BUBBLE
Bubble is a sustainable packaging solution that helps in saving world from plastic by motivating & encouraging kids from not throwing their plastic dispenser rather using it to play & get creative.
Around 552 million shampoo bottles are thrown away every year. 20 Cows die every day after ingesting plastic waste!
A huge amount of plastic packaging waste of shampoo bottles which either ends up in the landfills or the oceans killing fishes and animals.
Shampoo bottles alone contribute this much to the landfills, Imagine the other Plastic packaging waste out there!
Most of these Packaging bottles are single usage plastics and are disposable in nature, without the reusable factor in it!
How can we save 182,500,000 plastic shampoo bottles from landfills Per Year?
Moreover, According to the World Bank data, the global infant mortality rate has reduced to 33.6 deaths per 1,000 live births during 2013. The increased awareness towards infant hygiene and sanitation has boosted the sales of baby shampoo and conditioners worldwide.
The declining infant mortality rates globally are providing ample opportunities for the growth of the global baby shampoo and conditioners market.
So this is going to lead to a Huge number of waste in Baby shampoo Bottles all around the GLOBE.
Bubble is first of its kind innovative Patent Pending sustainable packaging solution converting waste into wealth. Which helps in saving our world from plastic for the future generations by motivating & encouraging kids from not throwing away their shampoo bottle but rather using it to play & get creative.
Bubble is an amalgamation of a packaging dispenser and building blocks which together combined strategically solving multiple issues!
Designed in a special way that every individual unit of the bottle could be attached to each other to create infinite possibilities for the young minds to explore!
Each unit can be attached to each other in all the 6 faces of the bottle increasing more play opportunities!
Bubble is a sustainable packaging solution for all types of liquids, powders, solids, semi-solids Etc.
Bubble helps in Growing kids creativity & inculcating waste management habits at a young age itself for a Sustainable future.
After BUBBLE, no more would the used shampoo bottle end up in landfills and kill our planet rather it would be enriching your kids in their toy room.
Bubble would motivate & excite kids to collect more of these blocks to create their Imagination! The more shampoo bottles they collect they are saving the world from more plastic & having a great time playing & learning. Using Bubble is the perfect opportunity for building fine motor skills!
I believe Bubble for its novelty, multifunctional, Environment friendly, will have a potential role and will create a huge value and Impact in this fast-growing Market!
20 million shampoo bottles, Killing landfills, and Oceans.
I believe BUBBLE will be a revolutionary beginning & will create a huge difference in this Environment!
The primary users of the product would be babies, kids and parents. This product has multiple uses, initially being a dispenser and later converting itself into a toy to be used by the kids to play and learn.
Bubble can be implemented throughout the world because every parent is focused on their kids hygiene & creativity, every kid loves to play, every individual wants to protect mother earth and every company would want to be part of this sustainable journey.
Bubble can be expanded to other packagings like Baby oils, powders, lotions, ETC.
We don’t have any competition in the market we are targeting. Bubble is the first of its kind in the world to introduce playability to a plastic packaging to save our planet.
Sales turnover of global Baby shampoo industry will increase manifold because of this innovation.
BUBBLE is the first of its kind to introduce playable to a plastic dispenser and I want to reach the entire market to provide a sustainable packaging solution and save our world from plastics.
Hello, Namaste, Vanakkam, this is Siddharth UR from India, a creative and empathetic being. I am listed in the Forbes 30 under 30 class of 2023, India (To be disclosed soon), an exhibitor at Prototypes for humanity 2022, Dubai and an 85 international design awards winner. My work focuses on saving and improving people’s lives worldwide by creating meaningful design solutions. I’m an Industrial Design undergraduate from the National Institute of Design(NID), Haryana, India. I secured All India 1st rank in the NID, Haryana admissions 2016. Currently, I am working full-time as an Experience Designer with Philips Healthcare at the Philips Innovation Campus, Research and development, Bangalore, India, with an aim to reimagine the future of healthcare through design.
My work focuses on creating meaningful Design solutions(System, Service, Product UX) to create a serious positive impact on the planet that I live on and I focus on improving lives all over the globe through what I am super passionate about. My work mostly addresses the Sustainable development goals of the UN.
I believe, me being an Industrial/UX Designer I believe my skills and my understanding of design thinking processes can help in saving and improving lives and towards a sustainable and resilient future.
I am a Design Thinker who can address real-world challenges through balancing high levels of creativity and technical capability with contextual insights and intense empathy for people.
I am currently working with Philips Innovation centre, Bangalore campus as an Associate User Experience designer. I have been constantly interacting with the Business leaders in Philips and hence have aan understanding of the steps involved in converting an idea into a reality. Further, I have been networking throughout the world with various design heads such as
1. Mr. Srinivasa Srini( President, World Design Organisation)
2. Mr. Pradyumna Vyas (2 time Director of NID Ahmedabad)
3. Shaon Sengupta (Design Director, Philips Innovation campus, Bangalore)
I have taken design management courses and won a best pitch competition during my undergraduate study at NID.
My elder brother, Gautham is an MBA from IIT Roorkee, Industrial engineer from College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna university. He has worked with Cognizant Technology solutions, Analytics Quotient(Big data analytics company) and a IIT Madras incubated startup. He is also a professional theatre actor and has worked with multiple teams throughout his professional career handling people from different backgrounds successfully.
My dad is a Chartered accountant and a builder(Construction) and has been running his business successfully for 30 years.
I have performed intense primary and secondary research to understand, empathise and define this problem area. Visiting various wastelands, landfills, and oceans to collect data, and understanding waste management treatment in rural and urban areas. Primary research with various families with babies to understand their needs and what motivates the family and the kids from both throwing the shampoo bottles.
I am very passionate about understanding people and what they value, specifically working together with people from different cultures is something that really intrigues me. One important part of the project was the experience of working with different people from various cultures and contexts.
- Taking action to combat climate change and its impacts (Sustainability)
- Concept: An idea being explored for its feasibility to build a product, service, or business model based on that idea.
Bubble is a 10 International Design Awards winner by which it has earned the trust of countries-USA, France, England, China, New-Zealand, Taiwan and Hong-Kong.
Bubble is an innovative Patent Pending sustainable packaging solution converting waste into wealth. First of its kind in the world to introduce playability to a plastic packaging to save our planet.
It excites and motivates kids to save the bottle and play with it rather than throwing it which ends up in landfills and oceans.
Bubble would help in Growing young kid’s creativity & inculcating waste management habits at a young age itself for a Sustainable & Resilient future!
Bubble would motivate & excite kids to collect more of these blocks to create their Imagination! The more shampoo bottles they collect they are saving the world from more plastic & having a great time playing & learning.
Using Bubble is the perfect opportunity for building fine motor skills! These bricks are a great manipulative to work the fingers as children build & pick up pieces. Children love the thrill of building and help in building up strong little muscles in their hands that will help them develop other skills, like learning to write.
Bubble can be implemented throughout the world, because every parent is focused on their kids hygiene & creativity, every kid loves to play, every individual wants to protect mother earth and every company would want to be part of this sustainable journey.
What if the bottle gets into the kids' playroom to become a toy adding fun & learning. Now the empty bottle will not reach the cow’s stomach rather reach your kids' toy room & help them become creative!
For the Global Baby Shampoo companies BUBBLE would attract recurring consumers since the kid would want to collect more of the same bottles.
BUBBLE will also come in various sizes according to the capacity of the shampoo, which would excite the kids to build different models.
Key strengths-
1. BUBBLE(Patent Pending) is a 10 International Design awards winner from 7 countries (USA, France, England, China, New Zealand, Taiwan and Hong Kong).
2. The IPR Cell of India granted. Provisional Patent Registration no- 202141032827, Design Registration no- 346531-001
3. Bubble is first of its kind to introduce playability to a shampoo-bottle. It excites and motivates kids to save the bottle and play with it rather than throwing it which ends up in landfills and oceans.
4. Bubble would help in Growing young kid’s creativity & inculcating waste management habits at a young age itself for a Sustainable & Resilient future!
5. Bubble would motivate & excite kids to collect more of these blocks to create their Imagination!
The more shampoo bottles they collect they are saving the world from more plastic & having a great time playing & learning.
6. Using Bubble is the perfect opportunity for building fine motor skills! These bricks are a great manipulative to work the fingers as children build & pick up pieces. Children love the thrill of building and help in building up strong little muscles in their hands that will help them develop other skills, like learning to write.
7. Let’s save our world & enhance creativity & waste management in kids by making Bubble a reality!
1. To set up a team of engineers to refine the proof of concept and test it out and develop the final working prototype.
2. Set up and establish a business model with the product BUBBLE with the help of industry experts and investors and the goal is to roll out the product to as many as kids and their parents as possible.
I would love to have an interdisciplinary of an engineer and a business man to help me towards the goal. I am exactly not sure about the number of full-time people but I am open to working this out while working on setting up the team.
Bubble is first of its kind to introduce playability to a shampoo-bottle. It excites and motivates kids to save the bottle and play with it rather than throwing it which ends up in landfills and oceans.
Bubble is an amalgamation of a traditional shampoo bottle and building blocks which together combined strategically solving multiple issues at different levels!
Designed in a special way that every individual unit of the bottle could be attached to each other to create infinite possibilities for the young minds to explore!
Each unit can be attached to each other in all the 6 faces of the bottle increasing more play opportunities!
Now the empty bottle will not reach the cow’s stomach instead reach your kids' toy room to help them become creative individuals!
Let's save our world & enhance creativity, waste management skills in kids by making Bubble a reality!
Since sustainable consumption and production aims at “doing more and better with less”. This product would reduce the amount of plastic waste dumped into the earth and help in the Responsible consumption of materials.
- Manufacturing Technology
- Materials Science
- India
The current target market is Global baby shampoo market.
Global baby shampoo and conditioner market size was valued at USD 4.8 billion in 2018 and is expected to expand at a CAGR of 5.1% from 2019 to 2025. ( https://www.grandviewresearch.... )
India approximately constitutes for 20% of the child (0-4 years) population of the world and there is a bright opportunity for baby care products.
Rising birth rate, growing expenditure on baby care products, rapid urbanization, Increasing literacy-rate and growing working women ratio are responsible for the growth of the global baby shampoo market.
According to a report by China's National Statistical Bureau, in 2016, 17.86 million infants were born, followed by 17.23 births in the year 2017. Similarly, according to the UN report released in July, 2019, India's current population is 1.37 billion and by 2050, it is expected to grow by 273 million.
The market in the Middle East and Africa region has been witnessing a steady growth. This is primarily due to the high rates of fertility in African countries like Algeria and Morocco.
Growing disposable income in these developing economies, along with the birth rate, is creating a boost for the market growth.
Sales turnover of global Baby shampoo industry will increase manifold because of this innovation.
Bubble can be expanded to other packagings like Baby oils, powders, lotions, ETC.
The future target market is complete baby care market.
Bubble can be implemented throughout the world, because every parent is focused on their kids hygiene & creativity, every kid loves to play, every individual wants to protect mother earth and every company would want to be part of this sustainable journey.
1. BUBBLE is at an early stage of its journey and still needs to be refined to be tested with users.
2. I am working on with my brother right now, I am in the process of building a team with multiple expertise to make BUBBLE a reality. I am looking for mentorship and guidance to build a business model and launch the product out in the market.
Currently, we are looking for collaboration and partnerships.
BUBBLE is still in the prototype stage and has yet to reach the manufacturing stage. At this stage, we are still working out the business model and looking for investors and mentors who would guide us in establishing a business model.
We will sell our product directly to the Global leaders in Baby shampoo companies.
We intend to use the investment on the following steps:
1.Market Research
2.Marketing (Reaching out to the right company(Baby Care))
3. Product Refinement
4. Product Engineering & making the Product Manufacture ready
5. Setting up a Production facility (Leasing)
6. Production cost
7. Logistics
We don’t have any competition in the market we are targeting. Bubble is the first of its kind in the world to introduce playability to a plastic packaging to save our planet.
Sales turnover of global Baby shampoo industry will increase manifold because of this innovation.
BUBBLE is the first of its kind to introduce playable to a plastic dispenser and I want to reach the entire market to provide a sustainable packaging solution and save our world from plastics.
BUBBLE is still in the prototype stage and has yet to reach the manufacturing stage. At this stage, we are still working out the business model and looking for investors and mentors who would guide us in establishing a business model.
We will sell our product directly to the Global leaders in Baby shampoo companies.
