Rubbermaid Commercial

The Challenge: Understand the body mechanics involved in commercial mopping techniques and apply those understandings to a new design.

The Approach:

• Brainstorm concept designs for the various handles and fluid container locations
• Take two current mop handles and simulate four different fluid locations of a specific volume
• Conduct an in-house moping study where the various mop configurations are evaluated
• Conduct hand fabricated form studies
• Create final renderings of concepts that integrate visual appeal with the study findings

The Result: Rubbermaid's first commercial mop that integrates fluid dispensing. The design of a series of hand grips for commercial cleaning mops also led to additional work for commercial vacuum handle designs.

Services: Human factors, User research, Graphic design, Product design, Product illustration, 3D form studies, Concept development