The Creation of Products from the Concept of Biomimicry: A Case Study of Vegetable Grow Kit

Abstract

The objectives of this research project are 1) to study on direction for developing vegetable plantation instruments from the concept of biomimicry; 2) to design vegetable plantation instrument from the concept of biomimicry; and 3) to assess the satisfaction with the prototype of vegetable plantation instrument from the concept of biomimicry. The samples of this research are 30 people living in the Balloon Houses, Bangkok, selected with purposive sampling technique. The research tools are 2 questionnaires. This research work is a quantitative one with data collected and analyzed into percentages, means and standard deviations. The research findings are as follows. 1) The guidelines for developing vegetable instruments start from the selection of the form of the nature before studying on proposition and eliminating certain details. Afterwards, the form is designed with factor or principle for designing and the final form is selected. The production process uses 3D printing technology and plastic injection technique. The material is PLA plastic, added with LED lighting system and modular system. 2) The result from the designing of vegetable instrument is that the form inspired by an avocado fruit is the most suitable, with the suitability in high level ( = 3.91, S.D. = 0.77). The form has been simplified to be 3 asymmetric ovals that can be piled up together or places separately. The instrument has watering system to ensure that the vegetables will grow. 3) In addition, the result from the evaluation of the satisfaction to the prototype of vegetable plantation instrument is that the overall satisfaction towards the instrument is in the high level ( = 3.69, S.D. = 0.61).