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CLARENCE LAI

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HI THERE ! I'M CL ARENCE! TO ME, WH AT IS D ESIGN ? B r i n g i n g j oyo u s to p e o p l e t h r o u g h d e s i g n, eve n i f i t i s j u s t a l i t t l e, a n d t h a t ’s e n o u g h to m e. To m e, d e s i g n i s a w a y to b r i n g p e o p l e h a p p i n e s s. T h r o u g h d e s i g n, I l e a r n e d t h a t t h e r e a r e m a n y i n c o n v e n i e n c e s in life that we ingore it. I tr y to find places in life that make p e o p l e fe e l u n h a p p y, a n d t r y to i m p r o v e t h e m. I l o o k fo r w a r d to m y o w n d e s i g n. C o m e w i t h s o m e s m a l l b u t s u b t l e c h a n g e s, a n d b r i n g m o r e n o v e l ex p e r i e n c e s to p e o p l e’s h e a r t s.

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L A NGUAGES C h i n e s e (n at i ve) English G e r m a n (b e g i n n e r)

SK ILLS S ketc h i n g Film making S to r y te lli n g Te a m l e a d i n g Design thinking P ro j e ct p l a n n i n g

E X PERIENCE 2020.01 N C K U I D W i n te r E x h i b i t i o n - Fi l m A d m i n i st r at i o n P ro d u c e r 2019.0 9 -12 C o - I d e a t i o n / C o - C r e a t i o n C o nfe r e n c e I nte rdi s c ip li n a r y di s c o u r s e s of Q u a li a 2019.0 9 -12 T h e Way S p o r t C o m p a ny P ro d u ct M a n a g e r I nte r n s h ip 2019.0 9 N C K U I D S tu d e n t O r g a n iz a t i o n - Fi l m E xe c u t i ve D i re cto r 2019.07- 0 8 Xc e l l e n t Pr o d u c t s I n te r n a t i o n a l S u m m e r I nte r n s h ip 2017.0 9 N C K U I D S tu d e n t O r g a n iz a t i o n - Fi l m A s s i st a nt D i re cto r 2017.07- 0 9 G l o b a l f a s h i o n j ewe l r y a n d a c c e s s o r i e s c o u n i l i nte r n s h i p

EDUCATION 2017.0 9 -p re s e nt N a t i o n a l C h e n g Ku n g U n i ve r s i t y ( N C K U ) D e p a r t m e n t of I n d u s t r i a l D e s i g n B a c h e l o r of D e s i g n (B.D e s) 2014.0 9 -2017.0 6 T h e Af f i l i a te d S e n i o r H i g h S c h o o l of N a t i o n a l C h u n g H s i n g U n i ve r s i t y

CERTIFICATION 2019.0 9 -2020.02 N C K U X K U S e r v i c e D e s i g n Wo r ks h o p c o m m u n i t y sy m b i o s i s s o c i et y 2019.0 3 Fo r e s i g h t Wo r ks h o p R a il Tr a n s p o r t at i o n 20 3 0 2019.01 S p e c u l a t i ve D e s i g n Wo r ks h o p 2018.0 6 - 0 8 H a o s h i B o otc a m p 2018 ( re a c h t h e f i n a l st a g e ) 2018.0 3 U X D e s i g n Wo r ks h o p

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I t a u g h t C l a r e n c e i n t w o c l a s s e s a n d s e r v e d a s h i s a d v i s o r. C l a r e n c e i m p r e s s e d m e w i t h h i s i n te l l e c t u a l c u r i o s i t y a n d a d v e n t u r o u s s p i r i t. H e’s a t a l e n t e d s t u d e n t w h o n o t o n l y g i ve s i n s i g h t f u l c o m m e n t a r y i n c l a s s d i s c u s s i o n s , b u t i s a l s o g o o d a t l i s t e n i n g p a t i e n t l y. I k n o w t h a t C l a r e n c e h a s d e pt h o f t h o u g h t to b e a n e n g a g i n g d e s i g n e r.

YA N G - C H EN G , L I N Chair of National Cheng Kung University Depar tment of Industrial Design

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F o r t h e p a s t t h r e e y e a r s, C l a r e n c e h a s t a k e n m y c o u r s e s i n b a s i c d e s i g n, h i s to r y of d e s i g n, a rc h a e o l o g y a n d d e s i g n. I n t h e s e c o u r s e s h e h a s a l w a y s b e e n a b l e t o d i s c ove r a n d a n a l y z e d e s i g n i s s u e s e x a c t l y, t h e n b a s e o n t h e f i n d i n g t o d e v e l o p h i s o w n s o l u t i o n s a n d d e s i g n s c r e a t i ve l y. I f i r m l y b e l i e v e t h a t w i t h h i s g r e a t p ote n t i a l, e f fo r t s a n d p a s s i o n fo r d e s i g n h e w i l l b e c o m e a b r i g h t s t a r i n t h e n e a r f u t u r e.

H S I - J EN , C H EN Assistant Professor of National Cheng Kung University Depar tment of Industrial Design

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I ’ v e w o r ke d a l o n g s i d e C l a r e n c e fo r t h e p a s t t w o y e a r s a n d c a n a t te s t to h i s s t r e n g t h s a n d q u a l i t y o f c h a r a c te r. N ot o n l y h a s h e b e e n a k e y p l a y e r o n o u r te a m, b u t h e a l s o b e c o m e s a c l o s e p e r s o n a l f r i e n d w i t h m e. C l a r e n c e’s s k i l l s a n d l e a d e r s h i p q u a l i t i e s m a k e h i m a n i n v a l u a b l e a d d it i o n to o u r te a m. H e’s f u n a n d f r i e n d l y p e r s o n a l i t y a r e j u s t i c i n g o n t h e c a ke o f h i s m a n y other qualifications.

J OYC E YA N G Project par tner of warmy and chimes

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A s a n i n te r n i n o u r c o u n i l, C l a r e n c e h a d a n u m b e r o f r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s. C l a r e n c e w a s e s p e c i a l l y s k i l l e d a t s e e k i n g o u t d e s i g n e r o n o n l i n e p o r t fo l i o s a n d b l o g s, e v e n i n t r o d u c i n g u s to a n e w d e s i g n e r w i t h w h o m w e h a v e s t a r te d to c o l l a b o r a te! O v e r a l l, C l a r e n c e i s h a r d - w o r k i n g , c h a ri s m a t i c , a n d o p e n - m i n d e d . I s h a r e h i s exc i te m e n t o v e r t h i s n ex t v e n t u r e !

C H I EN I E T S A I M a n a g i n g Pa r t n e r a t G l o b a l Fa s h i o n J e w e l r y a n d A c c e s s o r i e s C o u n c i l

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A s C l a r e n c e’s s u p e r v i s o r d u r i n g h i s i n te r n s h i p a t Xc e l l e n t P r o d u c t s I n te r n a t i o n a l i n t h e s u m m e r o f 2019, I m et w i t h h i m f r e q u e n t l y to a s s i g n r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s a n d d i s c u s s t h e p r o j e c t. I w a s i m p r e s s e d w i t h C l a r e n c e’s d e s i g n s k i l l s , i n i t i a t i ve , a n d a b i l i t y t o m e e t d e a d l i n e s . I t ’s c l e a r t h a t C l a r e n c e h a s a g r e a t e y e fo r a e s t h e t i c f e e l i n g. B e y o n d h i s d e s i g n s k i l l s, C l a r e n c e l e f t a m a r k w i t h h i s t h o u g h t f u l p e r s o n a l i t y, a n d h e l i g h te d u p w h e n fa c i n g o r d e a l s. I n c l o s i n g, I ’d l i k e to r e i te r a te m y s t r o n g s u p p o r t fo r C l a r e n c e’s n ex t s te p.

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Design Director of Xcellent Products International

C l a r e n c e i s a c r e a t i v e, d et a i l - o r i e n te d, a n d s a v v y d e s i g n e r w i t h a p a s s i o n fo r c o n d u c t i n g d e s i g n p r o c e s s. H e’s g r e a t a t t e a m w o r k i n g a n d c a n p r o d u c e h i g h - l e ve l w o r k w i t h l i t t l e s u p e r v i s i o n . I h a v e n o d o u b t t h a t h e h a s s h o w n h i m s e l f to b e a t r u e l e a d e r w h o i s a b l e to s u cc e s s f u l l y d e v e l o p p l a n s a n d i m p l e m e n t t h e m i n o u r w o r k . I h a v e to t h a n k fo r h i s p a r t i c i p a t i o n to m a ke o u r p r o j e c t o u t s t a n d i n g.

TO B E Y L I N Project par tner of pio

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CON T EN T PRODUCT D ESIG N

C u l t u r a l a n d C r e a t i ve Design

Tr a n s g e n e r a t i o n a l Design

M a te r i a l D e s i g n

wa r my Warmy is a hand warmer representing Ta i n a n w h i c h c o m p r i s e s e x p e r i e n c i n g t h e cultural features and historical contex t o f c u l t u r a l a s s e t s o f Ta i n a n . T h i s p r o j e c t demonstrated our ability to come a detailed understanding of conveying Ta i n a n c u l t u r e c l e a r l y a n d d e e p l y t o t h e p u b l i c t h r o u g h d e s i g n.

PHOTOGR A PHY

S t r e e t P h o to g r a p hy

pio

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Pio is a tech radio that can be connected to a mobile phone. Let the radio channel become a bridge connecting two generations, and its influence will also ex tend to the future to help c o m m u n i c a t i o n.

Epoch means a particular period of time in histor y or a person's life. I think photography is the same. It is a happy thing to be able to record ever y beautiful moment with the camera.I love t h e b r i l l i a n c e o f e v e r y c o r n e r, c a p t u r i n g people's interactions, and recording e v e r y f a c e t h a t m e e t s i n l i f e. I t s e e m s t o m e t h a t i s t h e m o s t s i n c e r e a n d b e a u t i f u l.

chime s Using the characteristics of metal, c h i m e s , a s d e c o r a t i o n s o n d o o r, n o t only make a beautiful sound, but also create an ex traordinar y door opening e x p e r i e n c e . M o r e o v e r, i t c o u l d b e u s e d to recognize sounds to improve home s e c u r i t y.

E XPERIENCE

Xc e l l e n t P r o d u c t s I n t e r n a t i o n a l

NCKU X KU S e r v i c e D e s i g n Wo r k s h o p

2 018 H a o s h i B o o t c a m p

NCKU ID Student Organization-Film

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This workshop was great significance to me because this was my first time wor k ing with foreigners and exper ienced the joys and dif ficulties of cooperating with people from dif ferent countries. I also deeply discussed how to design for the elderly and how to bring the elderly i n t h e c o m m u n i t y, s o t h a t t h e e l d e r l y c a n b e i n t e g r a t e d i n t o t h e f u t u r e s o c i e t y. I also took this oppor tunit y to meet many elderly friends and understood that the elder are not rigid but full of stories. It w a s a p l e a s u r e to d e s i g n w i t h t h e m !

During the internships, I gained three t h i n g s p r e c i o u s. T h a t i s, b i g i m p r o v e m e n t in designing, the right at titude toward the colleagues and super visors and the e n t h u s i a s m to l i f e. I t â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s c h e e r f u l t o a c c e s s the entirely dif ferent thinking pat tern in the internships. Within the designing procedure, I realized the interaction bet ween product and dimension of area.

With a passion for image creation, I joined the Student Organization-Film.At f i r s t I c o u l d o n l y b e a n a s s i s t a n t, t o l a t e r c a n b e a di re cto r a l o n e, a n d g u i d e n ew member s to shoot, screenw r ite, direct and other related skills. In past few years, I lear ned a lot, and at the same time, I also learned how to pass the k nowledge I learned to others. I take a f a n c y t o t h e p r o c e s s o f f i l m c r e a t i o n, a n d I'm fascinated by the abstract concepts that can be expressed in the form of images.

A s a n o v i c e d e s i g n e r, I h a d a f i r s t g l a n c e a t s e r v i c e d e s i g n d u r i n g t h i s b o o t c a m p. Ever ything seemed to me was so challenged that I made all-out ef for t to achieve whole of the design process.I not only had a great time k nowing some problems of food and agr iculture, but also learned to use some methods of stor y telling and protot yping to express m y i d e a s d i r e c t l y. I f e l t p r e t t y g r a t e f u l having the oppor tunit y to join it!

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PRODUCT DESIGN

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C u l t u r e a n d C r e a t i ve Design

wa r my War my is a hand war mer re p re s e nt i n g Ta i n a n w h i c h c o m p r i s e s ex p e r i e n c i n g t h e c u l t u r a l features and historical context o f c u l t u r a l a s s e t s o f Ta i n a n . T h i s project demonstrated our abilit y to come a detailed understanding of c o n v e y i n g Ta i n a n c u l t u r e c l e a r l y a n d d e e p l y to t h e p u b l i c t h r o u g h d e s i g n.

Bac kground D e sign fo r Ta ina n Ta i n a n, t h e o l d e s t c i t y i n Ta i w a n, n ot o n l y p o s s e s s e s r i c h h i s to r i c a l s i te s, b u t a l s o c o n t a i n s a v a r i et y of t r a d i t i o n a l Ta i w a n e s e c u l t u r e a n d fo l k l o r e. A m o n g t h e m, t h e m o s t p o p u l a r a r e t h e s p e c i a l s n a c k s o f Ta i n a n. I n a d d i t i o n to t h e d e l i c i o u s n e s s, t h e s to r y a n d i n t e r e s t i n g m e a n i n g b e h i n d t h e s n a c k s a r e w o r t h k n o w i n g. We h o p e to p a s s d o w n t h e s to r y a n d i m p r e s s p e o p l e b y t h e w i s d o m a n d d i l i g e n c e f r o m a n c e s to r s.

Inspirati o n Why Pe ng Pa str y ? We found in all kinds of snacks that the Peng Pastr y is an impressive food. In addition to his cute and round shape, the seal pat ter n on the cake is reall y f ull of m a ny inte restin g pat te r ns. N ot o nl y t h at, T h e sto r y behind it is even more fascinating.

Id e ati o n Se a rching fo r e le me nts of Ta ina n We constantly considered with which element of Peng Pastr y we should apply to this project. Because glutinous rice cake was also called moon cake in the early days, which was a tonic for pregnant women. We intend to use this image to bring people warmth. At the same time, we made a moodboard to explore what Tainan's elements are, and what color represents Tainan. Finally, we think that the red brick color is suitable for representing Tainan.

D e si gn Proc e s s From Pe ng Pa str y to wa r my We t r i e d s e v e r a l s t y l e s a n d m a d e a a e s t h et i c fe e l i n g te s t. At t h e s a m e t i m e, w e a l s o d e s i g n e d t h e p a t te r n s a b o v e. L i t t l e t h i n g s c a n m a k e d i f fe r e n c e s. I n o r d e r to b r i n g a s e n s e o f w a r m, w e i n v o l v e d c l e v e r i d e a s w h e n d e s i g n i n g t h e p a c k a g e s i n t h e i m a g e r y of p o r c e l a i n w h i c h s y m b o l i ze d Ta i n a n.

Mode ling In order to give people a more comfor table experience, we used silicone for potting.However, we didn't scale it properly, it failed. We later switched to hard-ground materials and made great ef for ts in packaging. We selected the fabrics from the old cloth store in Tainan West Market for wrapping.

Fina l layout Af ter varieties of failures, we overcame dif ficulties and finally carried out this project.We not only built a working model, but also made a packaging as well as an accessar y bag. Its adorable appearances makes it successfully convey Tainan culture.

Us age of wa r my In addition to make people feel warm, warmy is capable to charge your mobile phone.With 3600mAh large capacity, warmy is pretty durable. As a adorble gadget,it's comfor table to hold in hand.There is an accessar y bag, which is uesd to store it when carr ying it out.

Project C a te g o r y Designer D a te Duration

warmy Product Design Clarence Lai J o y c e Ya n g 11/2019 3 months

Tr a n s g e n e r a t i o n a l Design

Pio Pio is a tech radio that can be co n n e cte d to a m ob ile p h o n e. Let the radio channel become a bridge connecting t wo generations, and i t s i n f l u e n c e w i l l a l s o e x te n d to t h e f u t u r e to h e l p c o m m u n i c a t i o n.

Background D e sign tr a nsge ne r ationa l p roduc t I n m o d e r n s o c i et y, t h e e l d e r l y p o p u l a t i o n h a s g r a d u a l l y i n c r e a s e d, a n d i n t h e f u t u r e, t h e e l d e r l y w o u l d e v e n b e c o m e a m a j o r i t y p o p u l a t i o n. I n t h e fa c e o f a r a p i d l y g r o w i n g a n d a g i n g s o c i et y, i t i s i n e v i t a b l e to d e s i g n fo r t h e e l d e r l y. I n te r g e n e r a t i o n a l c o m m u n i c a t i o n a n d c o g n i t i o n h a v e a l s o b e c o m e o n e o f t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t i s s u e s i n m o d e r n t i m e s.

Id e ati o n D ig ging into the p roble m I n t h e b e g i n n i n g, we t r i e d to i m a g e w h at t h e e l d e r s wo u l d n e e d i n li fe.We n ot o n l y c o n d u cte d s o m e b r a i n s to r m i n g a n d i d e n t i f i e d s o m e c o n s t r a i n t s, b u t a l s o d i g g e d i n to e l d e r l y 's d a i l y l i v e s b y u s i n g s o - c a l l e d 5 W1H m et h o d.T h e refo re, we we re a b l e to u n d e r st a n d t h e e l d e r s' re a l n e e d s. Af te r as s u m i n g s o m e o b st ac l e s t h at a p p e a r i n e l d e r s' d a il y li fe , we di d p r i m a r y i nte r v i ew s to t h e m,h e lp i n g u s u n d e r st a n d t h e i r s e n s e of va l u e a n d h a b i ts m o re we ll. To o u r s u r p r i s e, t h e e l d e r l y we re n' t as h e lp l e s s a n d s i c k as we t h o u g ht b efo re; t h e refo re, we t u r n e d to ex p l o re t h e i r e m ot i o n s.

Inte r v i ew Ca ptur ing some p os sible s By inter viewing, we found that the elderly have a strong affection for their loved ones, and they miss the children who work abroad. While investigating the emotions of the elderly, we found that the elderly would have the habit of using the radio, whether they listen to it in the park, or before going to bed. In this 5G generation, this is an interesting point. They said that they have been used to radio for a long time, and they are not accustomed to using new technology products, and feel more lonely. It feels good to be accompanied by a voice.

Re a rc h Refr a ming our cha lle nge ba se d on ne e ds Star ting to review some literature on the elders, we found that with increasing age, psychological tests showed a progressive decline in visuospatial per formance and both auditor y and visual reaction times increased.The elderly may had some problems of cognition as well.Thus, five visual dimensions that declined with increasing age: visual processing speed, light sensitivity, dynamic vision, near vision, and visual search.The elder vision would also become narrower, yellower, and unclear, especially for those with cataracts. In addition, finger presses and activities are far below those of young people. In terms of hearing, relatively low- or high-frequency sounds may not be heard clearly.

Protot ype F o r m o r e i n t u i t i v e a n d i n t e r e s t i n g w a y s to u s e, w e i m agi n e m a ny ways to sw i tc h c h a n n e ls a n d so u n ds. A l t h o u g h t h e r e a r e m a n y i d e a s t h a t a r e v e r y n o v e l, co nsider ing the elde r l y's habi ts, we still p refer to operate in a physical way.We made several tests, which discussed the key size, operating feel, inter face clarity, grip, and weight.

Colo r pla n W h e n t h e r e i s a n e e d to u s e c o l o r s, P i r k l e a n d B a b i c h a s s u g g e s te d designer to avoid using low-chroma colors, maintain color and hue contrast, and avoid using combinations of green, blue, and purple to avoid identification dif ficulties due to tiny dif ference bet ween colors.In addition, there was another study mentioned that the elderly are not easy to recognize cyan and yellow objects. Based on these studies, we carried on color plan carefully, and tried some color combination in the constraint of elder vision. In order to make it easier for the elderly to identify our products, we designed the shades in warm colors.

Typeface de sign PANTONE 16-1546 living coral After reading through some literacture on the vision of elder, we found that typeface was a critical field which had been conducted various f sur vey on it. Itreally appealed to us so we decided to make an intensive study on typeface design. We looked for ward to designing a typeface which is14-1318 friendly to the elders. Compared existing t ypefaces, we found that some of them were not easy to recognize under simulated PANTONE coral pink amblyopia. We took three targets of human factors ( visibility, legibility, and readibility ) into consideration when designing the typeface.

Helvetica Neue UltraLight PANTONE 16-1543 fashion pink PANTONE 15-530 peach pink

Helvetica PANTONE 12-1110 Crème de Pêche

Helvetica Neue PANTONE 16-1359 Orange Bold Peel PANTONE 11-4805 TPX Hint of Mint

Noto Sans CJK TC PANTONE 11-4001 TCX Brilliant White

PANTONE 11-4800 TPX Blanc de Blanc

Arial

PANTONE 11-0601 TPG Bright White

Avenir Next PANTONE 11-0601 TCX Bright White

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Pio sons test 2

Pio sons test 3

Sketching We made a lot of thoughts on the a p p e a r a n c e, s i n c e w e w e r e t h i r s t i n g fo r give people a warm feeling. Meanwhile, we c a r r i e d o u t so m e t h o u g ht a b o u t M ir yo k u Engineer ing to give people a sense of emotional at tachment as well as hope p e o p l e i m m e d i a te l y a t t r a c te d to.We d i d some practice to br ing our concept in action.For instance, creating a moodboard to ex plore the feeling at f ir st, concei ving several for ms to find the best solution among them, combining necessar y f u n cti o n.I n c o n cl u s i o n, we m o d e r ate o u r concept by sketching.

Mode ling This stage was the most difficult stage. We tried to assemble the circuit and install the but tons and k nobs. Af ter testing dif ferent sur face, we found the mat te sur face wor ked the best.It was hard for us to put ever y mechanism inside and we also took great pain to maintain the appearance.

Us age of pio Pio is a tech radio that can be connected to a mobile phone. When the radio is turned on, the phone will receive a notification. Clicking the notification can star t the radio application software in the phone. The software will automatically switch to the channel that the elder is cur rently listening to. Let the radio channel become a br idge connecting two generations, and its influence will also extend to the future to help communication.

Pio has a stunning turntable design, which only takes one finger to adjust the channel, and provides a more intuitive and interesting method to operate.

P i o fe a t u r e s f i r s t fo n t d e s i g n e d fo r t h e e l d e r l y, Pioneer Concepts, which is dif ferent from ordinar y fonts habitually enlarging in order to improve r e a d a b i l i t y. I n a d d i t i o n t o r e a d a b i l i t y, P i o n e e r Concepts aim at legibility and visibility .

The Smar t Audio Base provides a great listening e x p e r i e n c e a n d e l e g a n t p r o te c t i o n. I t a t t a c h e s m a g n et i c a l l y w h e n c h a r g i n g w h i c h p reve nts t h e elderly form complicated charging procedure.

E xplose d view Af ter testing repeatedl y, we not onl y made visual improvements, but also made some external setting di f fe re nt f ro m t h e ra di os o n t h e m a r ket, su c h as wireless charging, sound qualit y improvement, etc. in the hop e of a simple usag e, we p rov ide so me audiovisual enjoyment when using pio specially.

UI f low User could adjust the size of icons and numbers in the a p p. W h e n t h e r a di o i s t u r n e d o n, t h e p h o n e wo u l d recei ve a notif ication. Click ing the notif ication coulld b e u se d to st a r t t h e ra di o a p p. T h e sof t wa re wo u l dl a u to m ati c a ll y sw i tc h to t h e c h a n n e l t h at t h e e l d e r is currently listening to.

Project Category Designer

Date Duration

pio Product Design Clarence Lai Tobey Lin Jou Chen 01/2020 5 months

M a te r i a l Design

chimes Using the characteristics of metal, c h i m e s , a s d e c o r a t i o n s o n d o o r, n o t o nl y ma ke a b eau ti f ul sou n d, b u t also create an ex traordinar y door opening ex p e r i e n c e. M o r e o v e r, i t c o u l d b e u s e d to recognize sounds to improve home s e c u r i t y.

Background D e sign with met a l In this project, the professor asked us to design with metal, and gave us many interesting metal sheet application cases in the beginning. There were plent y of applications of metel design by its physical feactures. Hence, we would like to create some great experience by metal and tried to promote people's sensor y experience.

Inspirati o n Look ing fo r wa rd to swe et sound We thought about the many possible applications of metal plates, but found that there are ver y few problems that can be solved with metal plates, or even others have solved them. W hen we are distressed, we accidentally find the sound of knocking on each other through metal plates. It's fun, so we would like to give people a new experience through sound.At the same time, we also found that the door opening event is boring. We hoped to bring people the joy of opening the door through our design. We had imagined many daily voices and looked for ward to finding the most beautiful sound.

Protot y pe E x pl or ing di f fe re nt way to ma ke sound We had tried many ways to make sounds in order to create beautiful sounds. We have tried several ways of occurrence, like the way of picking a guitar, and on the material of the strings, we also used plastic and metal wires for testing. In addition, on the resonance box, we also tried several shapes. In the end, we found that the sound of metal tubes striking each other is the most pleasing, and among metal materials, the sound of brass is the crispest.

Sketching At this stage, we made a quick sketch, mainly have a discussion about the shape, the length of the metal tube, the size of the metal sheet, and the arrangement of the overall shape. We tried many possibilities and finally chose the roundest and most harmonious configuration.

Mode ling As a novice to make metel model, it was really challenged for us at first. We failed in several par ts of metal manufacturing, such us bending, cropping, and weiding.We were too ignorant to polish the sur face of metal especially.As a consequence, we produced lots of defectives.We asked sheet metal worker for help in order to stop failing.Thanks for him, we not only realized the process of making metal, but also got a useful skill of modeling and completed our project successfully.

Us age of chime s T h e s o u n d of m et a l t a p p i n g w i l l m a ke p e o p l e fe e l j oy f u l w h e n opening the door. Because of the strength of the force and the speed of opening the door,it would make dif ferent sounds. At the same time, people in the house can notice that the door has been opened.Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not only for fun,but also for safety.

Normally, chimes will n ot make a s ound a nd c an b e used a s a decoration o n the door.

When t he d oor is o pened, the brass tubes will b e triggered and start to make a sound.

Brass tubes will k nock on metal pieces o r tap with each o ther to make s weet sound.It w ill continue f or a while.

Project Category Designer Date Duration

chimes Product Design Clarence Lai Joyce Yang 11/2019 4 months

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Epoch E p o c h m e a n s a p a r t i c u l a r p e r i o d o f t i m e i n h i s to r y o r a p e r s o n's l i fe. I t h i n k p h oto g r a p h y i s t h e s a m e. I t i s a h a p p y t h i n g to b e a b l e to r e c o r d e v e r y b e a u t i f u l m o m e n t w i t h t h e c a m e r a . I l i ke to s e e t h e w o r l d t h r o u g h the viewing window and record with the camera I love the brilliance of e v e r y c o r n e r, c a pt u r i n g p e o p l e's i n te r a c t i o n s, a n d r e c o r d i n g e v e r y fa c e t h a t m e et s i n l i fe. I t s e e m s to m e t h a t i s t h e m o s t s i n c e r e a n d b e a u t i f u l.

Cros s Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget the people who accompany you when you cross each road in our life journeys. Accompany people for a while can often excite unforgettable feelings.

Si s In my eyes, children know how to enjoy life best when watching them playing and laughing. They can laugh because of a little thing. In the process of growing up, we unconsciously forgot how to laugh.

Blue tone I like cyan ver y much, and therefore, I like negatives with cold tones. I think these negatives can best describe the warmth of human naturally.

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2018 H a o s h i B o otc a m p N C K U I D S t u d e nt O rg a n i z at i o n- F il m

Xcellent Products International summer internship D e sign with ha ppine s s During the internships, I gained three things precious. That is, big improvement in designing, the right attitude toward the colleagues and super visors and the enthusiasm for life. To be honest, it is quite boring to work in front of the lab ever y day. However, I acquired how to stay zealous and get inspirations from my plain life af ter I obser ved the way the seniors lived. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cheer ful to access the entirely dif ferent thinking pattern in the internships. I made my design fit the market demand better by putting myself in customers' shoes and analyzing products in a strict way. Within the designing procedure, I realized the interaction between product and dimension of area.

Life i s de sign I lear ned what so-call â&#x20AC;&#x153;Life is designâ&#x20AC;? from the director. He not only integrated his living philosophy i nto d e s i g n b u t b ro u g ht d e s i g n t h i n k i n g m o d e to his life. He always took products in our daily as an example when explaining the criteria of design to me. I found the pure happiness on designing from him and realized that happiness did bring inspirations. Ever y single time, I was persuaded by his eloquent speeches. Some seemed to be hilar ious then but was full of incredible thinking patterns after recalling his wo rds. H is p re cise a n a l ysis c a n a l ways b r i n g stunning perspectives and practical ways to car r y out. I have to say, his legend truly carried incredible life experiences. I also found that he had engaged in var ious ama zing design programs like the ear ly d eve l o p m e nts of Te s l a a n d A p p l e C o m p u te r. H i s f u l l s h a r i n g m a d e m e b e awa re of t h e s e e m i n g l y insignificant things in my life for they can ultimately build up the picture of my life. Even though he tended to criticize on me frankly, in my view, this is the way he made me grow and became stronger.

G o fur the r a nd climb highe r With this internship oppor tunity, I went fur ther and climb higher and profoundly improved my design ability. I was assigned to be responsible for a company â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design project. At first, the director asked me to conduct a draft test first, and then evaluate the size of the product in the entire field before drawing sketches and designing. Therefore, in the next few days, I Star ted to cut the wind gusset, and conducted a series of grass model tests to discuss the product size restrictions and interaction with the field. After completing the construction of the model, the director asked me to carr y out product market sur veys and preliminar y design ideas using the "form-feeling-function" method for design thinking and analysis. First, we must collect existing products on the market and obser ve and analyze Design guidelines and details to be noted. At the same time, I also learned about CMF design, color, material, and finishing. I learned that different materials and sur face treatments would give people a completely different feeling.

NCKU X KU Service Design Workshop D e sign fo r convivia l communitie s This workshop was great significance to me because this was my first time working with foreigners and experienced the joys and dif ficulties of cooperating with people from dif ferent countries. I also deeply discusse d how to design fo r the elder l y a nd how to b r ing the elder l y in the commu nit y, so that the elderly can be integrated into the future society. I also took this oppor tunity to meet many elderly friends, understand that the elderly are not rigid but full of stories. It was a pleasure to design with them !

Convivia l communitie s We learned the concept of convivial community, learned the idea of â&#x20AC;&#x2039;â&#x20AC;&#x2039;co-prosperit y, and tried to connect people to people, let ever yone in the c o m m u n i t y p l a y to t h e i r s t r e n g t h s, a n d h ave g o o d inte racti o n. We h ave fo u n d so m e i de as through some design methods, hoping to connect the people in the communit y through fo o d. T h e g e n e r a l c o n c e p t i s to e n a b l e t h e elder ly in the communit y to help the of fice w o r k e r s p r e p a r e l u n c h. C a n g e t a s e n s e o f accomplishment, and the of fice worker can get the health and warmth of the hand-made meal box, and the result is positively appreciated by many people.

D e s i g n p ro c e s s We to o k s o m e d e s i g n t h i n k i n g m et h o d s i n p r a c t i c e, s u c h a s Pe r s o n a R e s e a r c h, U s e r J o u r n ey M a p, a n d S t a ke h o l d e r M a p.I t was p r et t y h e l pf u l w h e n h a v i n g s o m e s t r u g g l e s in design p rocess.It played a cr itical role in analyzing the problem which helped us to finf out insight indirectly. When we felt confused, these methods were able to guide us.

Te a m wo r k i n g Working with foreigners was really interesting to me. Due to coming from different countries, Ta i wa n, C h i n a, a n d J a p a n, w e h a d e nt i r e l y dif ferent work-styles and it was hard for us to communicate at first. For tunately, we overcame cultural gap and tried to have our traits in use.It was good enough to work with them.

C o o p e r ati n g w i th th e e l d e r s In this workshop, cooperating with the elders impressed me most. We inter viewed the elders in Fureai Living Lab where we conducted the inter view and exper ienced some sensor.T he elders there were so friendly that we really had the great time designing with them.

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2018 Haoshi Bootcamp

Fir st gla nce of food a nd agr iculture i s sue s As a novice designer, I had a first glance at ser vice design during this workshop. Ever y thing seemed to me was so challenged that I made all-out effor t to achieve whole of the design process.I not only had a great time knowing some problems of food and agriculture, but also learned to use some methods of stor ytelling and prototyping to express my ideas directly. I felt pretty grateful having the oppor tunity to join such impressive bootcamp!Thanks to Steve Captain’s coaching, Roshi’s advise, Valerie Madamba’s great sharing, Anson’s reminder and Stanley’s impor tant market information, I came up with a brilliant solution of food and agriculture issues.

From insight to ac tion At the beginning, we didn't have the vaguest idea of food and agriculture issues, so we practiced some design thinking methods.When par ticipating in the early acceleration workshop, we learned that there are many food and agriculture issues on the line, and some of them would profoundly affect the future. After considering our lack of abilities and tr ying to solve our immediate problems, we decided to improve the diet of modern people rather than agricultural issues. We found that modern people often eat unhealthy outside, and even cause many mental illnesses. We found that there were many difficulties before food came to the table, and the reasons why modern people do not want to cook at home was because the existing stores had a lot of ingredients which did not meet the needs of modern single people. Hence, we came up with the concept of "Food Package" and wanted to expose modern people to a healthier diet through the distribution of single ingredients. Through prototyping, we put our design concepts into action.

Pu s h myse lf beyond limits I n a l i m i te d t i m e, o u r te a m c o n t i n u e d to r e c e i v e stimulation and challenges We found that there are many problems with our idea. As a novice designer, we had missed many details, not only did not do a good job of investigation, but also did not know how to use the buisiness model. For tunately, I received a lot of h elp f ro m th e m e nto r, Roshi G i ve chi, a n d also had the oppor tunit y to recognize Blue A p ron â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s food super vision, Valerie Madamba , learned that the design guideline of meal deliver y ser vice. Af ter striving for meal deliver y ser vice design , we gave a pitch briefing, and acceped comments and doubts from domain exper ts.

FOOD PACK AGE ! We h o p e t h at t h ro u g h t h i s ser vice design, people who live alone can enjoy the happiness and health of their ow n c o o k i n g. We o m i t t h e trouble of buying ingredients and help users distribute good ingredients. The user o n l y n e e d s to p i c k u p t h e ingredients when he returns home, a nd then he ca n go home and enjoy the cooking process and delicious food.

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NCKU ID Student Organization-Film Pa s sion fo r image cre ation With a passion for image creation, I joined the S tu dent O rga nization-Film. At f ir st I could onl y b e a n a s s i s t a n t w h o w a s l a c k o f s k i l l s o f f i l m i n g. F i n a l l y, I c a n b e a d i r e c to r a l o n e, a n d g u i d e n e w m e m b e r s to s h o o t, s c r e e n w r i te, d i r e c t a n d o t h e r r e l a te d s k i l l s. I n p a s t fe w y e a r s, I l e a r n e d a l ot, a n d a t t h e s a m e t i m e, I a l s o l e a r n e d h o w to p a s s t h e k n o w l e d g e I l e a r n e d to ot h e r s. I t a k e a fa n c y to t h e p r o c e s s o f f i l m c r e a t i o n, a n d I 'm fa s c i n a te d b y t h e a b s t r a c t c o n c e pt s t h a t c a n b e ex p r e s s e d i n t h e fo r m o f i m a g e s.

From novice to vete r a n At the beginning, I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know anything about film production, and even know how to operate the camera, but I learned slowly step by step, learned a lot from many power ful elder sisters, and grew from each filming experience. The most basic screenwriter began to learn, to learn how to draw a mirror, and even to the final shooting, directing and editing, gradually expand my movie dream, so that the ideas in my mind can be presented in the form of images,

Wo r ks The creation of each film is a hard work. I enjoy filming. I am good at the work of the crew as a director or photographer, because I am good at expressing ideas in the for m of images, and I t h i n k e d i t i n g i s t h e m o st d i f f i c u l t b u t the most dif ficult. Impor tantly, I admire the editor s in our tea m! T his is a few works produced by our team in recent years. Although the technique is slightly awk ward, I really enjoy the process of working with ever yone!

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