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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