Wenying Chang ( Ingrid ) | 2019
Education
Qualities
Soft skills
2018-2020 Design For Interaction, TU Delft
Autonomous
Critical thinking
2013-2017 Material Science and Engineering, NTHU
Explorative
Organizing skills
2016-2017 Fine Arts (exchange), TNUA
Reflective
Conflict Management Multi-disciplinary teamwork
Internship 2018 CMF Design at Logitech
Software
I’m good at...
I’m learning...
Adobe illustrator
Material experience
Arduino
Adobe photoshop
Sustainable design
Medical Design
Rhino
Haptic Design
Persuasive Design
Keyshot
Illustration
Content
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Foco
02
Reset
03
Material X
04
Off the Grid
05
S-Space
06
Ecoffee Light
Exploring Interaction Sustainable Design & Eating experience in Conscious Kitchen Den Haag Wenying Chang 4 months (2018)
FOC O
Context
The Haag Open Market A lot of food are thrown away if the food cannot be sold out and then it will become unfresh or rotten.
Conscious Kitchen To against food waste, the volunteers from conscious kitchen pick up bulks of fruits and veggies that would otherwise be thrown away. They then sort, cut and cook the food to create filling, creative and vegan dishes for around 70 people.
Research Observations
There are a lot of packaging of food, including wood, cardboard and plastic.
After cooking, a great amount of foodwaste are left such as peels or removed parts of veggies.
Some people feel bored and do not connect to the vibe of conscious kitchen during waiting.
Interview
C
People
Before Dinner
During Dinner
After Dinner
Coordinators :
Busy and responsible
Share core value and deliver sustainable concepts
Hug with each others and enhance the relationsship
Volunteers :
Take action to fight for foodwaste
Volunteers enjoyed and felt proud of what they did
Have connection with sustainability and people
Participants :
Have no clues what is going to happend
Enjoy no-waste dinner
Have little connection with sustainability
organize food sharing event V
assist picking up, cooking or cleaning P
pay for conscious dinner
Research Why do people come to Conscious Kitchen ?
Meet people
Reduce foodwaste
New people
Insights
community
Old people
60%
40% Old volunteer
New volunteer
- Some few participants felt bored and had less connection with sustainability. - Old member in conscious kitchen have more consciousness and willingness on contributing sustainability. - Old memeber have a stonger sense of belonging in this community. - Conscious Kitchen can works as a platform to deliver sustainable knowledge. - The experiences of volunteering shape people’s behaviors toward sustainability.
Directions 02
New participant
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03
Old participant
- How might we encourage new people to join conscious kitchen again? - How might we enhance the dinner experience? - How might we reuse the waste from conscious kitchen? - How might we take cinscious kitchen as a platform to deliver sustainable ideas? - How might we sahpe people’s sustainable behavior?
Design Goal
Interaction Vision
Let people in conscious kitchen experience a sense of curiosity while reusing waste before dinner, in order to encourage them to reuse waste in their daily lives.
Mid-term
Short-term Provoke their curiosity on reusing waste
Long-term
Develop motivation to reuse waste
Carry out reusing waste in daily lives
Enhance dinner experience
Interaction Qualities
First try
Observe
Wash brush New finding
curious surprised fun relaxed sense of achievement
Affordance
Imitate
Compare
Co-create
curious
the variety of color the mixture of color
the mark on hands others’ artwork
surprised
the texture of color the change of texture
the mixture of color
fun
hands as painting tool the wavy line
the mixture of color
relaxed
the touch on color (softness) the touch on others’ body (softness)
achievement
The posture of body Compliments from others
Ideation, prototype and test
01. Writting down the sustainable activities they did helped them reflect their behaviors. 02. Seeing what others did inspired them to do more sustainable activities. 03. The construction of trees encourge them to do more.
01. They felft excited and challenged to try special painting tool such as rubber band. 02. While cutting down the hexagonal shape, they got unexpected results of image. 03. They liked the fading color 04. It’s bored to wait for drying color.
01. They were curious on the ingredients of color. But it didn’t respond to their curiousity. 02. They didn’t know how to use tools until I show them. 03. Imitation happended while people saw something cool.
Ideation, prototype and test
It didn’t trigger people to talk about sustainability and interest on reusing waste.
It took time to wait for dry color and then cut.
It triggered more interactions on canvas such as play with tool and immitation effect.
Final Concept
Painting Tools
Food Color
Co-painting table linen
Prototype
Evaluation Interaction Qualities
Curious
Surprised
Fun
People were curious on the ingredients of color and then guessed ingredients by smelling and seeing.
Users were surprised by the fading color on pattern.
Users painted on hand and made a stamp on fabric.
Interaction
5 4 Score
3 2 1 0
Feedback
Users’ curiosity was responded by color rotating plate.
Users were surprised by the flexibility of cardboard because it created unexpected pattern and they can play with the shape.
Evaluation Relaxed
Sense of achievement
Motivated
Users like the softness of tool because it helped them relax.
Users felt nice when they received compliments.
After experiencing reusing waste, participants came to me and asked the methods of color making. They applied food waste color on the label of their products.
When talking to new people, users feel relaxed with objects in hands.
When special patterns appeared on the canvas, it encourged others to paint something beautiful.
Interactive Technology Design Burnout & Brainwave Wenying Chang, Caiseal Beardow, Emma ven Wensen, Sambhram Changavi 2 months (2019) Netherlands
RES ET Vedio: https://cdn.filestackcontent.com/dZItMtFEQ7OHkZDHalWP
Reset is a five minute audiovisual journey that connects you to your body and mind. Using real-time neurofeedback, Reset creates a personalised experience that encourages focus, resilience and calm.
Mind
Body
Brain waves
Sound
Light
Problem
Research
Burnout
Burnout especially happens to people who are 20-35 age. All factors come acoss together and form a complexity net of problems.
Burnout is a prolonged response to chronic emotional and interpersonal stressors on the job. Burnout impairs both personal and social functioning. This decline in the quality of work and in both physical and psychological health can be costly—not just for the individual worker, but for everyone affected by that person.
F1 F2
F3 Negative Loop
F4
F5 Fn
Factors
Symptom
Different expectations from others Non self-driven work Unefficient rest Overwhelming information in brain Out of control Fear of failure Comparison with others ...
Less energy Body and mind are separate Unhealthy psychology Cannot concentract Rumination
Influence
Qualities of work and life Interpersonal relationships Social bonding Personal health
Treatment
See a doctor or psychologist Do meditation (learn to relax) Do sports Talk with people
Design Challenge How to break down negative loop and formulate a positive loop?
Negative Loop
Positive Loop
It’s hard to tackle each factor, but one of the most significant factor is inefficient rest. People often browse on social media in a break, or keep thinking works during break. Thus, our design goal is to help people achieve focus, resilience and calm via connecting people to body and mind. How to run a positive loop circularly? Achieve
Action
Effect
Feedback
Think about... What actions will people take? What kind of intended effect people want to experience?
Ideation, prototype and test EEG sensors Visual stimulus
+ Like hug interaction - Not suitable in public space - Feel like child stuff The interactive hug pillow is hanging in a public space.
Audio stimulus
The pillow detects the heartbeat and responds with same rhythm vibration.
+ Like touch experience - Too much stuff happens together
Find the texture which can represent your feelings.
EEG sensors pick up brain wave
The audio and visual experience were presented by touching different textures.
+ Brain is washed by light experience + Light recalls memory - Hands cannot relax by touching press sensor Go to a spot and have brain reset.
At first the experience can be stressful or tense, but be relaxed in the end..
Process data and transfer data into frequency of light and sound
Scientific Research
Processing system transfer
Delta (0.5-3 Hz); Theta (3-8 Hz); Alpha (8-12 Hz); Beta (12-38 Hz); Gamma (38-42 Hz)
Alpha wave
Stimulus Increase dominance of alpha wave
EEG sensors extract
Reset experience Alpha wave
Relaxtion
Neuroscience literature suggests that alpha waves are associated with selective inhibition - the brain’s ability to filter incoming information and achieve focus. Inducing a state where alpha waves are dominant can help individuals to achieve greater focus in their personal and professional lives.
Phase 01 Entrainment
Phase 02 Reflection
In this concept, raw EEG data is processed to extract people’s most prominent alpha frequency. The frequency is then played back to people in the form of an LED pattern. This is known as entrainment stimulating people’s brain to match the frequency of the pattern, thus increasing the dominance of alpha wave.
The entrainment phase encourages focus and awareness of both body and mind. This is followed by a reflection phase, where light and sound encourage calm meditation, strengthened by the preceding entrainment. These phases combine to produce an experience that builds focus, resilience and mindful practices in everyday life.
User Research
Using Context When Where
The device differs in different contexts. Speeddating will be conducted to get feedback on which context is best suited for this device.
Before Sleep People use the device to reset the mind and body.
Why
After work People lie down on sofa and use the device.
I only know I have time before I don't want to do anything after sleep. It can get stress down, a long working day and I just lie help me sleep well afterwards down on sofa. and start a new day tommorrow.
During the work day The device is used in a private room at working place.
The device is prescribed by medical profession. Doctors can analyze data and users can track personal health.
When I get tired, Ijust go to this private space to take a break. After I get enough energy, I can continue my work.
I can access the analyzed data on phone. It's much more better that expertise can interpret the data. I can have personalized healthcare.
Form of concept The purpose of these concepts is to let people experience the whole body sensation without keeping attention on particular part of body such as head.
Idea
Feedback
- People feel that it looks like a medical device.
+ Very flexible, adaptable and practical - Not aesthetically pleasant
+ Design like,decorative and non distracting
+ Like brain massage + Feel futuristic + Feel protected
Final concept
Visual stimulus Audio stimulus EEG sensors Press sensor
How does it work ? 01
02
Wear device
Enter tent
Sit comfortably
05
06
04
Calibration
Close eyes
03
Reset
Five-minutes brain journey guide people to connect body with mind.
Evaluation Before and After Reset
Refresh
Become better
Less better
Let people draw down how do they feel before and after reset experience.
Before After
In the beginning, users do not like the high frequency part because it last long and users felt uncomfortable/disturbed/annoyed/dizzy.
During reset experience, the experience assisted people to breathe well, relax and calm down, especially the fading light and audio experience.
Some people had eye movements during reset experience, their eyes followed the light motion. That enabled them to focus on the movement and shut down brain.
After reset experience, people felt renew and fresh. Besides, several people felt sleepy and less energetic.
Evaluation Moodboard Let people explain their experience by choosing a representative photo.
In the beginning During / After
In the beginning, users thought that the experience was intense like the light during concert.
During and after the reset, users felt balanced like the stone, relaxed in sunset and calm near lake. Several people thought the technology and experience is futuristic.
Insigts The height and shape of the led cover are important elements, which influence the reflection, light path, diffusion and motion of light.
The previous feelings of people would influence the experience. The negative feelings would become positive and the positive feelings become less positive.
Pattern texture for better tactile controller Material experience Wenying Chang 6 months (2018) Logitech, Taiwan
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Overview Material Experience
Using Context
Visual X
Tactile X
Material - Personality
Product
User
Material - Emotion
User Evaluation
Sample Tool
Picture Tool
Material Selection System CMF
Create best Material X for users
Purchasing stage
Using stage
Physical Shop
Context
Academic
Speech
Business
Online Shop Visual Experience Tactile Experience
In purchasing process, vision is more dominant than tactile
In using process, tactile experience is more dominant than vision.
feeling. As most of products are packaged in physical store, also
For remote presenter, users’ eyes focus more on their slide rather
customers cannot touch product while shop online.
than product. Therefore, users apply tactile feeling to operate the interface of product.
Off The Grid Workshop Sustainability x Product design x Interaction design Group project Wenying Chang 1 week (2017) France
Micro playground cicular power
infinite happiness
DEFINE
IDEATE
PROTOTYPE
TEST
Develpoing Element
We took circular electricity, interaction, sensual experience and entertainment as developing element. It was impermitive to integrate these four key elements on developing micro playground. The topic of product design workshop was Off the Grid which explored the ways to become independent, handle power supply self-sufficiently and live off the grid as easy, sustainable and smart as possible. It was about sharing the solutions, so that everyone can benefit from our experience.
Inspired net from spider web
Some members connecting electricity lines among products, others deal with mechanical . techniques and I utilized the principle of formulating spider webs on waving the net of trampoline in order to ensure the stiffness and flexibility
Radial & Spiral line
Micro playground 02
Design Thinking Campus x Health Wenying Chang 2 months (2017) Taiwan
S - Space Create a stretching space for those who have physically uncomfortableness. Especially sitting for long time, it will cause sour and pain on shoulder, neck, back as well as waist.
Group project co-work on research, definition, ideation. individual work on prototype, model making and rendering
Research
immerse
Define
observe
engage
In order to realize the current space in campus cannot satisfy the need of students and staffs in campus, we adapted design approaches to find out their needs. First, taking ‘’ A Day in Life’’ to realize what and how they do in campus.
brainstorming
goals
interview
Simultaneously, observing their activities in campus, taking a break, discussing studies, exercise and so on. Preparing interview by brainstorimg quetions which enclosed to three main topics: exercise, discuss and having meals.
story telling
empathy map
P.O.V
After interviewing, we shared the stories and synthesized datas by empathy maps. Through setting up empathy maps, we found out needs and tensions. We used ‘’point of view’’ to dig insights.
Define and frame design challenge by creating point of view.
exterior space
User
discuss exercise
Where break
on PE class on field on top of building outside campus
less exercise What
A bachelor student from college of Engineering just finished a class.
Need
He would like to stretch his body on top of building where has few people.
Who
staffs students B.D M.D P.H.D
How often Why
too lazy no time no vanue no comapny not convinient to change cloth
do not exercise 1-2 times/mon. 1 time/week only on PE class
jogging balls work-out yoga stretch
Insight
He would like to stretch his body as he sat for long time and kept intensely focusing on class. He needed to release stress and relax by stretching body. He went to top of building as he wanted to stay alone and feel free to stretch his body. However, there is no adequate equipment to assist him for more or further stretch.
Ideate & Prototype
Based on point of view, using the question ’’How might we...?’’ to stimulate more ideas.
H.M.W
stretch
form
place
HMW create a place for people to recharge themselves?
semi-open
easy access
HMW let people feel free to stretch in public?
privacy
on grace
no stress
anti - lazy
HMW increase the possibility of stretching? HMW decrease the bad feeling of being looked? HMW let people co-stretching in same place?
HMW make pysically tired people to stretch more? HMW promote unintentional exercise? HMW let people foster the habit of stretching?
ventilation
The start of design journey Sustainability x Reuse x Workshops Wenying Chang 3 months (2016) Taiwan
ECOFFEE LIGHT
reuse of coffee grounds
coffee grounds
plant
bulb
Research
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Recently, the need of coffee has rosen steeply. The coffee grounds we make on the earth per year could build up 20000 TAIPEI 101. The proportion of recycling coffee grounds accounts below 10%. It’s quite lower than other items. However, if these were sent to landfill fields or incinerators, the process would product harmful gases like carbon dioxide and methane.
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Actually, there are many ways to reuse coffee grounds. It’s usually use as dehumidifier or deodorant in our daliy life. In order to give a new life for coffee grounds, I hold two workshops to share how to reuse them.
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cloth dyeing hair dyeing coffee soap
Ideation
Coffee Shop
Coffee grounds can be dryed by the heat of light, simultaneously, the smell of coffee widespreads around your space. Coffee grounds are taken as fertilizer for planting, meanwhile the light functions as sunshine.
Wet
Plan the seeds
Dry coffee grounds
Ferterlize plant with coffee grounds Take led light as sunshine
Dry
Share and deliver the concept
Eco-friendly
16 cm
Details
ÎŚ 7.5 cm
Top holder is for coffee grounds which was dried by the heat of light as well as electric heating piece.
Dig holes in plantting pot to drain water. The material of main body is plastic which could drain water from pot.
heater light
Details
After drying the wet coffee grounds, it could be taken as fertilizer for plant.
Led light has two kinds of color which could absorbed by plant.