Portfolio _ 2015/04
Lee Yi Chin Industrial Design
ABOUT
RESEARCH & MATERIALS 06-17 18-23 24-31 32-41
Renewable Receipt Agar Brick Bamboo curving Material workshop
PRODUCT DESIGN 42-47 Blander 48-51 NXT Baby Cart
SPECIAL PROJECT 52-65 荏苒 66-71 Floating Garden
MEDIA TECHNOLOGY DESIGN 72-83 Location-based Game Design
To me, design is the way to get close to the people and the environment.
Eucation & Experience
CURRIULUM VITAE
EDUCATION National ChengChi University Taipei 2010-2011 Major in Management of Information System. I learn lot's about computer science and C# coding , train myself thinking in binery way, and also took bisiness course. National ChengKung University Tainan2011-2015 Major in Industrial Design My personality and interest are basiclly be form by NCKU, at here i learn how to use design thinking to slove problem. The edcation here also train us hoe to cooperate with other people and clearly express our idea to others.
EXPERIENCE Mechanical Engineering department NCKU2014 Work as Project student in NCKU EE department. The project concept is to apply massive produce way to built up a bamboom art craft, my job is to study material properties of bamboo and do the material testing. Visual Cognition and Modeling Lab NCKU 2014 Participated in interface design of school speech application and logo design for lab XXtraLab DESIGN Taipei 2013 Having 2 month internship here. It is the time i start being familliar with interaction design, and learn how to use processing an d arduino making simple prototyping. Mizuiro art house Tainan 2014 Working as assistant for dutch designer Willem Van Doorn, we built a ecofriendly floating garden. In this project i play the communicator in the group. i also learn lot's of making skill from designer. School Swimming team NCKU2011-2015 I train my self become strong and healthy so that I can stand long working hours.
SKILLS Software Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Aftereffect Solidworks Autocad Programming processing c code Java matlab Objective C Prototyping Axure Arduino Modeling Sport Swimming Surfing Table tennis Language Chinese English
Primary language Fluent / Tofel 82
Material Studies
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01 Ecofriendly Receipt
Design Concept Lots of receipts everyday. If the receipts can be turned into renewable sources, the concept would in the end be very ecofriendly.
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We want to create a new kind of paper that has seeds inside. When the paper no longer is needed, just bury it in the dirt and it will become another plant! This material can be applied to receipts, tickets or other short life-spanned paper products.
Background and Problem
Too many receipts
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We keep gathering receipts, traffic tickets and bills everyday which will end up as a lot of trash. Even though we can receive some of them in digital format, there are some situations in which we still need them in paper format. There are also some people who do not feel comfortable with digital items, so we thought - can we do something about it?
Identifying Opportunities
Interviews & Direct observation The direction of these questions is mainly in the behavior of taking receipts to know more about the thought the consumers consider when they come up with receipts.
User Scenarios
Businessman
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Elder
House wife
Students
Problem exploration and analysis Clarifying Objectives
Setting Requirements
We listed the specification of our product-seeds receipt, and then discussed the specification is demand or wish.
Establishing Functions
Determining Characteristics
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Evaluating Alternatives
This is how we did it
First we had to make paper pulp by soaking some paper in water. After making it wet and soft we put them in a blender. Then Filter the paper pulp with grid board - the bigger fiber will stay on the net. Put it in the oven and dry out all the water for one day.
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After a study on different seeds we chose to use seeds that have more capacity of heat and pressure. In this attempt we used tomato seeds, which are small and can stand the heat.
In some places a crack occurs when the sheet goes through the printer. This is due to an uneven spread of the pulp, something which should be improved in the future.
Material Studies
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02 Agar flower pot
Experiment
Soak agar fiber into hot water for 30 minute, and then put it into boil pot, keep stiring until all the agar fiber turn into liquid.
making agar base
different boiling time can make different texture
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waiting for it become solid
put it into oven and dry the water out
Experiment
To find out agar's diversity of property, we do many kinds of testing, include adding color, oyster shell, fiber, even bury seeds into it.
burry seeds
adding color
mix with shell
mix with fiber
Testing
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To test the agar brick we made, we tested it through some machining procedure. It turns out that the agar brick was strong enough to make a simple product model.
Application
We made the agar brick into a flowerpot.Agar is an eco-friendly product and when the plant is dead or the flowerplot is useless it can be buried in the ground. The agar fiber will atomatically decomposite.
Bury usless flowerpot into groud
Bacteria will decomposite the agar
Back to the nature
Material Studies
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03 Bamboo curving
Design Description
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This project is about helping a technologist mass produce his work. Our goal is to design molds to normalization the bamboo element and put it into mass production. The most important thing we do is to test on tolerance and bounce back while shaping the bamboo.
Material testing
Experimental element Independent variables : Angle / Steaming time Dependent variables : Force
Bamboo is an organic material, so it will definitly spring back when we put force on it. We have to do some test on the correlation between spring back angle and and other variables, and make sure it won't crack when we put force on it
Experiment process
Soften the fiber of bamboo with steam, steaming time is one of the virables.About the mold, we use CNC milling the wood and then use hand tools to revise the ages and fix them together. After bending, we put it into oven to fry the water inside and keep the shape.
put bamboo into steam
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making mold
shaping the curve
waiting for cool down
put it into oven, dry out water
Result analysis
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We measure the angle change after takeing it out of oven. Collect all bamboo sample's data make them into diagram to see regular pattern of the spring back angle. This is the fisrt stage of material study, this project will keep working on until the chair can fix into production line.
angle
water contain
Material Studies
04 Material Workshop textile experience
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Host by Simone de Waart Material Sense creative director
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
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The process of this workshop is really different from what I’ve learned so far. Normally we start with a product, but this time we start with the study of materials and experiencing these raw substances. After we gain enough understanding of this, we transform it into a product
Design Methodology Visualization of tactility tialling approach
1 experience formulation 2 material selection
5 design translation
4 user study
1+2+4 thinking
3 artefact creation
3+5 making
Material analysis Experience word & Material selection
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First, we used matrix to analysis the feature of different materials. The words are from“rough” to “smooth”and “sturdy” to “soft”. Second, we selected “provocative”as our topic. We defined “provocative” that intended or intending to arouse sexual desire or sexual interest. In our con- clusion, we believe that people will feel provocative when being touch by tongue on neck.
Experimental Setup
TEST1 We prepared lots of materials such as boiled fungus, tofu, ruler, jelly and boiled Konn- yaku to test on a male and a female’s necks.
TEST 2 We narrow down all the option to four materials that will test on the people :metal ruler, aluminum, boiled black fungus and boiled Konnyaku. We use App to record their heart rate and covered their eyes while laying on bed.
Brainstorm on translation redesign
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After test, we found out that most males and some females like soft and warm fungus because it reminded them of kissing experiences. However,some females like hard and cold materials because they felt more excited and interesting. We started to come up different products with those features and we use to touch our bodies.
Model making
We decided to use silicon to mimic the smooth and soft feeling of fungus. We used clay and plaster to make models and poured silicon in. We made the silicons with folds like fungus. Besides, we came up with lots of products related to water like swimming and bath products. Putting silicon in warm water, it is possible to mimic the wet and smooth feeling of tongue.
Testing and surveys
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We invited a couple to try the product at the bathroom. They hold the balls to scrub each others’ bodies.Different from the normal bath balls, our product increased the soft texture of silicon so that the ball had the conflict feeling of smooth and rough texture at the same time, which made the product more interesting. Besides, the texture of the cold metal made the couple feel more excited.
Final product
We modified the final product based on those feedbacks. First, we tried to use different colors for balls and silicons, and we found that white balls with red or white silicons are best matches. Besides, we also changed the shape of silicons to be smaller wave. In addition, we also replaced the metal chain to thinner stain- less chain.
stainless chain
sillicon
scrubbing ball
Product Design
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05 Children juicer Press for fun
Concept
Behind our design is the idea of a toy for children which would enhance their experience in making things on their own. We wanted to create a procedure through which children can learn to recognize different fruits, identify colors and train hand-eye coordination. What we have designed is a juicer for kids that is safe and can be used without electricity. The rounded working space allows for 2-3 users at the same time which allows children to cooperate and have fun together.
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User Process
Parents help by preparing the fruit for the kid, and let the kids do the rest of the procedure.
Kids can play with their parents or their friend. After they have finished, they can share the juice with each other.
How it works
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The cover is design into double layer, the screw thread inside just like the child-proof bottle.
Children can only rotate the upper part themselves. If the cover needs to be opened, the parent has to do it. In this case, we can make sure that children have no chance of touching the blades inside.
The smiling mouth has a little hole in which fruit can be put to slide into the cup, without the need to remove the cover.
Mechanical Part
The mechanical model was inspired by a mop. The basket can spin by treading the bar.
screw thread screw thread inside
spring pushing platform
There is a screw thread inside the cylinder so that when the platform outside the cup is pushed, the screw will make the blade spin. And so, the juicer can work by mechanical power.
Product Design
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06 NXT baby cart
DESIGN DISCRIPTION In this project we use Lego NXT prototyping intelligence baby cart. The functions are for parents to comfort baby and make the cart become more user friendly.
Function
Adjustable platform
The stroller has a fold-out platform on which the parents can put items or change the baby's diaper. When finished, a button can be pressed and the platform will be folded and hidden under the seat.
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Color sensor
The color sensor is placed in front of the baby seat. The baby can reach for the sensor and move it horizontally. When the sensor registers change of colors, it will automatically change songs. Different songs are triggered by different colors.
Button control
Pressing the right button twice will make the baby stroller move along a fixed route. We added the function as we learnt that a change of scenes can comfort an anxious baby. The stroller will steadily move along a route that the parent set, so that the parent can take a rest and do not have to worry about the child's safety.
Special Project
07 荏苒
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Time flies, we dye.
DESIGN DESCRIPTION
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In this project we want to extract natural color from campus plant and use on traditional dying. In the end we will apply this skill on the product we design and creating our brand.
Searching dyeing materials
Pigment testing
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We did lots of research on how can we get the color we wnat and keep them stick on the frabic, We have tried chemical pigment and natural pigments from plants.
Selecting fribic
To find the frabic that is suitable for dyeing, we do lots of experiment on frabic. We have tried cotton, nylon, slik.we also put fabric into NAOH to remove impurities
Extract color from plants
Plants that we selected. Each plant. Our idea is to use material from nature, so we chose plants found at our university campus. The product is not only eco-friendly, but also represents our university NCKU.
cusia
fu wood
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banyan
Create patterns
How to tie different patterns is part of our design. We created four kinds of patterns. A rubber band was used to tie the fabric, and other tools were used as assistance.
Ideation
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We brainstormig how to adapting dyeing skill on the product. The product should have link with natural leaves and have culture element. In the end we make the school bag cause all the material we used is from school plant.
Procedure
Pigment extraction
We collected different leaves to extract pigment each kind of leaves has different color.
washing leaves
boil the leaves
keep boil around 10 hours
Procedure
Creating pattern
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We tied the fabric in different ways to make the pigment attach onto the fabric differently to create patterns.
The fabric was put into the pot to boil with the leaves. This step had to be repeated many times to let more pigment be soaked into the fabric. In the end of the procedure, we wrapped the fabric with aluminium. Aluminium ions interact with pigment, letting the color stay longer.
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Product
Selling ctivity
This project is combime design and business,so we have to bring the business thinking in to the product. Making profit keep thinking that how to attractive costomers is very important, it include good arrangeing of selling place and marketing skills.
Special Project
08 Eco-friendly art project Floating Garden
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Assist Dutch designer Williem Van Doorn
Concept
Idea is from my professor Bart Van Bueren and dutch designer Williem Van Doorn. Williem works in Taiwan with group og people for a month. The artwork is composed of floating waste materials like foam blocks and plastic bottles mainly which are bound together with old fishing nets and bamboo to become a floating raft for plants to grow on.The Floating Garden is more than just a pretty piece of green art on the water. It’s a statement to create awareness on how much waste people are making, and how much of the waste ends up in nature, harming animals and plants
What i do in this project
Help with communicating with client
Making model
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Gathering poly form as material
Making floating block
Put into water
Put on plants
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Location-based game
72 Media Technology Design
09Tag and seek
Compitition
/ Make it to the finals of CHI play student competition and TIC 100 competition
/ Having a exhibition in Tainan
Concept
74 Media Technology Design
We want to provide a new way to getting to know a new city. Our hope is that by making it into a location based-game, users will become intrigued by using it. The intention is that the user easily can move between locations as the application will guide them through the city.
User Study
Our user study was done with a focus on smartphone usage during travel in a new city. We are interested in developing a smartphone application implementing maps to lead the user to different sites in a city, with the target group “taiwanese tourists visiting Tainan�
Acitvity Structure
After we collected answers to a survey, we made it into a diagram and analysis activity according to the Activity Theory
Activity level
Planning the trip
Activity level
Finding the target site
Action level
/ Searching for sites / Find accommodation / information
Action level
/ Getting directions to the site / Going to the site
Operation level
/ Searching online for information / Reading a book / Going to MRT station for information
/ Using navigation like Google Maps / Asking local citizens / Walking or taking a traffic tool ex: bus, bike, car
Activity level
Traveling in a city
Action level
/ Traveling within the city / Finding sites, famous food to eat etc. / Hanging out with friends
Operation level
/ Search online for information / Using transportation / Deciding who to go with
Activity level
Share location on social media
Action level
Sharing location on social media
Operation level
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Operation level
/ Check-in through social media application / Click “Share� button
Service Design
Database
NFC tell application to search database
Travel site equip with NFC tag
Get the application
User
Share on social website
Service Design
Touch point We are trying to adapt service design concept into our project, so we made the system map and touch point to clearify our system
Setting Social media Smartphone NFC
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Interaction board
Get the site
Get the info
Share
Take picture
Dramatic Element
Story Harry lost his friends when they were traveling in Tainan, and he asks the player to help him find his lost friends. Through the game, Harry will guide the user through Tainan City and give the user hints to find his friends.
Character All characters are Harry's friends. Each character has its own style and represents a travel site category.
User Flow
1.download
2.start
3.set level
After downloading the application, the user will choose a level and package of sites to explore in order to start the game.
8.get coupon
The user has to follow the instructions from Harry to find the first site. At the site, the user's task is to find an NFC tag placed on a physical display.
9.share on social website
Tag and SEEK
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I just finish a icecream in Tainan! #Tag and See This app is so cute!
The user has to finish the route to complete the game. Upon completing the game, the user will receive a secret gift which relate to the pattern of the route. The activity can be shared to Facebook.
4.get instruction
5.check on map
6.tag on NFC
We make a interaction device on the site, Scanning the NFC tag on the board is required to keep playing the game, as the next step won't be displayed unless you do. Traveler can take a picture with the board as well.
7.get info
The board is design according to the specialty of the site. Anyone who are attracted by the board can download the application with QRcode at the back of the door immeditely. In an ongoing game, the NFC tag must be read by the user's phone in order to access info about the site and instructions on how to reach the next site.
Technology Support
Android Coding with Java
NFC High speed transport Low power cost Privacy protect
Parse It is a database that can support IOS and Android
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Google Map Lets the user easily get to the site
GPS Can locate where you are and provide suitable service
Business Model