We focused our inquiry of attachment methods on the act of sliding; in which a male part slides into a female housing. From these examples of existing products with extract and translate elements that can be applied in our design process.

Using Solid Works, we produced detailed renderings of each design that could then be 3D-printed to asses the shape, proportion and functionality. From this initial process we proceeded to create molds and test our designs in materials that more closely represent the final materials. A first round of models were casted in silicone by manually injecting material into 3D printed molds.

Through several rounds of silicone casting models we tested the flexibility, durometer and texture from different silicone types. Pigment was added in this last round trying to match the Pantone colors provided in our color deck. We determined that a silicon durometer of 65-75 would be best for our finished products.