portfolio 2020 bowen qian

Portfolio

Bowen Qian - 2020 MA, Design Informatics, the University of Edinburgh BDes, Product Design, Edinburgh Napier University

This project was worked with Yu Li.

EDINBURGH SAMOYED RESCUE Poster design for its charity shop

This project worked with local charity in Edinburgh to help the charity promote its brand and make more impacts that it might have in the near future.

Blooming Kit for Samoyed Designed for Edinburgh Samoyed Rescue

SKETCH RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT Bowen Qian 40292371

BASE MAKING PROCESS - from cardboard model to physical one

Use CNC cutting to make 3 layers and glue 3 parts together to make the base.

BASE MAKING PROCESS - sanding and painting

Use super filler to fill the gaps between 3 parts.

Use sand paper from P80, P150, P240, P400 to P1000 to make sure the component surface is smooth enough for spray painting.

Use TAMIYA model spray colour TS-38 (gun-metal) to spray on the component, giving it a kind of tech-feeling and making it look cool.

BASE MAKING PROCESS - make the clamp in the centre

Use 3D printing to produce a detailed 3mm thick surface in order to save time and materials.

Sand it to make it a even finish, preparing it ready for spray painting.

Use TAMIYA model colour spray to paint it.

Use silver colour to give it a kind of metal finishing and looking Same process also apply to the vices on the clamp..

KNOB MAKING PROCESS

Part 1

Part 2 VER.1 Failure to print as it is not extruded form.

VER.2 Design a new extruded form.

VER.3 Part 1 and part 2 can be joint together.

VER.4 (FINAL VERSION) This version is the final design. The mechanism of this gear is like the controlling knobs of the micro-scope, which is more similar and closer to it should be.

KNOB LID MAKING PROCESS From cardboard to physical one.

VER.1

VER.

VER.3

Each version has different critical defects.

From ver.1 to ver.3, all of these 3 prototypes can hardly be held by hands.

VER.4 Ver.4, which is also the final version of the protection lid for knobs, is proved much better for people to use via user testing.

CLAMP LID MAKING PROCESS

The function of the clamp lid is to protect the lower clamp on the base.

It also provides massive storage for model parts.

VER.1

VER.2 More storage, more practical.

This sink is designed for injection moulding in order to produce a non-shrink component.

DRAWER SET MAKING PROCESS

DRAWER SET MAKING PROCESS

The above picture is an example of the before and after applying the danish oil for the plywood pieces.

Below is the example of the handle.

DRAWER SET MAKING PROCESS

Use MDF boards to make the inner drawers and the handles.

The drawer set can be successfully assembled with the clamp lid.

LEATHER CARRIER BAG MAKING PROCESS

FILMING STAND MAKING PROCESS

FINAL DESIGN

FINAL DESIGN

POSTERS

All you need in one place. For

Base Box A Portable Model Workstation For

Hobbyists

Hobbyists

THEORY

SKETCH

SOCIO-STATISTICS The model shows different aspects of the statistics of the area in a physical as well as a tangible way can help the audience to understand the content better (Culley and Murphy 2018).

OVERVIEW

A physical model presenting areas of Edinburgh and showing the buildings around can give the audience a clear overview (Isikdag 2015).

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DESIGN Use different colour to indicate the crime rate and the attributes of the buildings in the city can be a useful way to convey the messages (Ural and Yilmazer 2010).

INFORMATION

Use legends and signs to explain different sections and give the audience a perception of where they are.

REFERENCES: 1.

Culley, J., & Murphy, T. (2018). Modelling International Student Migration to assess the impact potential changes in numbers may have on the UK Student Real Estate Sector. IDEAS Working Paper Series from RePEc, IDEAS Working Paper Series from RePEc, 2018.

2.

Ural, S., & Yilmazer, S. (2010). The architectural colour design process: An evaluation of sequential media via semantic ratings. Color Research & Application, 35(5), 343-351.

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Isikdag, U. (2015). Enhanced Building Information Models Using IoT Services and Integration Patterns (1st ed. 2015.. ed., SpringerBriefs in Computer Science). Cham: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer.

User Research

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(User Interviews)

We interviewed some of the classmates in DI and some roommates in dormitories. A total number of 7 participants were involved in our semi-structured interview during the research. We use semi-structured interview as it allows the participants to express their feelings and opinions freely but also reserve certain flexibility as well (Bryman, 2001).

Ref: Bryman, A., 2001. Social Research Methods. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Factors that influence you when you choose accommodation (from most to least): • Safety (the concern about block crime) • Distance to the university • Room type (single use or shared) • Furnishings and facilities • Clean and tidiness • Size • Price

Limitations and Further Improvements (From User Feedback)

Due to the limits of technical issues, we didn’t make a full-size prototype of the artefact to allow the users to experience because the 3D printer cannot manage to print huge components. Therefore, a larger and a bigger model with more details will be needed Colours applied on the components were expected to be more accurate.

From the observations on users, we noticed that people were tended to rotate the model to obtain a full view of the whole artefact. Therefore, there can be a spinning bottom to be added in later design, the improved version.

For some users, they could tell which part of the artefact can be matched with the real world, but for some users who are not quite familiar with city, it was not easy for them to tell where the university campus was and where his/her accommodation. Therefore, it would be useful to add street names and more landmarks on the artefact.

User Persona

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The profiles of the users are not real ones as some of the participant did not give consent to using their photos.

(Image credit: https://www.behance.net/gallery/86046175/Characters?tracking_source=search%7Ccharacter%20design)

WANJUN LIU

DEE SINGH

XUEJIAN MA

STEVE HARDY

2-year PG taught student China, People’s Republic of

2nd year UG student India

1-year PG taught student China, Republic of

2-year PG taught student USA

Go to university by walking alone, usually takes 10-12 min.

Go to university by walking alone, lives just behind main library.

Lives in an ensuite in external student accommodation.

Painpoint:

Current pain:

Current pain:

Feels unsafe around the accommodation because there are many homeless people and junkies nearby. Some of these people very often speak offensive languages to minorities.

Need the most:

Want to know more about the city, about where the safest place is, so that she can find a better place to live once finished 1st year.

There is no reception in his dormitory and no security guard, neither.

Very noisy during the night.

Too expensive to afford.

Need the most:

Want to live in a quieter place so that can be more focused on study. Want to have cheap and affordable renting.

Cannot leave university late in the night as she concerns about her safety, which cuts off her study hours.

No direct bus connection to university campus.

Need the most:

For later years of study, she wants to live in a convenient location which allows her easy and close access to university.

Lives in a single room in university accommodation with a shared kitchen and bathroom.

Current pain:

Don’t want to share kitchen with people as they usually have many left-over dishes unwashed in the basin.

No good restaurants and stores nearby.

Need the most:

Want to live in a more central place with restaurants and shops nearby.

Want to have single-use bathroom and kitchen.

Artefact

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A scale of 1:10 Top View

Buildings

Signs showing the campus

Data Comics This project was co-operated with Scottish Government.

Based on the data given, I created some pieces of data comics to illustrate and interpret the data in the data-base with the method of ‘data comics’.

The whole data-set available at: http://www.equalityevidence.scot/

This piece of comics makes the contrast between the secondary school leavers in 1992 and 2017.

This piece of comics demonstrates how the school leavers in small towns in Scotland were ended up, from further education to employment.

ALGAE BIO-REACTOR An Eco-design as a solution for climate change and global warming

Produced by Bowen QIAN (s1942022) Dec 2019

INSPIRATION • Predict floods and droughts for agricultural production. • Maintain a sustainable environment.

Use technology probes to detect the data of the surroundings as well as the growing environment for plants.

week 6 talk by Dr Drew Hemment

AIM & INITIAL IDEA Photosynthesis Theory My initial idea was to design an environmental friendly farming system to help maintain a certain level agricultural production, and use technology probes to help keep it run well.

Then I developed my idea, and want to design something like a product or a device to do the same job, to make it more general use.

To design a product and/or a to absorb green house gases like CO2.

Bio-reaction, photosynthesis and/or similar process.

Climate change Global warming Algae Biofuel A prototype built by a scholar in Stanford University, USA Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7EavnFqDfU

PRACTICES – Brain storming Hydroponic plant

An eco-circulation

Modular design

PRACTICES – Developing ideas

ECO HOUSING

HEXAGON MODULAR DESIGN (Edlund 2012)

An instalment on The outside of the Buildings

PRACTICES – Digital modelling Applying angles when assembling: Front view Angles to reduce light pollution (Edlund 2012).

Nutritional aqueous to provide the materials and conductivities for algae to grow (Krenbrink and Hoevers 2016).

Back view The pipe on the left is for inputting CO2 and to have generated O2 output.

The pipe on the right is to pump the liquid with algae out as it grows. Pump it back to mixer to make it even and balanced.

PRACTICES – Design specification for each unit Probe using:

How it works?

These 3 sensors work together to Determine when the system draw CO2 from the building as well as To infuse O2 into the building.

This sensor is to detect the conductivity of the nutritious aqueous. (Factory fresh 2016)

• Light sensor • CO2 sensor • O2 sensor These 2 sensors work together to detect cell density and light transmission to maintain the bioreactor (BioNetwork The glasses need to be cleaned from 2016). time to time to maintain good light transmission that allows light to go • Cell density sensor through.

• Dissolved O2 sensor BioNetwork (2016). Biofuels from Algae Project - Brunswick College Center for Aquaculture & Biotechnology.

• Water conductivity sensor Community [Online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQqlsk3cuWY&t=412s [Accessed on 30th Nov 2019]

Carb.Select & Checkout is an exhibition design, but due to the outbreak of Covid-19, we can not produce the physical prototype of it.

Storyboard ‘Carb‛? Carbination?

Food?

So many kinds of food and drinks! Baskets over there.

Can I go and get some?

Carb.Select Welcome

Go and check it out!

to our

exhibition - Carbon foodprint selection.

Gonna pick some and see my dinner‛s carbon footprint! I assume I am low carbon footprint eater as I don‛t eat any red-meats.

Carb.Select Welcome to our exhibition Carbon foodprint selection.

Introduction:

In our exhibition, we aim to bring more in-depth information to our audience about carboon foodprint.

Through our exhibition, you can select a wide range of food and drink to check out your carbon footprint on your daily diet basis.

Go to the other side to check out...

How to play:

Come and pick up the food and drinks of your dinner last night using the baskets provided below and check out and see the amount of your dinner carbon footprint.

Select food

Grab a Basket

Put the basket on the designated area, where the sensor will trigger the digital screen to start the interaction.

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Basket Table

Follow the foot prints on floor

Sensor

Food in the basket and go to the other side

Digital Screen

Bagging Area

Press ‘START‛ to scan your first item.

START

Scanning Area

Basket Area Point Card & Rewards

Staff Log in

Beef steak........................1pc

Processing

46%

Home Cooking

Scan the first item!

36%

Transportation

12%

Retail

3.91 kg CO2

Checkout

3%

Waste Disposal

Cancel

3%

Farming Packaging Transportation

Checkout

49%

Broccoli.........................1 head

28%

Coke............................1 bottle

9%

Onion............................1 head

6%

Waste Disposal

Cancel

Shopping Cart

7%

Retail

POINT CARD

3.91kg CO2.

Beef steak..........................1pc

Home Cooking

0.16 kg CO2

Total Carbon footprint:

Help

Staff Log in

Scan the last item and put it in the bagging area.

Shopping Cart

1%

Help

Total Carbon footprint:

4.59kg CO2.

Spin it to open

Get the coupon in side

Spin the dial to get the souvenir

Promo code: CARB-OFFER-20-OFF Or scan the below bar code at the till

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Use this coupon to shop at our partners‛ online stores and shops to get a 20% off discount when check out.

Our partners process and manufacture the food and drink using the renewable-energy to reduce your diet‛s carbon footprint.

The capsule, which has a coupon in it