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Taste buds Create a product solution for astronaut to improve daily eating experience .
Introduction
Type
My role
This is a Polimi's project coroparated with European Space Agency and State University of New York. To design a creative product solution for astronaut in microgravity environment, then developed a everyday used solution that can be used on the earth as well.
Group work
Research, Ideation, Rendering (Pic+Video)
Our concept is a set of caps to put on the straws astronauts use on the International Space Station. Each cap provide a different feeling and help to stimulate a different kind of Taste Buds, in order to provide a different level of stimulation and the most customizable experience possible.
Time
Who I work with
2019.03-2019.06
F. Barengo, J. Sizhao,J. Leong, H. Muller, R. Yepeng, I. Oda
Design Challenge - Design a "space object" which is inspired by space scenarios and designed for astronauts, with extensions to spin-offs for our daily life on earth & merchandising.
- Working in an international environment, collaborated with FIT students in the US (a different time zone) based on multidisciplinarity.
Design Process
Design Research
Space Extempore
Desk research: - Daily activities - Astronauts' gestures - Differences with earth - Others
- IVA in microgravity - EVA in microgravity - EVA in reduced gravity
Project - 3d space object (Polimi) - packaging of 3d space object (FIT)
Outputs - model of the project 3d printed - 3 min video
What is the context of International Space Station (ISS)?
Use & Gestures of tools
At the beginning of the project, we were trying to understand the context better from the below astronaut's daily activities, the tools they used to find the design opportunities.
Working
Preparing, eating and conserving food
Sleeping
Fitness
Personal hygiene
Health care
Entertainment
Taking pictures
Use & Gestures of tools
Activities
Activities
The microgravity environment
What is a astronaut's daily routine?
1. Wake up Astronauts need to sleep in their own sleeping bag. They wake up with the 'alarm', the noises and oxgyen starvation.
Food & packages The food on the ISS requires package with light-weight, compact, tasty and nutritions. They need to be keep for a long time without refrigeration. Different type of menu with foods required to provide each astronaut 2500 calories a day.
2. Hygiene To clean themselves, the best way to clean is using a damp cloth.
First meal in space "Friendship 7" (1962)
- Aluminum tube - Pureed food
7. Entertainment
Closed space
The astronauts do all these things in a closed context with microgravity: working, eating, sleeping and exercises and so on. This also brings them more challenges.
Encephalemia
For example, we found that encephalemia, condition that makes astronauts feel sick and can influence the astronauts’ eating habits, due a loss of sensibility of the taste buds.
2.5 hours for fitness time
On average, astronauts do exerercises for two and a half hours to keep healthy. It is very important to help them to avoid weakness on the ISS.
The end of a day is the time for astronauts watch DVDs, books, and so on to relax.
6. Exercising A few hours of daily exercise helps to keep some tone in muscles that would otherwise see little use.
The daily routine is more difficult compared with with earth. The enough calorines and energies is necessary.
5. Working Astronauts settle down to the assigned tasks of the day, either supervising experiments or performing routine maintenance on station equipment.
- Need to use with straw - Not tasty
Beef and Vegetables "Friendship 7" 3. Eating 1900 to 3200 calories per day depending on the gender and weight of the astronaut.
- Directly squeeze - Need to use with straw
First Freeze-Dried Space Food "Project Gemini" - Dehydrated, freeze-dried - Coated with gelatin or oil to prevent foods
4. Using toielts The toilet on the ISS is very different with the toilet on the earth. They do not use water.
Apollo Program Food - Hot water gun - Food restraint pouch - Thermo-stablized turkey and gravy
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The lack of taste under Microgravity Environment The Microgravity environment can influence astronauts body in many ways. In this situation, we found that the astronaut's ablility to taste food has been decreased compared they eating on the earth.
2
Enough energy import to support long fitness time Instead of daily works, to keep heathy the astronauts need to do exercises in the ISS for average 3 hours. As a result, the enough food every day can ensure the necessary energies for astronauts.
3
Space food packege is different from the earth Due to the limited space, the food has a higher require for the storage. Even though there's alrealdy improved on the variety of foods, the package is still different from the earth.
The aim of our product is the stimulation of the astronauts’ taste buds to make them appreciate food more.
Keywords CIRCUNVALLATE
Comfort
Clean
TASTE BUDS
FOLIATE
Good Help
Stimulate
Aiming
Taste Safe Smart
Concentration
Easy
Free hands Fashion
Convenient Automatic
FUNGIFORM
Moodboard
Design evaluation
3D printable on the ISS No electrical component No new impediments
Material analyze
We compared the different 3D printing materials can be used on the ISS environment, to select the proper material from the durability, chemical resistance, heat resistance, strength ad softness sectors. We decided to use TPU for the our product.
Concept validation
After the concept development phase, we were trying to test our idea. The prototype is one of the important we used to test our concept, by using 3D printing technology, we do the validation on our product. To test the dimension, the color and the likelyhood of the customized experience on the earth.
Customized experience
To think innovatively of our product on the earth, we use the strategy of customized experience to provide multiple choices of our customer. By the combination of two parts of the straw, to fullfilled the multipe choices.
Commercial poster
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Dental+ Create a product solution for seniors to care the healthcare better.
Introduction
Type
My role
Individual work
Research, Ideation, Modeling, Rendering
Dental+ is a denture washing product designed for seniors. It was inspired from everyday's scenario, intead of going to the hospital, the denture can be washing freely and easily. In the meanwhile, the storage of cloud data can be detected from the smartphone, both the user and the doctor side. With the competitive impact of the reducing the times going to visit doctors and the potential risks that may brings for seniors.
Time 2018.03-2018.06
Design Challenge - Design a home appliance for seniors to improve the denture washing, care and preservation, etc. in the household scenario.
- The difficulties on remotely working with seniors and hold interviews and observation.
Design Process
Research
Define
Develop
- Desk research - Competitor analyze - Market research - User interview - Proto-persona
- Target user - Other Skateholders - Business plan
- Sketches - 3D modeling/ rendering - Validation
Delivery - Final concept to be tested - Concept delivered
Background
Lack of denture care awareness
Specialize user
Limited resource
Less option on present products
Denture health and care can not be ignored. Like our teeth, deture plays a important role in patients. Daily cleaning of dentures is recommended. Dentures should not be worn continuously, but rather left out of the mouth during sleep.
Among many people wearing complete dentures, most of them are over 70 years old. In this situation, there was significant features on them, such as low hearing, seak sight and low awareness.
Denture health and care can not be ignored. Like our teeth, deture plays a important role in patients. Daily cleaning of dentures is recommended. Dentures should not be worn continuously, but rather left out of the mouth during sleep.
The demand to denture washing raleted is higher and higher at present. However, People have very few options for current denture care equipment.
China's Population Size Forecast (Unit: Million)
500 400 300 200
over 60 over 80
100 0 1950
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2025
2050
2075
The total number of elderly people aged over 60 years in our country was
15.5% , 2.12
Billion
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Besides, China's aging is accelerating.
2014
(Data from National Bureau of Statistics)
Persona
TIME ARRANGEMENT
PERSONALITY Patience Calm
Enthustic
7h 3h
Activited
Shopping 1.5h
Relaxed
Others
1h
RECORDS
BIO
Date
Careful
0 March.23
Outgoing
A. Denture cleansing tablet
1
March.16
Clean
Ms. Shi F 72 Retired worker 2500+ RMB Pet, dancing, cooking
EXISTING USING PRODUCTS
1+
March.09
Name Gender Age Job Retirement Salary Hobbies
Ms. Shi is the 6 years user of denture. There are so many samples at her ages at present. The first time she wore the denture, she took care of it until the end of the first week. It seemed like did not matter and she bored with the denture, though it was harmful and unhealthy. And she was used to cleaning it by denture cleaning tablet every week.
Times
March.02
"I do not want to clean my denture by myself everyday. "
Housework Entertainment
1h
Seriously
Sleeping
PAIN POINTS B. Collective container
- Sometimes forget to wash the denture in a week. - Unconvenient to go to the clinic. - Need to use denture to eat foods everyday. - Mental barrier of using denture uncleaned
Competitor analyze
Price
Price
40
Market Share
40
30
Quality
20 10 0
30
Quality
20 10 0
Durability
Safety
Environmentaly
Market Share
Covenience
Durability
Safety
Environmentaly
Covenience
Price
To summarize, ultrasonic cleaning instrument was the best compared with other two types on denture care, it has advantages on powerful, professional and environmentally, but lack targeted on denture care area. (Data from Tmall)
Function
Key insights
User Age
60+ other
Every day
(Recommended Washing Time)
Using Context
Family Hospital other
Denture care is as important as our teeth, for certain reasons, people who wear it have low awareness and habit to care about it in some extent. Under the situation, people are not satisfied with products cleaning effeicient at present, there is a high demand for raleted situation on professional area.
Design evaluation
Figuring out the appearance by sketches, 3D modeling and rendering. Choosing the final concept is because of the shape similar with the denture.
Moodboard
Concept
Dental+
Color scheme Put the denture into it after daily used, you can control it through the panel. There are two modes can be selected: clean and care. It can be used to clean and save dentures. Family members can also be connected via Bluetooth on mobile phone. Control and monitor dentures cleaning states.
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Interior structure
Stainless Steel Tank Ultrasonic cleaner
Touch Board Turn on/off Button
Story board
UniDent A service systen for foreign students who need to have a dental care experience in Milan .
Introduction
Type
My role
Unident is a service system that could make foreigners feel more inclusive when they need to have a dental experience. No one likes going to the dentist.
Group work
Research, Ideation, Rendering
Time
Who I work with
2019.09-2019.12
P. SUWANTAWAT, H. SEFIDAB, T. YOOSIRI, M. AHMADI, L. SONG, T. XINXIN
The prospect of having your teeth cleaned, or worse, a cavity drilled and filled (shudder) makes most people cringe. What worse than that is go to a dentist clinic in a foreign country. Beside the horrible test or treatment experience, for foreigners, they need to suffer more, like the language barrier, no clue about where they should go. Or what is the fair price, etc.
Design Challenge - Design a service system for foreign students who need to see a dentist in Milan.
- Working with different students majored in interaction design and fashion design from three countries.
Design Process
Pre-work
Empathize
- Bias awareness - Build inclusive rituals - Launch design challenge
- Build unbiased - Research tools
Ideate - Generate ideas - Validate & Focalize
Make - Prototyping
Background
1 Keeping people and cultural aspects upfront in planning is fundamental.
3 Dental 3D printers, automated patient tracking & management are the next technology trend.
Empathy map
Over 200,000 residents are foreigners. 280,000 foreign students in Milan.
2 More and more insurance will start consider their policies, be smarter.
4
Check the schedule Ask the friend Make appointment
When is the available time? I don't know any doctors. Make sure everything hopefully.
Go to clinic Do check-up Get treatment
It's such a big thing... Please check the information is correct or not Good luck for myself!
Pay Keep in touch ...
How can I pay less? I think it's not that scared.
DO/
SAY/
I find list of clinic and its location I need dentist that I can trust Dental is important
Resert Not confident Dental is important
This is urgent I want doctor to know my info I am very secure if I witness unprofessinal things
Vulnerable Trust/Relieved
Discount Nice experience, I consider revisit ...
One-step if it's good Satisfied
THINK/
FEEL/
User journey map
After collect the result of interviews by using the empathy map, we understand better our user and want to figure out the following thing:
Touch point Painpoint Opportunity
Diversity map
Ideation
Touchpoint (Digital)
Touchpoint (Physical) - Information kiosk - Poster - Billboard
Prototype
Kaci The Kaci provides multiple choices of chips for travelers at airport, with the combination of the culture of the desitination , and other cities.
Introduction
Type
My role
This is a one week workshop project we worked with Pepsi Co. company, to redesign the brand to give innovative solution of product or services in the given scenarios.
Group work
Brainstorming, ideation, modeling, rendering, Strategy
Time
Who I work with
2020.02
J. Yuting, Y. Yuke, Y. Ziyan
The design is to create a opportunity for people in the airport to have more choices on chip's flavor, when they are waiting to on board. By using the Kaci, the customer choose flavors by the selected country. Our target user is young travellers, food lovers and for the people who want to explore new cultures.
Design Challenge - Redesign the Lay's brand to create a innovative product or services based on the understanding of the brand language.
- One week of work challenge from research to the entire concept of the product or services.
Design Process
Understand
Research
Define
Design
Desk research: - Brand language - Brand strategy - Brand story - Type of product line
- Airport environment - Tribe behavior - Flavor by cultures - Color scheme
- Target tribe - Set of location - Usage instruction
- Concept design - Poster - Instruction video
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Other works Here is the collection of my design works, graphic deisgn , layout design and photography works.
2015 Edinburgh, UK Edinburgh College Summer language program 2018-At present Milan, Italy Politecnico di Milano Integrated Product design
2014-2018 Xi'an, China Northwestern Polytechnical University Product design 2016 Taichung, China Tunghai University Industrial design
Hello, I am a product designer who is currently study Integrated Product Design in Politecnico di Milano. And I received a bachelor degree of Product design from Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi'an, China in 2018. Over the years, my experience both in school project and internship, allows me to have chance to think, to experiment, and to discover. I also like extracting design inspiration from life's details, I have been visiting to Italy, Egypt, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Switzerland and many other countries. I have a great passion for all the interesting things and always look for new opportunities for the challenge from all daily life. The years of study and practical experience allows me to have the ability to adapt to the environment and learning new things. I truly believe that good design is a combination of both functional and emotional aspect. I treated every work seriously just because the design is a whole life thing for me. JIEZHEN HAN :)