Working Together My group was tasked with creating a product that target individuals who suffered from hemiplegia a condition caused by brain damage or spinal cord injury that leads to paralysis on one side of the body. Working as a group, Christoper was in charge of “Persona Living With Hemiplegia” and “What is Hemiplegia”, Queena… Read more Challenge 2: Future Selves
Sprint Sessions Empathy Tool My group is assigned to create an empathy tool for dexterity, and we chose to focus on hand dexterity disability. We started with creating our own sketches and presented them to each other. Then, we built a prototype which combines all of our ideas. Materials we used: Step 1: Creating… Read more Future Selves: Creating a New Product
Prosthetics is a manmade artificial body part that people have been developing since back then in ancient Egypt and following, its major advancements in past centuries due to military needs. Surprisingly prosthetic legs are easier to make or design compared to prosthetic hands. Prothetic hands or myoelectric arms that are powered by battery only started… Read more Week 7: Britt Young
As a designer, Marc Newson values the ways of using material, the process, formulation of idea, and the techniques in designing products while pushing the boundaries. Color is also an important component of his design from the way they interact with each other or how they show through the materials. It is interesting for me… Read more Week 6: Marc Newson
Rendering the Ear Mirror Hoop Link to presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WIhU23jQrbqpVtYSZJlF2gYGAPpkayImZoFFW4usR_g/edit?usp=sharing White Background: In a Bathroom:
Mirror For The Back Side of Our Ear Process Video Modeling process Double-sided Mirror: Step 1: I created sketch, drew a 40mm circle, and extrude it. Step 2: Modified the cylinder using the Shell tool. Step 3: Repeated Step 1 and Step 2 for the back side of the mirror Making the Hook:… Read more Challenge Week 5: Utilizing Sketches and Models for CAD
In the beginning of the interview James Dyson mentioned that innovation is about improving things, where products are not particularly about how they look, but it is how they work and the technology or engineering used in them. I totally agree to his idea and values on innovation and product design, in which the functionality… Read more Week 5: Dyson
Philippe Starck design a wide variety of things from hotels to furnitures and small objects like watch and glasses. Like what he said in the interview, he tries to push the limit of his job since design cannot save lives and that it is obsolete, design can only make life better. I find his concepts… Read more Week 4: Philippe Starck
To See the Back Side of Our Ears Materials I used: Pen Scissor Cardboard Glue Gun Aluminum Foil Soldering Wire Craft Knife Changes I Made(Refinement): I add “mirror” on both sides so that it can be worn on both left and right side of our ears I sticked two soldering wires instead of one,… Read more Challenge Week 4: Sketch Model Refinement/testing
Wearable Mirror That Shows the Back Side of Our Ear Sketch From Previous Challenge Blog: Materials and Tools I Used: Scissor Ruler Color Paper Glue Gun Cardboard Paper Knife Solder Wire (To make the body part flexible) Process Video: Final Result: