ErgoKnife

Ergonomic Research Project

About what you are looking at
ErgoKnife is an ergonomic ultility knife that helps prevent strain on your wrist, thus reducing the risk of wrist damage after using the knife for a long time.
A lot of utility knives on the market make users bend their wrists to an angle in order to use the knives. This is not good for them in a long term, as the pressure put on the wrists can result in wrist degeneration.
Market product experimentation
One arising problem. The knife was stiff and very hard to use. All of us, when applied some force to cut through the thick cardboard, agreed that our wrists were not feeling comfortable.

Overall: NOT GOOD



That gave me an idea, so I carried out some exploration.
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Final concept
Initially, the main body of the knife would be blue. In Psychology, Blue represents Productivity, which I wanted on my ErgoKnife. However, as I think back, I tend to lean more towards yellow and orange for their traits of Attention and Energy. It is also linked with heavy duty work, so it can play a better role than Blue, hence the color scheme we see now.
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