1. Gift Card Comb By: Cody Garcia, Norman Ramsey, Hunter Wolford, Logan Hankins, Kyle Gilvin, Mason Northcutt

2. Define the Problem  In 2012 33 billion gift cards were produced in the world.  During that year only 9% of all the plastic in the U.S. was recycled.  This means the U.S. as a nation recycled less than 3 of every 33 gift cards the world produced.

3. Brainstorm Research and Generate  We were assigned a gift card to repurpose for use as a fashion accessory.  Some ideas: necklace bracelet phone accessories comb floss picks

4. Criteria and Constraints  The gift card could not be turned into trash art  We had to come up with two products  The product had to be a fashion accessory  Must come up with primary and secondary products  Design packaging

5. Develop, Propose and Choose from Alternatives  We chose our best few option of: necklace, bracelet, and comb, and floss picks  Narrowed down the options to either a comb or floss picks  Primary product we chose is the comb

6. Implement Proposed Solution  We started brainstorming different models of our comb  Different ideas included: just cutting bristles making a design that folds double sided comb

7. Make a Model or Prototype

8. Evaluate Solution

9. Refine the Design

10. Create the Final Design

11. Communicate the Processes and Results