Dispenser

This thesis was carried out for SCA, at their Away From Home-department, which produces tissue and dispensers for public washrooms under the brand Tork. The purpose was to investigate what hygienic issues there are in public washrooms in general and for dispensers specifically, and to develop a new, hygienically improved dispenser.

At the same time guidelines for hygienic dispenser design were to be collected and outlined. This was done through phases of literature study, interviews with caretakers and experts, observations at public washrooms, surveys and focus groups. This was then followed by idea generation, consisting of brainstorming through sketching, combination of ideas and making a number of concepts. These concepts were evaluated and developed further, until a final concept was chosen, which was then developed in detail, resulting in a physical prototype in the end. The result of the thesis is a new toilet paper dispenser, designed to be more hygienic to use and easier to clean. Part of the result is also a document of guidelines for hygienic dispenser design.