S’well water bottle
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The form is easy to hold
Not too heavy
Can be easily transported
Durable, will not break or dent if it is dropped
Aesthetically pleasing water bottles
Simple colors, not too busy
Made so that it never sweats and therefore, does not become slippery or
difficult to hold
Made from high grade stainless steel
Form is universal not specific to one area or culture
Something that can be used by any different age because of the different sizes
it comes in
Form could be made a little easier to hold by adding some sort of finger grips
Function:
 This bottle keeps drinks cold for 24 hours and hot for 12 hours
 Easy to use, has a clear function
 Solves the problem of not having a drink that will stay cold throughout the
day
 Can be used over and over again for many years to come
 Will not easily break or get run down and ruined
 Creative solution taking steps towards bettering the environment
 The form of the bottle makes it simple to perform the function of holding the
water, as well as making it simple for the user to open the bottle and drink
the water
Creativity:
 Offers a creative solution of the problem of having a drink that will not stay
cold throughout the entire day
 Creative solution to cut back on waste
 Not specific to one type of person or age group; very universal design
The Comparison:
 Innovative solution to solve the problem of over use of plastic water bottles
 50 billion plastic water bottles are dumped in landfills every year
 Using a reusable water bottle can save up to 3,000 plastic bottles per year
 Plastic water bottles take over 1,000 years to biodegrade
 It takes 1.5 million barrels of oil to meet the demand of US water bottle
manufacturing
 If everyone used reusable bottles such as this one, we could drastically cut
make on waste and take steps towards protecting the environment