly a catalogue/convient place needed to keep dvd's etc, maybe a cushion or something for my back neededwhilst i'm on the internet. 8. Yeah probably. There could be more things that you could kind of open and close (for example) easily, if the weather suddenly changes. 9. Yes, make life easier for me. 10. idk...something that is convenient to carry, but is multifunctional, and is there to both store what you have as well as having it's own entertainment value. 11. A water bottle (closeable and openable) that stays cool...sorry its not that different from your example lol 12. Look into health and safety issues possibly, especially nowadays when so many people are suing - maybe look at significant accidents that have happened and if there's a convenient product that could prevent them, or look for a twist that would make something existing easier...otherwise do what you're doing and look for something missing in existing areas. ...No problemo