Austin Industrial Design Portfolio 2016

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AUSTINCHEN INDUSTRIALDESIGNPORTFOLIO 2016


PROFILE

AUSTINCHEN (217) 419-4599

austinchen1991@gmail.com

human dynamics

issuu.com/austinchen

STARTED GRADUATE SCHOOL AT

GRADUATION

B.ENG IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN & B.A IN ENGLISH

STARTED COLLEGE AT

SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

LENUS SUIT ACTIVE WEAR

START-UP

CO-FOUNDER/ HEAD DESIGNER

MASTER OF FINE ARTS IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

ARTOP DESIGN CO, LTD

STARTED WORKING AS

IN HONG KONG & SHENZHEN, CHINA

TEACHING ASSISTANT

2013

2014

HDCL LAB, UIUC

HUMAN DYNAMICS AND CONTROLS LAB

2015

2011

2012

2013

2015

2015

LINKFAIR CUP KITCHENWARE DESIGN COMPETITION

CHALLENGE CUP BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION

INDIVIDUAL PROJECT: RAYCOME “ELEHEALTH” BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR

STARTED WORKING FOR

INTERNATIONAL IMMERSION

SECOND PRIZE GOLDEN PRIZE

PROJECT: BIONIC KETTLE VI SYSTEM AND PACKAGE DESIGN DELIVERABLES OF BUSINESS PLAN

IN PRODUCTION LINE

AUTODESK FUSION 360 STUDENT EXPERT PROGRAM

HOSTING 3D-MODELING WORKSHOPS PROGRAM PROMOTION

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home appliances

INVOLVED IN

STARTED WORKING IN

2009

sport equipment

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FOR FIELD RESEARCH IN URBAN AND RURAL INDIA

DESIGNING FOR LOW-INCOME SUBSISTENCE SOCIETY


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EASY JACKET Assistive Transitional Clothing Individual Project | Jan. 2016 - Mar. 2016 Category: Clothing/ Assistive Product

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PROJECT 1 - EASY JACKET ASSISTIVE TRANSITIONAL CLOTHING

PROBLEM “everyone has some kind of disability, some are just more obvious than others.“

WE HAVE LIMITED RANGE OF MOTION Wheelchair Users

People with Certain Injuries or Diseases

Limited Space

We need to finish a lot of daily activities in compact space without interrupting others.

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

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

Upper Extremities Injuries make it difficult to lift arms

Some Statistics

59.9% of broken bones were in the upper extremities, affecting over 3.6 million people each year in the us.

Aging & Disabilities

Eazy Way

When our bodies are not functional enough to do certain things, we need the help of assistive tools.

Sometimes we are just too lazy to use a product in normal ways.

7.5 million visits were made to physicians’ offices due to shoulder problems in 2006

RESEARCH- DEVELOPMENT - FINAL DESIGN


RESEARCH- DEVELOPMENT - FINAL DESIGN 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.

CHALLENGE

Putting a coat on in compact space with limited body movement.

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Difficulty Level: 1

Difficulty Level: 2

Difficulty Level: 3 (Faliure)

Sliding one arm into a sleeve was feasible.

Reaching the other sleeve and trying to put arm in would involve body turning and arm lifting.

Arm movement being limited, it was almost impossible to pull the coat on to shoulders. People would have to strech arms to do it.

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PROJECT 1 - EASY JACKET ASSISTIVE TRANSITIONAL CLOTHING

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EXISTINGPRODUCTS & INSPIRATIONS

MULTI-FUNCTIONAL CLOTHING

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

WARM PANEL

KIMONOS Taking up minimized possible space for sitting

WHEELCHAIR-FRIENDLY CLOTHING

RESEARCH -

UNSYMMETRICAL OPENING

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RESEARCH -

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

REVERSE JACKET

ZIPPER-SLEEVE JACKET

SIDE-OPENING & ZIPPER-SLEEVE

PRO

PRO

PRO

CON

CON

CON

Easy to take off Hard to put on

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moved sleeve opening hard to collect

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functioning well unsymmetrical


PROJECT 1 - EASY JACKET ASSISTIVE TRANSITIONAL CLOTHING

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This is a jacket that has multiple openings on the sides, sleeves and collars. The design is symmetrical, so it is friendly for both right handed and left handed users.

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PATTERN

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

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Thumb Holes on the sleeves

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USERSCENARIO

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

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 the sleeves and sides

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

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.

FINAL DESIGN

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SNORKLEAR Adjustable Optics Diving Mask Curriculum/ Group Project | Aug. 2014 - Dec. 2014 Category: Wearable

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PROJECT 2 - SNORKLEAR ADJUSTABLE OPTICS DIVING MASK

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PERSONA Told by doctor not to wear contact lenses when swimming

Nearsighted with low prescription, wearing glasses everyday

Incidental snorkelers and scuba diver, passionate to see underwater scenery

Do not want to spend too much money on incidental products

25 Year-old Office worker Middle income

PROBLEM & OPPORTUNITY

INSPIRATION

CURRENT CHOICES FOR THE PERSONA FREQUENCY OF USE HIGH

MARKET OPPORTUNITY Adjustable Prescription Glasses

Contact lenses

The use of contact lenses underwater may cause hygiene issues.

PRICE LOW

The FOCUSSPECS reading glasses have lenses that move horizontally to create adjustable prescription.

PRICE HIGH Mechanism

Insert lenses

Price being around $15, the lenses may fall off in movement.

Goggles with prescriptions

The price is around $50. The customized ones could be even more expensive. However, some users only need it for insidental usage.

With 2 moveable lenses on each side controlled by rotationing manipulators, the focus of the glasses changes in response to the relative position of each lenses.

FREQUENCY OF USE LOW

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MECHANICALANALYSIS

The feasibility of adjustable prescription was inspired by FOCUSSPECS reading glasses. We disassembled it to analyze to mechanism.

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Engineering team and designer worked collaboratively to create solutions for adopting the adjustable lenses mechanism to a pair of diving goggles, with consideration of water-sealing and gear space.

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PROJECT 2 - SNORKLEAR ADJUSTABLE OPTICS DIVING MASK

IDEATIONS

MOCKUPS

Ideation sketches with consideration of ergonomics and forms. We used the average face model to do overlay sketches, in order to figure out the proportion of each part. A foam model was created to test the size and shape of mask frame. The team applied Z-scanner to input statistics of the geometry of human face into computer. It served as reference for computer-aided 3D modeling. The team utilized Autodesk Fusion 360 program for computer aided design. Following that, a prototype model was 3-D printed for testing.

CAD

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FINAL DESIGN

RESEARCH - DEVELOPMENT -

The position of two sliding lenses is changed by the rotation of manipulators.

The change of lens position alters the prescription, so that an adjustable range for vision correction is created.

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PROJECT 2 - SNORKLEAR ADJUSTABLE OPTICS DIVING MASK

The cap protects manipulator from getting damaged in use.

The sealing structure of the gears and manipulators helps keep the frame waterproof, preventing water from floating into the lenses.

A rear buckle is designed to help removing the goggles without hair tangling.

The curvature of the buckle ergonomically fits the back side of head.

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FINAL DESIGN

RESEARCH - DEVELOPMENT -

3-Dimentional Views

Exploded View

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PROJECT 2 - SNORKLEAR ADJUSTABLE OPTICS DIVING MASK

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BUSINESSMODE As the main feature being the adjustable optics, this design is making sharing goggles with prescriptions possible, which is creating more value in both rental business and personal purchase.

Mode 1 For Rental Business

Manufacturer

Resorts / Surf Shops

Customer Using

Returning to the Shop

Mode 2 For Retailling

Manufacturer

Adjusting the Optics/ Maintainence

Retail Stores

Adjusting the Optics/ Maintainence

Customer Using

Swopping/ 2nd Hand Market


The 7th China Mainland-Taiwan

Footware Design

Comptetition

Amateur Soccer Boots Competition/ Individual Project | Apr.2013 - May.2013 Category: Sport Product/ Interest Design

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PROJECT 3 - MAGICRAFT AMATEUR SOCCER BOOTS

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Ever since the 1990s, the CANVAS-RUBBER soccer boots, with low cost and cheap price, has been the most popular choice for Chinese amatuer soccer players. In Mainland-China, soccer biginners and campus level players are restricted to wear this type of boots for competitive purpose.

Canvas Upper

Rubber Sole and Cleats

BACKGROUND analysis-IDEATION - FINAL CONCEPT


BACKGROUND analysis-IDEATION - FINAL CONCEPT 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.

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PROJECT 3 - MAGICRAFT AMATEUR SOCCER BOOTS

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IDEATION- FINAL CONCEPT

BACKGROUND analysis -


BACKGROUND analysis -IDEATION -

FINAL CONCEPT

CUSTOMIZABLELOOK

Heel DIY Area

Supporting Beam

velcro loops

Front DIY Area

velcro loops

Rubber Cleats

Bendable Veins generating traction

Non-slip Rubber

Front DIY Area

velcro hooks

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PROJECT 3 - MAGICRAFT AMATEUR SOCCER BOOTS

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USAGESCENARIO

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Draw

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

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Attach

the shaped velcro staps on the DIY areas to

Design

customized boots

Swop

handcrafts with others

Play

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with personal identity and wonderful experience.

give the boot another

New Look

Cut

off desired shapes.


BACKGROUND analysis -IDEATION -

FINAL CONCEPT

UPPERDESIGN

ERGONOMICALADVANTAGES

The shoelace knot is usually interruptive when kicking with instep.

Supporting Beam: Supporting and preventing upper texture from sagging and losing its shape. Rounded Toe Box: Providing more comfortness than conventional design. Frictional Arch: Soccer players contact the ball with their arches a lot. The friction strips design would help control the ball.

With shoelaces covered by a piece of fabric, players would have a much smoother touch on the ball.

Supporting Beam

Rounded Toebox

Frictional Arch

Shoelace-hidden Design

Rubber Cleats: The cost of making this shoe remain low, as the cleats can still be manufactured together with the whole sole from injection moulding. Grid & Bends: Creating better flexibility and traction.

Rubber Cleats

Grid & Bends

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PROJECT 3 - MAGICRAFT AMATEUR SOCCER BOOTS

CUSTOMIZATION

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PROJECT 4 - GUARD ANKLE SLEEVE

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PROJECT 4 - GUARD ANKLE SLEEVE

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PROJECT 4 - GUARD ANKLE SLEEVE

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PROJECT 4 - GUARD ANKLE SLEEVE

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PROJECT 4 - GUARD ANKLE SLEEVE

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SALUS Wrist Posture Orthosis - Loftstrand Crutches Attachment

Human Dynamics and Controls Lab University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Individual Project | Oct. 2015 - Now Category: Medical

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PROJECT 2 - SALUS WRIST POSTURE ORTHOSIS

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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 POSTURE

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IDEATIONS

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CONCEPTTESTING

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PROJECT 5 - SALUS WRIST POSTURE ORTHOSIS

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WRIST SUPPORT

ADJUSTMENT

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

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.

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Curriculum/ Group Project | Aug.2015 - Dec.2015 Category: Tool Design

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GADGET GARAGE TOOL BAG

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