Process

I approached the project by thinking about toys that I played with as a child and also about different physical concepts that the toys could teach. Since I had an interest in building toys, I looked up some examples of those. Additionally, I tried to filter out the toy ideas that were dangerous, too difficult to make/manufacture, and did not have a definite physical concept. Once I had some basic ideas, I also had to make sure they were feasible. For my modular boat design, this involved making sure that all of the pieces could mesh together with a rubber water guard at each joint.