Ideation and Sketching

My moodboard helped bring my back into that traveling mindset and brainstorm product ideas. I selected images that both inspired the look of my product as well as the situations where I might use it. 

Being new to sketching ideas, I did my best to translate my idea onto paper. In my initial idea, I wanted to try a clip mechanism that could attach to the stem of my suitcase and hinged so that the cup would stay upright regardless of whether the suitcase was upright or at an angle. I designed a few different clip styles, including a ring style, a finger style, and a solid style. Additionally, as a plan B, I sketched a non-clip style that would instead hang around the stem.