Portfolio Jing Gao

2018-2021 designed by

Jing Gao

Jing Gao A five years professional CAD Drafter and designer who grew up in Taiwan. A creative person who always focus on people’s behavior for design. The biggest ambition is combining new technology and design to build a better world.

Work Experience Huei Chang Metal, Ltd., New Taipei, Taiwan Scenior CAD Drafter 2017 - 2022 (expected) Farsail Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan Project Management Speciast 2015 - 2016

Professional Training EC Design School, Taipei, Taiwan AIC Product Design Pre-Master Diploma Program 2018 - 2020

Education National Taipei University, New Taipei, Taiwan Bachelor of Business Administration 2010 - 2014

Skills AutoCAD Rhinoceros 3D PTC Creo Keyshot

Photoshop Illustrator InDesign

Design is like a drop of water stirs up ripples in my heart

Content

Interaction Design

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Take a Break Personal project Nov. 2020, Taiwan

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With You Personal project Oct. 2020, Taiwan

Product Design

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Erase to Peel Personal project Jan. 2019, Taiwan

Industrial Design

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Reminding Ring Personal project Aug. 2020, Taiwan

Take a Break A break time reminding coaster

Research According to the recent poll, it has revealed that office workers spend an average of 6.5 hours a day sitting at their computer or laptop.

BUT Only thirty-one percent of office workers who take a break from their screen specifically in order to give their eyes a rest from looking at screens.

Average 6.5 hours/day

Only 31% office workers take a rest

Problems Studies have shown that when people focus on computer work for a long time, they don’t blink as often as usual, which can lead to dry

eyes and eye fatigue.

Thinking Direction Is there any device can remind office workers to take a break during working hours?

Time to take a break

Ideation Interview

Brainstorming

To find some ideas could be used in design

To understand what office workers normally do in a day

Design elements

What office workers do when they are not staring the computer screen?

What activities office workers enjoy doing to take a break?

Ideation

Having a cup of hot drink is a strong incentive that office workers would stop their work to do.

Design Images

Prototype Test the usage

Product detail Indicator

Heating area

Base

• Office workers can reduce their eye stress and take a break.

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Scenario

An office worker is focusing a computer work in working hours.

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He puts a drink on Take a Break.

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The indicator rotates back to the original position and lights off when the heating time is up.

He then rotates Take a Break to set the heating time and the indicator starts to light up.

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Finally, he can enjoy a hot drink and have a break.

With You A weight measuring insole

Research Brainstorming Highlight the topic

Is there any present body weight scale design can be changed?

To find a good topic can be studied deeper

Discovery Every family at least has one body weight scale but they seldom use it at all. They tend to use it until they find out their appearance becomes much bigger. It

seems like people usually gain weight without notice.

Cause People need to pay more effort to lose weight than gaining weight.

The common storage

What if people could aware that their body weight has already reach their maximum expectation in advance without weighing themselves deliberately.

People wear shoes most of the time and anywhere.

Find design elements through three directions.

Insight

Idea development

Product Details

Air cushion Reduce foot stress.

Weight sensor Weight sensor

Arc edge Fit the shape of the foot.

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2 Put With You into shoes.

With You can help you control your weight easier Open the app.

Scenario

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4 When your weight is over your expected weight, it will remind you.

With You will monitor your current weight automatically.

Erase to Peel Child-specific self-learning peeler

Research

But what about kids?

Few peelers are made specially for children.

There are many different kinds of peelers in the market but most of them are for adults.

Ideation Mind map

Children who use a peeler first time need to be very carefull. Even adult often cut themselves since they use a peeler in a wrong way.

Therefore, to avoid incorrect use is the key.

To find what might encourages children to learn new things • Collections • A sense of achievement

Idea Development

Using a eraser image to design the peeler because the usage of this two different objects is similar which can avoid using it in a wrong way.

Kids in their learning age use erasers frequently.

Product detail

Peel storage area

Stainless steel blade

Press to open.

Scenario

Use the Erase to Peel with an adult.

Peel a potato with Erase to Peel.

• Peels collection can increase children’s curiosity.

• It also gives them a sense of achievement.

• Kids can learn how to use a peeler properly.

Throw away the storage peel.

Reminding Ring A visualized expiration date

Research Have you ever notice the expiration date of eye drop?

Once your eye drops are opened, they expire quickly. The expiration date might change to only one month.

Expiration Date

1- 2 years

1 month

People only notice the expiration date of an unopened eye drop.

Why it is unsafe to use expired eye drops?

Expired eye drops will

Loss potency of eye drops Cause eye infections Expose to bacteria growth

Entry Point You may not always remember the opened date of eye drops. Therefore, you do not know when they will expire.

When was it opened?

When will it expire?

Ideation Market Research

Brainstorming

Design Image

Opening a cap motion is the most common way between different eye drops.

Different types of eye drops in the market

To find various design elements which can be used

Product Detail

Ring The ring will change different colors to visualize the expiration date after users open the cap.

Idea Development

A material which can change color as time goes on.

Sensor The sensor will start to operate when users unscrew the cap of an eye drop.

Unscrew the cap

The color of the ring changed to green when the cap opened.

The color of the ring changed to yellow when the eye drop is going to expired.

The color of the ring changed to red when the eye drop has already been expired.

Scenario Users can easily distinguish from not expired eye drop and expired eye drop.

This design not only can prevent users from using expired eye drops but also can encourage them to buy a new eye drop.