Austin Chen Design Portfolio 2018

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AUSTINCHEN DESIGNPORTFOLIO 2018


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hello, my name is

AUSTINCHEN a technophile designer and artsy engineer.

human dynamics

i am full of passion in wearable technologies. tackling problems from the perspective of user experience, i aim at elevating designs from the perspectives of aesthetics, user experience, and technologies.

SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

ARTOP DESIGN CO, LTD

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2014 2015

HONG KONG & SHENZHEN, CHINA

URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

HUMAN DYNAMICS AND CONTROLS LAB

electronics

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

LENUS SUIT ACTIVE WEAR

START-UP RESEARCH CO-FOUNDER/ HEAD DESIGNER & TEACHING ASSISTANT RESEARCHER AT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HDCL LAB, UIUC

2009 - 2013 GRADUATED B.ENG INDUSTRIAL DESIGN B.A ENGLISH

functional wearables

2014 - 2017 GRADUATED MASTER OF FINE ARTS IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

DESIGN INTERN AT

WAHL CLIPPER CORP.

FAAS/PENSOLE x PNCA DESIGN INTENSIVE

STERLING, IL

ACCESSORY DESIGN FOR COLE HAAN PORTLAND, OR

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2015

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2018

LINKFAIR CUP KITCHENWARE DESIGN COMPETITION

INDIVIDUAL PROJECT: RAYCOME “ELEHEALTH” BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR

IN PRODUCTION

RED DOT DESIGN AWARD

PUBLICATIONS

SECOND PRIZE

INTERNATIONAL IMMERSION

PROJECT: BIONIC KETTLE

CHALLENGE CUP BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION

GOLDEN PRIZE

VI SYSTEM AND PACKAGE DESIGN DELIVERABLES OF BUSINESS PLAN

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FOR FIELD RESEARCH IN URBAN AND RURAL INDIA

PROJECT: EAZY JACKET CATEGORY: FASHION

DESIGNING FOR LOW -INCOME SUBSISTENCE SOCIETY

THE BROWN FORMAN

STARTED WORKING FOR

AUTODESK FUSION 360

STUDENT EXPERT PROGRAM

CARDINAL CHALLENGE

BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION

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DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF THE POSTURE SENSE CUSHION 2018 DESIGN OF MEDICAL DEVICES CONFERENCE (#DMD2018-6833) 2 PROJECTS FEATURED IN: HUMAN CENTERED: PRODUCT DESIGN AND ERGONOMICS

PATENT PORTABLE CUSHION FOR SENSING SEATED POSTURE (PROCESSING)


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VOID SLEEVE

POSTURSENSE

EASY JACKET

TYPE: GROUP PROJECT CATEGORY: ACCESSORY/ BRANDING

TYPE: THESIS PROJECT CATEGORY: TECH/ LIFESTYLE/ MEDICAL

TYPE: INDIVIDUAL PROJECT CATEGORY: APPAREL/ ASSISTIVE

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MAGICRAFT

raycome

SALUS

TYPE: COMPETITION/ INDIVIDUAL PROJECT CATEGORY: FOOTWEAR

TYPE: COMPANY PROJECT CATEGORY: MEDICAL

TYPE: GROUP PROJECT CATEGORY: MEDICAL

WEARABLE PERSONAL ITEM STORAGE

AMATEUR SOCCER CLEATS

SENSORY CUSHION

blood pressure monitor

ASSISTIVE TRANSITIONAL CLOTHING

PASSIVE WRIST ORTHOSIS


| C O LE HAAN

VøID SLEEVE

Wearable Personal Item Storage Company Project Category: Accessory Design/ Branding

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VOID SLEEVE WEARABLE PERSONAL ITEM STORAGE

CONSUMERPROFILE

WHAT’S IN HIS CLOSET? In men s wearables, pockets are not only for storage, but also for styling.

Items stored close to body with easy access, the emotion bond between users and their personal belongings is maintained.

Enough storage often comes with the need to fumbling in the pockets.

Luka Sabbat

Annual Income: $85,000

24 Years Old Born and Raised in Chicago In the front end interacting with consumers Computer Science Engineer & User Experience Designer Traveling a lot/ Working everywhere on the go

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Collecting vintage clothing and sometimes customizing wearables

Enjoying the tactile feel of objects Carrying a 35mm Camera around for hobby Loving nostalgia scene Enjoyed sci-fi in his childhood

Overexaggerating storage function sacrifices style.

ø The void is to create personability with essential discreet storage solution that appeals young generation.


INSPIRATION&INNOVATION

Crafted Pockets

Close-to-body Storage

Taking inspirations from crafted pockets, close-to-body storage, and snug-fit sport gear, the design is to 1. Re-constructin storage compartments for personal items; 2. Creating new wearable experience for everyday comfort; 3. Advancing access mechanism for users who are always on the go.

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Snug-fit Sport Gear


VOID SLEEVE WEARABLE PERSONAL ITEM STORAGE

HAUL&ANATOMYANALYSIS

IDEATION

SAMPLEMAKING

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VOID SLEEVE WEARABLE PERSONAL ITEM STORAGE

1 x Upper Arm Compartment

6 in

for small items

5.5 in

2 x Forearm Compartments 2 x Card Pouches

2.5 in 7 in

8.5 in

3.5 in

for large items & tap cards

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Symmetric Design for either arm

DETAIL&MATERIALS

Magnetic Snaps for enclosure No-sew synthetic leather Soft tactile/ lightweight Eliminating restrictions on arm flexibility

Gusset for adjusting tightness

Garment grade 3-layer fabric Thin/ lightweight/ stretchy

Ring Pulls for men s finger size/ easy access

Reflective Zippers for visibility

Ribs for grips

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Soft tactile Strong griping


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VOID SLEEVE WEARABLE PERSONAL ITEM STORAGE

COLORSTORY Abyss This is the color memory that Luka had during his first dive. The blue is the silence that he got when he scuba dove into the water the first time. The nature around him was full of luminous jelly fish that pops from the dark.

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PosturSense Sensory Cushion MFA Thesis Project Category: Tech/ Lifestyle/ Medical

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We, people in the modern world, are getting less in touch with our bodies, with nature, and with the natural functions that our bodies evolved to perform. We tend to have poor postures, which can result in chronic muscular-skeletal injuries.

Can sensing and movement assistive technologies help to correct inapproriate postures to protect human body from trauma? We are here to find out...

Commonly Seen Poor Postures at Workplace


Primary Goal Maximizing the Percentage of Time in Using Appropriate Postures PROTOTYPING&TESTING

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Other Considerations Seamless in use Positive Reinforcement Helping regain/build muscle balance Building capability to optimized range of motion Removing fixated muscle position Injury preventing


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Curved Contour for

Pelvis Arch Support

Cut Out Design for

Tailbone Comfort

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Wedge Design for

Ergonomic Positioning


USAGESCENARIO

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EASY JACKET Assistive Transitional Clothing Individual Project Category: Apparel/ Assistive Product

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EASY JACKET ASSISTIVE TRANSITIONAL CLOTHING

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PROBLEM

A TRUE STORY A couple years ago, I was once injured badly in my right shoulder in a collegiate level soccer match. For quite I feel very painful whenever I have to lift my upper arm. Therefore, putting a jacket on an off became one of the most terrible moments in my daily routine at that time. Paying attention to problems like this in the daily life of other people, I realized that EVERYONE HAS SOME KIND OF DISABILITIES. SOME ARE JUST MORE VISIBLE THAN OTHERS.

WE HAVE LIMITED RANGE OF MOTION.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FROM SHOULDER PROBLEM. 59.9% of broken bones were in the upper extremities, affecting over 3.6 million people each year in the U.S. 7.5 million visits were made to physicians offices due to shoulder problems in 2006

ANTICIPATED AUDIENCE

Wheelchair Users

People with Certain Injuries or Diseases

e.g. Shoulder Dislocation, Upper Arm Issue, Chest Muscle Surgery

People in Limited Space e.g. Travellers, Public Transportation Passengers...


CHALLENGE

Putting a coat on in compact space with limited body movement. RESULT Arm movement being limited, it was almost impossible to pull the coat on to shoulders. People would have to strech arms to do it.

#EMPATHIC MODELING The empathic model is a technique used to simulate user scenario to give designers personal experience with how the product performs for users.

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INSPIRATION TRADITIONAL TIBETAN CLOTHING Collapsing and pulling up easily (adapting to the rapid tempreture changing environment)


EASY JACKET ASSISTIVE TRANSITIONAL CLOTHING

IDEATIONS & PROTOTYPING

CONSIDERATIONS - The easiest way to put on/ take off - How to slide second arm in - How to keep it when taken off

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PROBLEM

SOLUTION This is a jacket that has multiple openings on the sides, sleeves and collars. The design is symmetrical, so it is friendly for users dominating either hand.

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EASY JACKET ASSISTIVE TRANSITIONAL CLOTHING

PATTERN

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DETAILS The pattern of the jacket has a piece of detachable front panel, and a main piece with 2 sleeves that can be zipped open. The detachable front panel works as a module. Customers can change switch pieces and have a different look for different seasons and occasions.

Fabric Options: Canvas, Felt, Neoprene, Velvet, etc.

Front Panel Zippers are designed for sliding fingers in easily.

Velcro

Zipper

Zipper

Thumb Holes on the sleeves


USERSCENARIO TEST IN COMPACT SPACE & LIMITED BODY MOVEMENT As the jacket is symmetrical, in most occasions, users would only need to handle one side of it when putting on and off. It is showed that, back in the compact space environment, this jacket serves as a solution for dressing in limited body movement, minimizing the arm strech.

User can slide the one arm into the sleeve like wearing a normal jacket.

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Sliding the other arm in is possible without lifting upper arm, as the sleeve opening is further in the front.

Attaching the velcro on the shoulder to close the collar

Last step, zipping up th


he sleeves and sides

EASY JACKET ASSISTIVE TRANSITIONAL CLOTHING

Being an easy transitional clothing, this jacket would also help when the tempreture changes.

Opening one side of the collar by detaching velcro

Collapsing the front panel of the jacket

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The 7th China Mainland-Taiwan

Footware Design

Comptetition

Amateur Soccer Cleats Competition/ Individual Project Category: Sport Product/ Interest Design

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MAGICRAFT AMATEUR SOCCER CLEATS

Rong is 13 years old, growing up a small town in north-west China. Playing soccer is his everyday passion and also his dream. Professional soccer cleats being unaffordable, he plays in those shoes made of canvas and rubber. Throughout the years he has been very used to running with blisters in his feet. One day he twisted his ankle in a pair of cleats that he has been wearing everyday for 3 months. The injury kept him away from the soccer field. He feels very sad...

Ever since the 1990s, the CANVAS-RUBBER soccer boots, with low cost and cheap price, has been very welcomed in Chinese low-income society. This type of soccer boots still massively exists in the market. However, because of its low quality, it is harming young players and amateurs. Canvas Upper

Rubber Sole and Cleats

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DESIGNFLAWS

No Improvement

Frictions

For decades, there is hardly any improvment on either design or materials.

Frictions occured inside, as the shape does not fit well.

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Sagginess The canvas could easily lose support and become saggy.

Heavy Weight

Lack of Individuality

2 to 3 times heavier than professional level boots.

Only 3 to 4 styles for over 20 years, while millions of young players wearing them.


MAGICRAFT AMATEUR SOCCER CLEATS

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DESIGNEXPLANATION Front DIY Area velcro loops

Rounded Toebox for imporved comfortness

Shape Support

supporting and preventing upper fabric from sagging and losing its shape

Rubber Cleats with grids and bends creating better flexibility and traction

Velcro Strip for DIY

for personalization on shoe upper

Velcro Hooks

Non-slip Polyester

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MAGICRAFT AMATEUR SOCCER CLEATS

EXPLODEDVIEW Shoelaces-Covering

The shoelace knot is usually interruptive when kicking with instep. With shoelaces covered by a piece of fabric, players would have a much smoother touch on the ball.

Velcro Upper

Canvas Upper

Lightweight Insole

Rubber Outsole

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CUSTOMIZATION

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Draw

graphics on the non-slip side of the velcro straps.

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off desired shapes.

Tightening

Curving

Increasing traction to the side of the ball to create powerful curves

Attach

the shaped velcro staps on the DIY areas to

Design

Play

customized boots

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Swop

handcrafts with others

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Straight

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Increasing traction to the bottom part of the ball to make powerful straight kicks

give the shoe another

New Look

Personalization


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Enhanced Performance

Better Fit

Better Support

Fun & Identical


Blood Pressure Monitor Company Project Category: Medical Devices This project is currently in production

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RAYCOME BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR

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SALUS Passive Wrist Orthosis - for Loftstrand Crutches

Human Dynamics and Controls Lab University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Group Project Category: Medical Hsiao-Wecksler, E.T., Farooq, D., Xiao, C., Krishnan, G., Singh, G., Oo, Y.L. Forearm and Wrist Support for Crutch Users. United States Patent Publication No. US9662263 B2 Filling Date: Oct 13, 2015 Publication Date: May 30, 2017

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SALUS PASSIVE WRIST ORTHOSIS

LOFTSTRAND CRUTCHES are recommended by most physical therapists, being the most efficient walking assistive tools for patients’recovery.

PROBLEM Most Loftstrand crutches users are bending their wrists when pushing forward their gaits, which resulted in long-term wrist diseases.

WRIST PAIN

CORRECT FORM

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IDEATIONS

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CONCEPTTESTING


SALUS PASSIVE WRIST ORTHOSIS

ADJUSTMENT People have different wrist thickness. The garments people are wearing also have different sleeve thicknesses. In different occasions, users will need different tightness of their wrist support. As a solution, using similar mechanism as snowboard binding, the distance between the supporting bar and users wrists is adjustable.

WRIST SUPPORT This design is aiming at creating support on wrists, preventing it from bending inwards, relocating part of the pressure to releaf palm pain.

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OTHER SKETCHES & MODEL MAKING

Concept for ADIDAS 42

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Ankle Brace Prototype

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Moldable Plastic Pellets

1 Paper Mockups

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3D Printing

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Testing


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Tool Bag Design


THANKYOU CONTACTME austinchen@austinchen.com linkedin.com/in/austin-c31 austinchen.net +1 (217) 419-4599

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