P R OJ ECT 1
embower
The equipment for home-brewing beer
# Why
no
homebrew
ware?__
Beer is one of the oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic drinks globally. Because of the low price and high acquisi�on beer has become the third most popular drink in the world just a�er water and tea. People usually regard beer as a beverage to relax and socialise. Recently, cra� beer bars and brewing breweries are booming in Taiwan which is influenced by Western culture. However, restricted by Taiwan’s laws, those who have not applied can't sell self-brewing beer to others. It is hard for Taiwanese to buy and enjoy the variety of fresh experimental cra� beer. Therefore, people gather from the internet hold some clubs and open Facebook fan pages to exchange their experience in homebrewing and promote the culture of homebrew beer and related ac�vi�es.
To figure out the value of the booming of homebrewing related ac�vi�es, we start to make a series of research on this topic. The most notable discovery is that there are some similari�es between beer-brewing and coffee-making equipment. We found out that unlike coffee-making there do not have any specific beer-brewing equipment designed for beer-brewing. Indeed there have some automa�c beer brewing machines for beginners. However, for those who want to pursue a more professional process, beer brewing machines seems to lack the aesthe�c of tradi�onal handmade cra�. Consequently, we decide to design a set of beer-brewing equipment which match Taiwan's dining culture and lifestyle.
Features:
Features:
·marketing industry
·design industry
· office worker
·sometimes will have a drink after getting off work at home ·prefer indoor leisure
· freelancer
·sometimes will have a or in a bar
·sometimes cook: once a week
·prefer outdoor leisure
·have a gym member- prefer weight training
·following several trav
·following several cooking channels
·joining the badminton team in the company
·occasional team gatherings - five to ten people
·renting a ��m apartment in Taipei with a roommate �
·Main Transportation - motocycle
·seldom cook: once ev ·do yoga at home
·join a study circle
·own a ��m � apartmen
·Main Transportation -
a drink after getting off work at home
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very two weeks
veling channels
nt in Taipei along
- metro and bike
Features:
·a coffe shop owner
·sometimes will have a drink after getting off work at her shop ·prefer outdoor leisure
·cook often: every two days
·following several life style channels ·at-home workouts
·join no specific gathering
·renting a ��m � apartment in Taipei with a roommate
·Main Transportation - car and motocycle
private space
bar
drinking habits
prefer channel genre
traveling
cooking
lifestyle
yoga exercise habits
cook habits
leisure ac�vi�es
vehicle ownership
outdoor
indoor
metro
bike
car
motocycle
living space
social ac�vi�es
once ev two wee
55m 2 for rent
no spec gatherin
at-home workouts
very eks
t
ific ng
weight training
Target Audience once a week
every two days
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99m 2 for rent
study circle
99m 2 for own
badminton team
stages of Journey
activities
Motivation wants to make homebrew beer
set a date
Prepare materials an find the right wine recipe
buy ingredie
feelings
opportunity for software integration
experiences
customer expectations
looking forward to the brewing.
happy to set a day to prepare.
set a reminder.
look through the website not sure which one fits the needs.
trying hard t find the ingredients that the reci need.
easy to find the related resources.
Brewing process
nd equipment
ents
to
ipe
prepare the cookware
Clean up the environment
mashing
sparging
boiling
filtering
cooling &
clean up the
cookware
fermenting
environment
storage
opportunity for redesign operation process
opportunity for cooking equiment design
frustrated to digging out the huge and messy brewing cookware. need a cookware that is easy to storage.
excited to cook barley with a few specific temperature water until it turns into the wort.
frustrated with the process of sparging the wort on the grits.
feeling hard to separate the pure wort by filtering.
happy to do the last boiling and adding hops.
need a set of cookware that is easy to complete the complex steps during the brewing process.
excited to do the last step: soaking the wort container in ice water. need a set of cookware that fits their aesthetic while fermenting.
feel tired to wash plenty of dishes.
need a faster way to clean it up.
feel lazy to hide those huge cookware into the wareroom. an good way to show or storage.
The ac�vity of homebrewing has become more and more popular recently. However, due to its difficult principles, complex process and disorder ware. It is hard to feel the aesthe�c of ancient brewing beer culture when homebrewing. Therefore, we decided to create a set of beer-brewing ware to represent the spirit of cra� beer. At the same �me, give people a new vision of beer brewing, drinking culture and an elegant way to show themselves.
INSIGHT 01 Operation Process
INSIGHT 02 Living Space
INSIGHT 03 Cooking Equiment
mashing
milling
sparging
lautering1
filtering
lautering2
pouring
(a�er boiling)
cooling
water
barley
hops
yeast
100°C it depends on yeast.
Boil
Mash
Filter
Sparge
Second Sparge
Add hops & boil
Add yeasts & cool
Ta i w a n 4 5 m 2
Living space is a pain point when it comes to brewing beer at home. People have a great impression on the large space of beer brewery and the messy it might cause.
South Korea 32m2
Those problems will keep people stay away from the thought of brewing at their own kitchen. However, we found that those who already have homemade beer experience in Taiwan are usually used to brewing about 5-10 litres each �me and it is not that unreachable at all. We know that people just have no idea how to start and all things are difficult before they are easy. Therefore, we want to design a set of
Japan 20m2 Hong Kong 15m2
beer-brewing equipment for those who are interested in making their unique beer.
The most challenging problem we need to solve is to make the brewing process enjoyable and make the storage of beer-brewing equipment a�rac�ve.
USA 67m2
Germany 45m2
UK 35m2
kitchen A.
living room
kitchen+dining room
kitchen B. living room+dining room
kitchen
Photos courtesy of PEOPLEs WORK
33~66m 2
Use the same outlines in two-part.
Movement of filter: up&down
Focus Part:
F re n c h P re s s
Focus Part: 1.how it filter 2.user's hand movement
C o ffe e pot
Focus Part:
1.the shape of filter-inverted triangle 2.pa�ern arrangement 3.the connec�on between two object
F l a t b o � o m fi l t e r.
Te a p o t
1.the cover allows for filtering 2.the shape of filter-cylinder
Research Steps
Star�ng from the studies of the process and the principle of brewing. On the other hand, the culture of cra� beer is also the point that we are curious about it shows how people feel the aesthe�c of this ancient beverage.
A. service system: to simplify the steps of brewing and reduce the �me of searching will make the beer brewing experience more understandable.
B. texture: the apperance of cookware influence people emo�on. Changing the texture of the cookware will give user a strong new image. C. storage: the brewing cookwares usually apears in a huge size. It is the
main task to detail with it.
Star�ng from the studies of the process and the principle of brewing. On the other hand, the culture of cra� beer is also the point that we are curious about it shows how people feel the aesthe�c of this ancient beverage.
Star�ng from the studies of the process and the principle of brewing. On the other hand, the culture of cra� beer is also the point that we are curious about it shows how people feel the aesthe�c of this ancient beverage.
#test2
mock-up& prototype
#prototype
#test3
#test1 #test4
model test
Glass
Stainless Steel & Copper
Striped glass tube
Frosted process
Parts matching
product making process
To ensure the durability of our products, we choose to use stainless steel and copper, the two most commonly used materials in kitchen appliances. The most challenging work while making is the drip device which has combined five metal parts into one piece. In the metalworking, we use metal processing technologies such as lathes, laser cu�ng, welding, grinding and polishing, etc. to make embower's appearance meets our expecta�on.
so that users can observe the change of liquor in �me. The most notable feature of this handmade glass is its thinness and lightweight. Besides, there are no pores of the glass surface which can completely maintain the original taste of the food without absorbing the odour. The glass part consists of two kinds of glass tubes- straight glass tubes and strip glass tubes that are each blown and joined together. It is the most difficult part of the glasswork to have a good
The main material of “embower” is made of clear material- boron enamel glass
prac�ce in the shape and arc of the product by handmade.
detailed function
The flow regula�ng device allows the wort
Lid for mash
Lid for fermenta�on
to filter into clarified liquid and to get the required sugar from wort for fermenta�on.
component
details
o ff e r a d e v i ce t o o b s e r v e a n d ta st e when the beer is fermen�ng.
Sparging container Water flow adjustment allows user to wash out different Brix.
How to use embower?
Mash+Filter
100°C
Sparge+Ferment
add hops& boil
cool& add yeasts
Provide for the free, socially demanding ethnic groups a new type of social entertainment that can expresses themselves and aesthe�cally pleasing. For those who love cra� beer provide them an elegant brewing appliance which can pursue its own uniqueness.
to show how it works make the process controllable
P R OJ ECT 2
bergy-bits The modular cooling system allows different combinations.
01
The limited cooling system space in the notebook is o�en unsa�sfactory in high-intensity usage scenarios, and even the best notebooks will face the same problems. This situa�on can be found in the list of recommended accessories for laptops on the internet. The external cooling products are always on the list. Genera�on a�er genera�on of new products with similar technologies is con�nuously launched to meet the needs of users in the market. However, is the cooling method and performance provided by the product now really what the user needs?
02
Notebooks are not worse than desktops in performance; however, due to long-term use as well as open too many programs at the same �me. The
03
notebook fans o�en make loud noises, which cause a bad experience.
Observing the ar�cles and videos related to laptop cooling issues that are discussed every year on blogs and in online clubs, we found out that people keep trying to make some so�ware se�ngs, moreover, try to assemble a cooling device to deal with the cooling problem.
03
The best screen posi�on should keep at eye level, or the depression angle should be in the range of 0-20 degrees. If the screen posi�on is too low, the user's head and neck will �lt forward unconsciously, which will cause more pressure on the neck. On the other hand, the benefit of raising the bo�om of the laptop is to increase the space for air to flow and inhale for cooling.
INSIGHT 01 Battery Life
INSIGHT 02 Modular Design
INSIGHT 03 Show Good Taste
Ba�ery Life
A. Built-in battery - Can be used as a power bank for short periods
B. No built-in battery - Connect with computer and power bank. - With hub func�on.
Modular Design
The top side of "bergy-bits" slave part contact with the bo�om of the notebook, Create cold flow and fan cooling
Magnets buried on each side of the hexagon.
which conducts cold-flow from the "bergy-bits" host part by metal wires.
Connect the slave parts to meet the cooling area size you want.
There is a design of angle adjustment mechanism. A�er put the laptop on "bergy-bits" , the angle can be adjusted elas�cally when changing the laptop placement posi�on.
Show Good Taste
Based on the need for high require of notebook heat dissipa�on, we design an external module developed with a cooling chip, which can be connected in series to fit different sizes of notebooks and tablets.
P R OJ E CT 3
an immersive smell experience device
The average person breathes 23,000 �mes a day, and the air we inhale through the conversion of the olfactory nerves will become the smell we smell.
The Proust effect Odor has a unique ability to unlock memories which had been previously forgot but were lively and full of emo�ons.
75% of people’s emo�ons are affected by odors.The feelings about things are o�en determined by smell.
enjoy smells at the same time!
“Mummon” is a new way of communica�on with digital signal transfer technology that allows people to interact with each other by simulated smells. The user can catch and transfer smells that are nearby their surroundings into a series of codes when they are video cha�ng or typing. “Mummon” can connect both sides of people and make them feel closer and interact in a more realis�c way by smells.
Electronic nose wristband will collect the smell and encode it.
transfers
Through the wearable electronic nose detec�on and transmission to let the remote host side can also experience the smell at the same �me. Electronic nose wristband
electronic nose
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manganess tablets
Vents create water vapor allows smells to spread
L:28 a:-5 b:-3 Power switch a touch bar that can gradually control the brightness
Atmosphere Light colour could change with the smells
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