Product design Iris Chien

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P ROD U CT D E SI GN / IR IS CHI E N


IRIS CH I EN I am 24 years old students who is currently doing an exchange program in Strategic Product Design, Delft University of Techonology. I have a cheerful personality and enjoy working in as a team, since every step is developed by collaboration from different perspectives. In the near future, I would like to learn more about how to run a project in a more systematic way and combine innovative ideas with practical use.


PERSONAL Name

Chia-yi Chien (Iris)

Birthday

07. Jul. 1991

Nationality

Taiwan

Language

Chinese Mandarin Taiwanese English

SOFTWARE SKILLS Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Rhinocero Pro Engineer

CO NTACT Mobile Mail

Keyshot

+31 6 57470782 NL +886 932 220 156 TW cychien7@gmail.com

Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/irischien

INTERESTS

Cycling

Sketching

Exploration

Creativity

Piano

Jogging

Freedom Concentration



CONTENT L IGHT L IFE 01 - 06

ECO T RAY 07 - 10

BOT T L E CHAIR 11 - 16

P RE SS BACK 17 - 20

SPL IT PACK 21 - 24


Light Life Soal Lamp

A solar lamp applied the module is deisnged for sustainable use. With the triangle stand, it can be locked against the wall and put on the table. As a portable light, Sablet is easy to hold and carry.

/ Sustainable Design / 2014 Autumn

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Motivation and Background Today 1.2 billion people around the world

We aim to push boundaries, share dreams

do not have access to electricity. We joined

and imagine future solutions for providing

a competition called Velux Natural Life

people all over the world with sustainable

International Design Competition 2015,

energy and light.

collaborating with Little Sun, a social business distributing solar lamps, to help bring clean, reliable and affordable light to off-grid African regions.

Brief Understanding of Solar Lamp A solar lamp is a portable light fixture composed of an LED lamp, a photovoltaic solar panel, and a rechargeable battery. Outdoor lamps may have a lamp, solar panel and battery integrated in one unit. Indoor

solar

lamps

with

separately-mounted solar panels are used for general illumination where centrally generated power is not conveniently or economically

available.

Solar-powered

household lighting may displace light sources, saving money for the user, and reducing fire and pollution hazards.

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Existed Products Analysis Solar garden lights are used for decoration, and come in a wide variety of designs. They are frequently used to mark footpaths or the areas around swimming pools. Some solar lights do not provide as much light as a line-powered lighting system, but they are easily installed and maintained,

and

provide

a

cheaper

alternative to wired lamps.

Solar

street

lights provide public

lighting without use of an electrical grid; they may have individual panels for each lamp of a system, or may have a large central solar panel and battery bank to power multiple lamps.

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Idea Generation

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Final Design - Enlightenment for All Our idea has appeal in the developing as

It comes with a kickstand that makes it

well as the developed world due to its

easy to carry, but also gives the user the

sleek design and attributes. The casing is

opportunity to flip the solarpanel or the

to be made from downcycled high-density

LED light in an angle. In that way, the solar

polyethylene (HDPE) and has the solar

panel can be adjusted in the right position

panel on one side and a full spectrum LED

to catch the most of the sun rays and it can

light on the other to create optimal lighting

stand firm on a table. Moreover, the casing

conditions.

has eyes in the four outer corners, which gives the user the opportunity to hang the solar lamp on the wall or from the ceiling.

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stand (wood, recycled plastic materials, or local materials)

As for versatility, we see our concept as a modular device that can be upgraded by optional goodies, like a power bank, a grid charger and an USB port, which makes the solar lamp even more valuable in the developing and developed world.

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Eco Tray Seedling Tray

A sustainable planting container design, which lets the whole lot back to earth, allowing farmers to plant the sprouts without using indecomposable plastic.

/ Sustainable Design / 2014 Autumn

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Problems of Original Seedling Tray Generally, the seedling trays are made of black plastic which can’t be decomposed. Every time, the sprouts may easily be hurt while the farmers taking it out.

• The traditional seedling trays use indecomposable material

• The sprouts need to be taken out from the trays.

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Benefits of Eco Tray Eco Tray is a sustainable container design, it shows three features 1. The material will become the fertilizer and blend into the soil. 2. The trace between enable each unit be split out easily. 3. The bottom was designed as a corn which is easier to stick into the ground.

• Corn shape enables it to be easily inserted into the soil

• Easy to aplit apart each unit

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Eco Tray let the whole lot back to the earth. The farmers would never need to take the sprouts out with exceptional caution, and even the problem of wasted plastic would never happen.

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Bottle Chair Chair for Kindergarten

A one-piece seat which used minimal materials is easy for production. The plasice bottles are given a second life by being reused as the seat legs. Children in kindergarten enjoy making their own chair and knowing the importance of ecofriendly. / Sustainable Design / 2011 Autumn

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Problems of the Wasted Plastic Bottles Research has revealed that the average number of plastic bottles used per person annually in the U.S. is 167. It takes three times the volume of water to manufacture one bottle of water than it does to fill it. Water bottles are made completely of recyclable polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics, but PETs don't biodegrade they photodegrade, which means they break down into smaller fragments over time. They may take centuries to decompose while sitting in landfills, amounting to endless billions of little environmentally poisonous time bombs. Eighty percent of the water bottles we buy end up in landfills, the absolute worst place for them to be. That means, roughly, for every 10 bottles we drink, only two end up in the recycle bin.

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What Came to My Mind Given the shocking, dramatic statistics, it is imperative for us to explore ways to protect the environment. I started to think about reusing the bottles, which though they may not reduce the overall amount of waste, to some extent they can assist in doubling the value of the bottles.

Examples of Reusing the Bottles Many have recycled plastic bottles for decorative or practical use, such as curtains, lamps, shelters, pencil boxes and walls. But most were about aesthetics and somehow lacked feasibility. The “2-nd Lives� project of Coca Cola provided a lot of inspiration for this new focus. They offered a surprising amount of upcycled

functionality.

For

kids

they

designed water guns, bubble blowers, paintbrushes, and drums; and for adults there were spray bottles, soap dispensers, hand

weights,

and

even

condiment

dispensers.

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Thus, I decided to build on this idea, and chose young children as the target group in order to deliver the concept of reusing bottles in an early age.

What Do Children Experience in Kindergarten It was said that kindergarten is a place for “teaching children a rich, meaningful, and balanced information,

curriculum

of

encompassing

skills

and

intellectual,

social, creative, and physical learning.� Young children are naturally curious, which means, curiosity is an innate disposition for a

child.

With

the

appropriate

encouragement, one can continue as an enthusiastic learner.

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How to Integrate Bottles into Kindergarten Designing for children, especially among

However, for children, things need to be

ages from 4~6, should involve fun and

easy to use and should promote repetition

engaging

while taking safety into consideration.

activities.

Chairs

are

the

common and basic product that both the kindergartens and families own.

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Final Design “Bottle Chair� consists of a seat and four bottles.

The

seat

is

made

from

biodegradable resin - Plastarch Material (PSM), a renewable resource that is less harmful to the environment. Using minimal materials,

a

one-piece

seat-form

is

designed for easy production. On the other hand, four empty plastic bottles, which we once regarded as garbage, are used as legs. By connecting the bottles and seat, children can make their own chairs. What’s more,

they

imagination

can

also

expand

and

creative

talent

decorating the insides of the bottles.

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their by


Press Back Plug

A plug applied spring device is easy to out stretch and pull back. One finger is enough to tackle the plug.

/ Universal Design / 2014 Autumn

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Problem Statement Pulling the plug out is a small thing, while sometimes it may be trouble! It always

ON

needs both hands to extract the plug on the extension cord.

Ideation

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Final Design PRESS BACK is a plug which is easy to out-stretch and pull-back. By applying the spring device as the traditional ball-point pen, the front-pins are safely covered in the case when unused, and by directly pressing the back-button, the pins will show out and ready to insert into the socket.

+

=

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PRESS BACK


The most brand-new value of the PRESS BACK is that it replacesthe way of extracting the plug only by simply pressing the back. Thus, the users can just use one finger to extract the plug on the extension cord. What’s more, the pins

will

be

safely

kept

simultaneously.

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inside

the

case


Split Pack Package Redesign

A chips package designed in three units which not only enables the users to take the chips easily but allows more friends to share together.

/ Universal Design / 2014 Autumn

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Problem Statement The original package pack of chips was designed in a long cylinder for containing more

chips.

However,

this

design

sometimes makes us feel inconvenient while only half volume remain.

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Final Design Split Pack is a redesign of the common

After tearing off the aluminum, you can

chips package. It is divided into three units

take the chips in an easy way rather than

and the aluminum paper is used to

trying hard to stretch your fingers into the

connect each other.

container.

DIFFICULT

EASY

Get chips easier

Sharing container

Top fitted

tear off the aluminum paper around

combining one top and one

top fits each part

the bottle

part to make extra container

to keep fresh

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Moreover, the top is suitable for covering the next part, so you can also make an extra container by combining one top and one part. Split Pack allows more friends to share together and enjoy the potato chips in an easier way.

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