DI: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
CD : Bring your dogs bed with you, by folding the bed flat, Good for mailorders too.
DI: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
CD : We wanted to create a beautiful, functional, practical and portable bed for dogs , all in one.
Dogs loves good looking design too.
This bed even have flexible curves, that bounce nicely, when the dogs jumps into it.
The curve side have also got a headresting curve, great for a resting dog.
DI: What are your future plans for this award winning design?
CD : Getting ready for the market in May.2016. Showing the product to the market at InterZoo 2016. 25 - 29 May.
Stand .136 Hall 3.
DI: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?
CD : The final design took us 2 years to develop and all folding technology comes from an earlier project - Flexi Bath
DI: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?
CD : One of my close friends was telling me that it would be a good idea to make a foldable dog basket, especially after having designed the foldable bathtub - Flexi Bath
But I was not conceived before he drew a simple sketch of it. Atfer the final common decision to make the bed come true, it took us almost 3 years to fulfills our dreams.
DI: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?
CD : The design and Patent pending IP-rights are within the company, CooCoo Design. All options are open, but we begin to produce the beds this SPRING.
DI: What made you design this particular type of work?
CD : Ealier works and desire
DI: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?
CD : WE did all of the design inside CooCoo Design and with some toolmakers too, not everything is possible when it comes to tooling.
DI: Who is the target customer for his design?
CD : All dog owners.
DI: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?
CD : This is the only one that is foldable.....flat !
Low cost to send by mailorders. Easy to bring and fold.
DI: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?
CD : WonderFold
It is a wonder how it folds......right and it is very strong too.
And we have created a song to the product too "What a Wonderfold bed"
DI: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?
CD : ! Keep that to ourselfs.
DI: What is the most unique aspect of your design?
CD : This bed can fold flat and is very good for traveling. Good at home and on the GO
DI: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?
CD : Plastic engineers
DI: What is the role of technology in this particular design?
CD : Very big role . To make this plastic foldable and strong at the same time......it takes alot of skills
DI: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?
CD : Everybody need to bring their dog, now and then, thats where WonderFold" solves a challenge.
Also the Internet sales are helped, with this new invention. Now it is possible to send a bed for dogs through a mail-order business.
DI: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?
CD : It costed alot of money to get the tooling done........
DI: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?
CD : I recived an email/request from you. And I thougth - Why not ?
DI: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?
CD : All made in Denmark
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