Unconventional Design – Thoughtless Act – Zeyao Li
I took this picture when I was on the train back to Beijing. The guy who sat next to me took a nap on the train, and he did this with his eyeglasses. Why did he naturally put his eyeglasses on his collar? Do eyeglasses design for this, or this is the user’s thoughtless act?When I take down the glasses, I also put my frame on the collar. I think the way that frame looks like make people do this. It looks like something that can stick into somewhere, and the closest place where I can put my frame will be the collar (also not easy to break it). While this is a good thoughtless act, sometimes I think the glasses make my skin slightly uncomfortable. My solution to this will be to have a skin-friendly protector/pocket for the end of the frame. Thus when people put their glasses on the collar, it will make our skin feel better.
The second thoughtless act was also found on the train. Similar to the first one, this one is also about how people place stuff temporarily. I noticed that an AirPods user took one side’s earbud off and put it on his ear, just like a cigarette. Since the original AirPods design force people to put the earbud into the charging case after using it, it does not feel convenient if someone wants to just take it off for a minute and put it back. Thus, people come up with a thoughtless act which puts the earbud on their ears. However, the earbud might fall on the ground. So I come up with a rubber connector that the user can put it at the end of the earbud and connect to the other side. It can prevent the earbud from falling.
Check my phone for no reason. The last thoughtless act is from me. I realized that I always press the home button and just open it without any intention. It became a thoughtless act since I switched my phone to iPhone around 8 years ago. I know it is kind of a bad habit but I sometimes just can’t control myself from doing this. What I think of to design a solution for this is that I can change my background wallpaper to something alarming. Once I opened my phone, the wallpaper will remind me of not using it and putting it back.
