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Month after month statements, invoices, and other mail are delivered. Even though I think it is bothersome, I rip them up with my hands and throw them into the trash can, because personal information is written on them. I do not get a quantity of such garbage that would warrant purchasing a shredder meant for SOHO, but I do not have adequate space to store those items, either.

Amid this increase in the number of opportunities to dispose of confidential items such as personal information, I have thought of a shredder that would meet the needs of many people.

It would have a shapely cylinder that uses cardboard tubing in its external design. It is also sturdy and could be purchased at a reasonable price. It would also have a variety of possibilities such as the production of myriad design variations. I am proposing a personal hand shredder that, just like "stationery" on desktops, has the warmth and texture specific to paper.

These are the few items in which phase one, the planning sheet, and the quality of the actual item in phase two were consistent. I’d like to evaluate them on the basis of how they put into tangible form some “designs that didn’t look like something one would find” in everyday life. Wastebaskets are located nearby. But the fact that shredders are placed farther away has until now required people to go out and around their desks. The “PAPER-PIPE SHREDDER” lets you take care of a small number of documents without even getting up from your chair. It reduces the deskwork process. The fact that it is wearable represents, even more than the design, the evolution of civilization. I could feel the realities of its commercialization, such as its beauty of the form, its practicality, and ideas for design variation. It also takes the environment into account by using simple packaging with little waste and offering the option of using rechargeable batteries, which gives a favorable impression. I feel that if we improve it a little more on the functional front, such as its safety aspects and its operational feel, it will be a more appealing proposal.