2016 Product Design Portfolio
Product Designer
Profile I think design is to see the insights of the world, to interpret a phenomenon by doing deep research and to have a good story. I believe design should prioritise people and the environment. Always challenging myself is my principle when doing design! When facing difficulities, I feel energetic.
CONTACT fc88100@gmail.com 886 930-057-093 https://www.behance. net/fc88100liminlee
EDUCATION MA in Product Design, University of Edinburgh, 2015-2016
BA in Industrial Design, National Kaohsiung Normal University (NKNU), Taiwan, 2011-2015
DESIGN EXPERIENCE A Dot Design studio Internship, Taiwan, 01 2015
• Furniture design including middle price shelf, mirror and armchair; the shelf and the mirror were mass produced in 2015 in Taiwan • Interior design : redesigned historic house to an organic restaurant. Research Assistant, professor Jungmei Tsen, NKNU, Taiwan, 2014 • Conducted interviews for professor’s research, and analysed the transcripts. • Designed posters for designers lectures
OTHER EXPERIENCE Vice President, Graduation Exhibition Industrial Design Department, NKNU, Taiwan, 2014-2015 Vice President, Student Association Industrial Design Department, NKNU, Taiwan, 2013-2014 Exhibition Tour Guide Industrial Design Department, NKNU, Taiwan, 2011-2015
AWARDS and PRESS icsid World Design Impact Prize-Selected2015-2016 (Project:water rescue bag) Taiwan International Invention and Design Prize-Golden-2016 (Project:Frandy’s drain cover) MOT TIMES MAGAZINE-2015 (Project:water rescue bag)
http://www.mottimes.com/cht/article_detail. php?type=0&serial=1238
LANGUAGE SKILLS Mandarin Chinese (native) English (Fluent) French (basic) Italian (basic) COMPUTER SKILLS Pro/ENGINEER Solisworks Rhino Autocad 2D 3D
Keyshot Illustrator Photoshop Indesign
Project Contents The fitting chair Designing the future chair for a dynamic living context MA dissertation
Africa’s MedicTube A new way to transport medicine in Africa. Group work for RSA brief
WAPRO
A SMART DATA PROJECTOR
WAPRO/SOPRO Designing the future computing device Personal project
45 Degree throw
A new way to do swift rescue BA dissertation
The corner shelf The shelf is suitable to be placed in the corner but can also stand without walls. Internship work
BA dissertation
The corner mirror workto be placed in the corner but can Internship work The mirror is Internship suitable also stand without walls.
MA dissertation 2016
Designing a flexible chair that will fit the future dynamic living trend and people’s lifestyle The Fitting Chair
Designing a chair that will fit people’s lifestyle Chairs have been designed as rigid forms for a long time, such as the injection moulded plastic chair, wood-joint chair and metal welded chair. These rigid forms of furniture not only lack flexibility when moving, but also lead to furniture waste. Living in a dynamic society in which people are always on the move, we need a flexible and adaptable chair to fit into our mobile lifestyles. The fitting chair utilises tensile strength to transform sheet material from a soft to rigid form, and from rigid back to soft again. The chairs are designed in three different sizes to support different body mass. As tensile strength has the tolerance of different weight, each chair requires people to consider which chair will fit them developing a sense of personalisation, appropriateness and the minimum use of material. The Fitting Chair challenges people to take more responsibility of their role in the structure, and encourages them to find the chair that will fit their lifestyle.
Insight Chairs have been designed rigid for a long time, and lead to furniture waste when people moving house.
63% OF PEOPLE DISCARDED THERE FURNITURE
BECAUSE THEY NEED TO MOVE (From 127 respondents)
Annoying stairs!!
Strong
A robust furniture is a crucial requirement.
“We do not have enough budget, so we use cab to move house.”
Affordable
Most of them do not have enough budget to have expensive furniture.
Light A light furniture is not only easy to carry but also saving material.
“We bought affordable but strong furniture becausewe we only lived here for 2 year.”
Observation &participation Defined design opportunities by doing research: Role playing; Photo shooting; Interviewing.
Flexible!
Ideas Development
I found that tension is a potential way to make things from soft to rigid form, and from rigid back to soft again. So I used tension as my main structure and did more research on tensile structure.
Tension research & analysis:
Lore Said is a PHD student who did research on collapsibility. She proposed: “as collapsible things are different from rigid forms, they show some expression of the objects.”She used collapsibility as a philosophy to encourage people interact with movement because 21 century is about wars and uncertainty. Interview with
Lore Said
Three component: boundary tensioned membranes, pneumatic structures and pre-stressed cable nets and beams(p3, lewis, 2003).
Collapsibility is a capacity to adjust in size to meet a practical need. The purpose of collapsibility is critical: no adjustment, no future (p7, Mollerup, 2006).
Collapsibility
Definition
The pursuit of permanence is called preservation. but preservation is for dead thing” (Otto, 2009, p58). Frei Otto
Tension
Tensile structure architect
Tesnile Architecture
Expression A way to show the hierarchical order in the public environment.(Boxer, p40, 1996)
Economy “New materials are always more expensive; the only way for them to be convincing is through cheap constructions and processes” (p27, Beukers and Hinte, 1998).
Goldilocks and the three bear- “ fit”
Biological Engineering
Animals and plants have evolved ways of using the least effort to live in the competitive environment; In engineering, the cost always plays an important role for making a suitable construction (p44, Beukers and Hinte, 1998).
The story, Goldilocks and the three bear, offers the insights of the appropriateness: The girl Goldilocks came upon a house. She saw three bowls of porridge. Goldilocks was hungry. She tasted the porridge from the first bowl.” is porridge is too hot!” she exclaimed. So, she tasted the porridge from the second bowl. “ is porridge is too cold,” she said. So, she tasted the last bowl of porridge.“Ahhh, this porridge is just right,”
Iterating ideas
Tested form and structure; developed appearence again and again.
“Humm......This chair is too straight and too tight.”
“This chair just fit my body!”
This chair is too big and too loose.
Insight: Right people just fit the right chair It is found that the stability of structure relates to different people’s weight. Since tensile structure has a tolerance of different weight, different thickness and sizes of material should correspond to different people’s weight. The idea shows that our body mass is involved in part of the structure. When a right person (the people ’s weight and body shape correspond to the structure ) sit on the right chair, the structure works better. This insights reminds me the appropriateness of using the least material to do the least thing and a sense of personalisation.
Final design: A chair for three different weight The finishing model is designed as three kinds of size for three dfferent weight. The two smaller sizes are made of 1.5mm polypropylene sheet, while the bigger is made of 2mm polypropylene to support those who weight more. It was decided to design three chairs for three weight of range: 20-40kg, 40-55kg, 55-90kg. The range of weight is determined by user test.
55-90kg
40-55kg 20-40kg
folding edge
handle
seat
buttom structure
folding the edges to ehance the structure
The chair is composed of 2 pieces of polypropylene sheet
Group work for RSA award 2016
Improve the way medicines are protected, dispensed, distributed and/or taken in SubSaharan Africa (SSA)
Africa’s MedicTube
A new way to transport medicine in Africa. MedicTube is a new, clever transportation device for medicine and medical supplies. It exploits the “dead space” in toilet paper roles, by turning it into storage space for medicine. It has two threaded hollow tubes that meet at the middle of a toilet roll. Both parts of the tube have perforating edges, to make it easier for the packaging to be pierced. The two halves lock onto the toilet paper package by being screwed into one another. When the MedicTube is assembled, it allows the user to place the supplies within the chamber of the toilet paper roll. This concept can be modified to meet any additional requirements that are needed to transport particular medicine. Our MedicTube Cooler for example, has been designed to maintain the temperature of the cargo between 2-8 C° (the required conditions to transport insulin, vaccines, and blood). If the cargo is fragile, we have designed the MedicTube Spring which combines the padding effect of the toilet paper, and a shock-absorbing spring mechanism, to minimise any possible damage. MedicTube can be used to deliver vital medicine anywhere in Africa, from big urban hospitals, to “last mile” hard-to-reach communities. This is because it takes advantage of the already existing distribution networks that have emerged from the toilet paper industry (one of the biggest fast moving consumer goods markets in Africa). MedicTube is easy to use, and has been designed to fit all toilet roll packages with its adjustable height.
Credited by Zhaobo Liu
Interview with a doctor who worked in Tanzania / Problems Discover Tissue paper is quite a necessity and probably needed in places where medication is scarce.
Toilet paper is the largest category in retail tissue, and its distribution system covers most of the community in Africa.
Wool is one of the most sustainable natural material that has good insulation.
Besides the lack of storage facilities, the patients are also often not educated about the proper ways of storing these medications.
There is a lack of masks in the hospital, and sometimes there are even enough masks for surgery use.
Reusable medicine packagings can help to reduce the weight of things that medical teams have to carry with them.
Medicines come in bulk packages and pills are distributed to patients in small- er plastic bag.
Reusable medicine packagings can help to reduce the weight of things that medical teams have to carry with them.
Medicines are too expensive for most people in Africa.
Design opportunity
Medicines are too expensive for most people in Africa.
Exploits the “dead space� in toilet paper roles, by turning it into storage space for medicine.
Tissue paper is quite a necessity and probably needed in places where medication is scarce.
WHY DID WE CHOOSE TOILET PAPER?
“Ask [an African woman] what things she always travels with. She will definitely mention two things: soap and toilet paper. If you are an investor and do not understand this, then you are missing the boat on Africa’s emerging fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market.” www.Africa.com, Kurt Davis Jr. “Toilet paper remained by far the largest category in retail tissue in 2014, accounting for 88% of total retail tissue volume sales. Toilet paper also registered the strongest growth in current value terms in 2014 with 11%”. “Retail Tissue in South Africa”, a report by EuroMonitor
“[African] FMCG companies have distribution systems that penetrate nearly all parts of the community” -David Wager, Change Business Analyst, Credit Suisse
INSULATION MATERIAL FOR MEDICTUBE-COOLER THE MATERIAL IS USED IN OUR COOLER TUBE BECAUSE OF THE HIGH PERFORMANCE AND ECONOMY PRICE
NATURAL MATERIALS
FEWER ICE PACKS
Wool is one of the most sustainable natural
Fewer ice packs are able to keep the pack warm
materials, being available in abundance as a
HYGIENIC
by-product of rearing sheep. (The global sheep
wool is perfectly safe. The natural washing and scouring
population is in excess of 1.2 billion.)
process requires no chemicals, additives or further sterili
COPE WITH EXTREME COLD AND HEAT MAINTAIN 2°C – 8°C > 72H Woolcool insulated packaging has been inde pendently proven to keep pharmaceuticals within the critical 2°c and 8°c from 24 hours to more than 72 hours.
sation. Wool fibres have been scientifically proven to absorb and lock-in bacteria and dangerous chemicals. -
SUSTAINABLE The material is produced in sustainable way. It is also able to be reused and recycle.
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WASTED SPACE IN TOILET PAPER ROLLS
In average, one toilet paper has 164cm dead space
4 rolls 3 655cm are wasted
On average, one toilet paper roll is 978 cm
9 rolls 1.5L are wasted
5/6 is used
16 rolls 2.6L are wasted
1/6 is wasted
100 rolls 16.4L dead space
EXISTING DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL FOR FMCG COLALIFE DELIVERY CHANNEL
FMCG DISTRIBUTION NETWORK One of the most widely spread FMCGs in Africa is Coca-Cola. They have worked years to build their distribution network, which has a huge outreach in most African territories. Over the years they have collaborated with other partners to put these networks at use to improve the distribu tion of critical medicines in hard-to-reach communities (an example of this is the ColaLife project). This is how their FMCG network works. Each country has its own Coca-Cola bottling plants. A lorry leaving the Coca-Cola bottling plant can only go so far. So Manual Distribution Cen tres (MDCs) are set up. MDCs are Coca-Cola depots, typically located in areas where a lack of stable roads and infrastructure makes it difficult for delivery trucks to reach tiny local shops. The people who set up MDCs employ others in the area to carry the product the last few miles to the most remote points on the planet, often by bicycle or pushcart.
retailers deliver air pods and coca-cola provisions to local shops
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general wholesaler
coca-cola are dilivered to general wholesaler
coca-cola bottling plant
the air pods (colalife) are put into carts
local shop local shops sell air pods coca-cola to families.
Process/ sketch & prototypes By making prototypes, we wanted to know if the idea is feasible?/ if the idea is feasible, how can we implement and improve it?
Final Design
1
Put female tube in one side of toilet paper.
2 Put male tube in other
side of toilet paper.
3 Put the medicine inside.
4
Screw the tube cap.
5
Both medicine and toilet paper are distributed through existing delivery networks.
WAPRO
A SMART DATA PROJECTOR
Personal work 2016
WAPRO/SOPRO
Designing the future computing device Computing device has become the center of our life. In the coming decade, it will be very close to our work, health, entertainment and data processing. Since our computing device will proccess more complex tasks in the future, we need a device that can be customised easily, carried freely and used intuitively. However, traditional computer is not intuitive enough. There is a boundary between key in and display. If we can freely use the information on both sides, the computing device will be very intuitive to use.
Technology (Ecosystem) Research
Data Flow
Spime Context: Computer has become spime. “Spimes are regarded as material instantiations of an immsterial system. Spimes beigin and end as data. They’re virtual objects first and actual objects second.” (Sterling B.)
Problems:
Design opportunities:
Our computing device is not intuitive enough.
4 dimension space
We are receving and sending a great amount of data every moment everyday.
Our past, now and future will all connected by computing device.
The increasing complexity of informaiton
The increasing speed of updating
Intuitive interface & form
Convertible Interface
Ethnographic Research
Using scenario:
Home
Personal use
Working
Sharing
Portability
Communicating and demonstrating
We use compuitng device in different posture in diffweent scenario for different purpose.
Intuitive Design opportunities:
Fit into different scenario
A good computing device should be intuitive to used and can be fit into different scenario.
Developing design opportunities
Convertible Interface
Technology Ecosystem
Intuitive
Ethnographic Research
Idea A convertable interface that can be customized by different user. Projecting data from a small device so this device can be brought anywhere, and be used in different scenario and postures.
Fit into different scenario
Ideation
Final Design1 (Personal) WAPRO is a personal portable smart computing device. There are 2 projecting switches on the right side. Turn on the switch to turn on the screen and the keyboard. The softwares which are on the screen and keyboard can be draged freely by finger. WAPRO can also be used as smart phone, such as calling, health inspecting and taking photos.
Turn on the switch to turn on the projector.
Scenario.
SHOW TIME &SET ALARM
HEALTH INSPECTION& SPORT
TURN ON PROJECTOR
Intuitive to wear
SOPRO
A SMART DATA PORJECTOR & SPEAKER
Touch ID Put your finger here to login to your data cloud
Speaker
Smart Projector The smart projector can detect user’s position then adjust the angle of the projector Reflector The reflector can reflect light, so the projector can project in different directions.
Final Design2 (Public) SOPRO is a public portable smart computing device and speaker. There are 2 projectors in the front side and back side. Put your finger on the touch ID to login to your data cloud. The device can be used by different users in public space. The sound of the speaker follows the form.
form follows sound
scenario
cmf
BA dissertation 2015
45 Degree throw
A new way to do swift rescue Every summer in Taiwan, many people drown after falling into surging rivers which are caused by afternoon shower. However, we do not have rescue devices which aim to deal with this situation now. Therefore, we redesigned the present water rescue bag by adding floating bag outside. With it, victims can hold the bag in any way easily. Also, we designed the auto-releasing machine which can automatically release the rope with the speed of stream to enhance the safety of rescuer.
Work with rescue worker Since the realm of rescue is a very specialised knowledge, we intensively cooperate with 3 main relief cooperations: Red Cross Society, Eagle Relief society, National Kaohsiung Nanzi Rescue team.
Existing product Analysis
Life buoy · Poor accuracy · Easy to catch · Usually be used in stable water
Design for public At first, we would like to design for rescue workers. After doing interviews with professional rescue workers and existing products analysis, we found that design for them is difficult because we do not have rescue experience. Besides, the workers can professionally use rescue devices because they have been inducted to professional training. As a result, we shifted our direction from designing for the rescuer to designing for the public.
Throwing Bag
Rope Gun · Poor accuracy · Difficult to catch · Difficult to assemble
· Medium accuracy · Difficult to catch · Be used in both stable water and river
Design opportunities Easy to throw
Easy to catch
High accuracy
Motion and Field investigation We studied several rescue videos to better understand how the throwing bags are used in the real situation. Including how people catch the bag and how to accurately throw the bag.
motion research
We did field investigation in Laonong River in Kaoshiung to observe the wideth and depeth of the river and the surrounding environment. We also did role playing: throw and catch floating rope.
Prototyping and testing We made several prototypes to make the device better to throw and catch. The weight of the device is also adjusted to achieve high accuracy. The throwing bag is also a floating support for the victim.
Ideas sketch
Production Model made in Pro Engineering for CNC
rubber handle: to easily hold by children and adults the rope go through the handle to provide safety
screw
rib: enhance strength
auto releasing device
transparent glass:to see if rope is in the device or not
Final design
AUTO-OUTPUTTING DEVICE After the victim catches the swift rescue bag, the rope may be pulled downwards by the fast-moving stream. This could make holding the rope difficult for the rescuer, and he/she could even be dragged into water. The auto-outputting device stores three meters of rope which it can automatically output. This device compensates for the power of fast-flowing water.
SWIFT RESCUE BAG This is a device which people can easily throw to a victim. The victim can easily hold on to the bag, as it has many holes.
THROW IN 45 DEGREE We asked people to throw the bag in 45 degree since this is the best way to achieve high accuracy.
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Internship work 2015
The Corner Shelf and Mirror
The Shelf and Mirror are suitable to be placed in the corner but can also stand without walls I designed The Corner Shelf and The Corner Mirror for a middle price metal furniture company when I was having an internship in A Dot Design Studio. The company wanted a shelf and a mirror which are suitable to be placed in the mirror, but can stand without any supports.
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fc88100@gmail.com 886 930-057-093 https://www.behance. net/fc88100liminlee