Kuang-Hsu Cheng's Portfolio 2019

PORTFOLIO 2019 Kuang-Hsu Cheng

Empathy is my design concept.

Hi, I am Kuang.

A designer equips with abilities of design research, product design and CAD/CAM integration.

Research is the most essential part of a good design. I believe an outstanding designer must use empathy and understand the user's needs with plenty of research to create well-designed products.

The numbers of elderlies are increasing nowadays. Designers have the responsibility to make people's life better. Especially home-living, elderly people spend almost all days.

Also, I am a woodworker processes 3-years' experience of CAD/ CAM integration. Able to finish a prototype from 3D modeling to CNC processing.

Work Industrial Design Intern Artop Group, Shanghai 2019.12 – Present -Industrial design -Design research

Industrial Design Assistive Technician ICDF, Nicaragua 2018.09–2019.09

鄭光旭 Kuang-Hsu Cheng +886 921150664 kuanghsu.cheng@gmail.com

-Product Design -Graphic Design -Exhibition Design -Teach design principle and aesthetic -Teaching assistant of bamboo handcraft course

Intern Plugin, Taipei 2018.01–2018.03 -Digital image processing -Assisted product photography

Education

National Taipei University of Technology, Taipe 2015-2018

Department of Industrial Design Master Program of Inno Design and Culture Innovation Studio Wooden Furniture / Life Product / Culture Code

Tatung University, Taipei 2011-2015 Electrical Engineering Department

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Other Experience CNC Machine Management Woodworking Training Design Research Center, NTUT 2015.09 - 2018.08 Project Management Exemplary University of Science and Technology Project 2017.03-2017.9 Instructor - CNC Machine Digital Processing and Carpentry Workshop 2017.07 & 2016.04 Project Assistant CIDT Industry-Academia Cooperation Project 2016.03-2016.11

Honor “Amphibious� / Final Judge 2017 Red dot design Awards "Homewalker" / Honorable Mention Award 2018 ICARE UD design competition for elderly and disability assistive devices

Skills Illustrator Photoshop InDesign CorelDRAW Rhino KeyShot

Alphacam Fusion360 CNC Making Prototyping Carpentry

Language Mandarin: Native English: Good - TOIEC Score: 775 Spanish: Begginer - A2

Design Thinking Brainstorming Qualitative Analysis Quantitative Analysis Interview

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Smart Watch Design

Wooden Workshop Workshop Design

Home Furniture Design

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Make home-living life better.

HomeWalker Home Furniture Design

Brief HomeWalker is designed to solve home-living problems of elderlies. It’s a design integrates furniture and walking assistive device.

Problems Walking assistive device is the most common assistive device among the elderlies. But some of them refuse to use assistive device because of the critical vision and ego.

However, they rely on furniture to enhance body stability such as couch, chair, table, etc. Some even put a chair besides the bed to help themselves getting out of bed.

This piece won the Honorable Mention Award in the 2018 ICARE UD Design Competition for elderly and disability assistive devices.

Specification Weight: 7.8 kg Length: 50 cm Width: 54 cm Height: 75-92 cm Radio of tube: 3 cm

Material Beech Rosewood Silicone Sponge Tube Aluminum Tube Rubber

Understand Through collecting information of assisitve devices and interviewing elderlies to understand living habits and obstacles of the elderlies.

Analyse After collecting data from the previous step, analyse data with quantitative software, MAXQDA, to conclude the major elderlies living problems, habits and establish elderly-friendly design principle of furniture.

Design According to the data, create design proposal to solve elderlies’ main living obstacles. Then, build models for size specification of each part.

Prototype Print 1:10 model to check the scale of product through 3D printing.

Finish product with CNC machine, carpentry and electric engineering skill.

Post-occupancy Evaluation Invite elderlies to test if the product satisfies user’s needs or not, and the collect feedback to improve Homewalker.

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Research Old age can be broken into three stages: young-old (55–65 years of age), middle-old (66–85), and old-old (85 and older). Choosing elderlies in middle-old as my interview target.

20% Middle-old 75% Young-old

Interactive effects of illness, bad habits, and infrequent activities,having some inconveniences on living.

Apperence of natural ageing, such as gray hair, wrinkles, slower reaction, etc. Bu t s t i l l c a n a c t freely and healthy.

5% Old-old Last stage of life, cannot act freely. The body has been effect by ageing.

How is elderlies' daily life?

According to the targets that I interviewed, elderly people almost stay at home all day. They cannot go out often because of the body state. This chart shows the average time they spend on each home area and activity in each day.

Sleeping - 8.3 hrs Media - 1 hr Eating - 0.5 hr

Bed room Creating - 0.6 hr Reading - 0.3 hr Association - 0.1 hr

Clothing - 0.2 hr

11.3 hrs

Eating - 1.3 hrs Dining room

2.3 hrs

Cooking - 0.2 hr

Home Daily Life

Kitchen 0.3 hr

Living room 9.3 hrs

Bath room 0.8 hr

Cleaning - 0.8 hr

Media - 6.8 hrs Sleeping - 1.1 hrs Association - 0.9 hr Eating - 0.5 hr

Interview To find the home-living problems of elderlies, 30 households with elder people were visited and interviewed, and data was later analyzed with MAXQDA quantitive software.

"I have problems on holding things, but I don’t want to bother my famalies with this ” -Mr. Cheng, age: 86

"Need a chair to support me when getting out of bed or a furniture when walking” -Mrs. Huang, age: 82

"I have to carry walking stick to anytime and everywhere, because I cannot walk steady. I don’t feel safe without it.

-Mrs. Chen, age: 76

Inconvenience of elderlies Many inconvenience are mentioned during the interview. After analysed the data with qualitative research mothed. 3 main problems that elderlies face everyday are concluded in the end.

Instability During interviews, many mentioned body instability while walking and changing positions. To maintain stability by relying on assistive devices or furnitures was crucial.

Inconvenience Problems with carrying or holding things while supporting themselves by walking assistive device or furniture, and not wanting to bother others with this.

Unclear Sight Many mentioned not being able to see clearly when waking up at the middle of the night for toilet and drinking water.

Sketch

Prototyping Some parts of HomeWalker are made by CNC machine, and install all parts with woodwork.

Exploded View

Design Details HomeWalker has two forms — the walking, and the table form. Two are easily interchangeable when needed, to satisfy different activity.

Walking

Transfering

This form helps users walk steadily. The half-table design could carry things while the user is walking.Â

Users can easily transfer bet just by pulling and pushing.

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The table can be unfolded for any situations where a flat surface is in need, such as eating, reading, card playing, etc.

Night Mode HomeWalker is also friendly for night times. The light in front can light the way in the dark, to see if there is any obstacle. It could also be use as a nightlight besides the bed, and provide the support while user is leaving the bed.

Post-occupancy Evaluation 23 users were invited to use the device for the post-occupancy evaluation.

Most of the users thought the experience was different and better than the traditional aluminum walking device sold in the market.

Exterior Choosing wood as the main material of HomeWalker makes users feel that it is textured and the shape is elegant. Some of them suggest, use composite materials will be interesting.

Function Users felt convenient and useful because of its multifunction. The extendable table could be used for eating, reading, and many other occasions.

Using Most of the users suggested that two wheels is safer and more stable than four wheels. Some of the users mentioned feeling safe because of its heavy weight, and that it’s steadier than the traditional walking device in market.

Mental Most of the users believe that they will not be judged while using Homewalker, and it is different from tradinional walking assistive devices. The extendable table makes it more like a furniture, and has a warmer and roomy touch.

CMF To make HomeWalker more energetic by using composive materials and different color, choosing aluminum as the material and powder coating with different colors as finishing of the upper part of HomeWalker, oak as material of the lower part of HomeWalker.

PANTONE P 10-7 U

PANTONE P 48-13 U

Energetic.

PANTONE P 127-16 U

PANTONE P 104-8 U

Heals your heart with funny idea.

Homer's Donuts Coasters Set Design

IDEA The design of Homer Simpson’s coasters set is based off Homer’s obsession with donuts.

Several items are included in this set — a Homer’s mug, four donut-shaped coasters, and a base shaped as Homer’s face, can be used in the office or at home as a mood booster.

Homer's face base It is designed to look like the moment when Homer is going to bite the donut.

His hair is a handle that users can use to take the whole set at the same time.

While all the coasters are returned to the base, it will look like Homer is drowned in donuts.

Design Details

Donut coasters I n c l u d e s fo u r c o l o r s , t wo d o n u t s a r e complete, the other two are bitten.

Homer's mug The same mug that Homer uses in the animation.

Warm the world with love.

UNITY Smart Watch Design

Brief Nowdays, the number of elderlies living alone is increasing. Therefore, knowing and caring for our neighbours should be a norm.

UNITY assist users to know body status and encourage people to help each other in the neighborhood. While emergency situation take place, press the emergency botton for help.

UNITY would then show the personal information to the helpers, including the location and current status of the person who’s in needing assistance.

Design Details

Physiological Status Detect and show physiogical status, such as heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature respiratory, etc.

Bettery Level

Emergency Call

UNITY Botton

It can sense accidents, such as falling and stroke by detecting physiogical status, and will trigger a call to an emergency contact and 911 automatically.

Medication Reminder A l a r m c a n be s et to re m i nd u s e rs fo r medication intake.

When accident takes place...

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UNITY would notice user’s physical status and react with different situations .

Slight discomfort: Users can press the botton and send the messege to neighbors asking for help.

Emergency situation: UNITY would automatically call 911 and emergency contact.

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CLICK! Fall down detected

After clicking the botton, UNITY would send the information to the recievers or hospital, including drug allergy, medical history and current status.

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When helper recieves the message and comes to help, UNITY will disalarm, and return to original state.

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Albert is 80 years old, and lives alone. One day, he is walking in his house.

Suddenly, he falls down on the hallway accidently.

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Louis is Albert's neighbor, he receives the help message from Albert when he is drinking tea at home.

Louis looks at the UNITY, it shows current location of Albert.

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With no one's help, Alber t cannot stand up. And UNITY sences user had fell down.

Nevertheless, Albert can send the help message because he is wearing UNITY!

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Louis immediently arrives Albert's home, helps him up and checks his state.

Both UNITY disarmed after Louis came for Albert.

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Lively.

Choosing 3 bright colors to make UNITY more lively, also could attract sight that users could found UNITY easily with.

PANTONE P 124-13 U

PANTONE P 34-6 U

Feel free on the rock beach.

Amphibious Outdoor Equipment Design

Brief Amphibious is a pair of shoes for both land and sea activities. It is a combination of wading shoes and diving fins. The shape of Amphibious is based on rock and wave.

Problem Nowadays, people love exploring everywhere, incuding rock beach, to enjoy diving and waterjumping. But having to bring both wading shoes and diving fins is annoying.

Design Details The fin is made by Hydrogel, a material that expands in water,and shrinks out of water. When walking on the rock it is hidden in the shoes. When diving in the ocean, the fin will expand because of the presence of water. When getting out from the ocean, the fin will shrink by itself.

Neoprene A p o p u l a r m a t e r i a l fo r m a k i n g p r o te c t i v e c l o t h i n g fo r a q u a t i c activities. It is flexible, soft and abrasive resistant.

Sheet Rubber 0.3mm sheet rubber could protect user’s toes and heels from the rock.

Non-Woven

Hydrogel

Using slip material at the bottom of shoes for walking safety.

Diving fins will expand after users jump into the ocean.

On Rock When walking on the rock, people will need the wading shoes to protect users from the sharp rock.

In Ocean While swimming, people will need the diving fins to swim freely in the ocean.

Steady.

Enthusiastic.

For the one who loves basketball.

Triple B Logo & Jersey Design

Baller For people who loves basketball Basketball Provide basketball breaking news Breaking News Update players’ personal news Logo design for basketball fan page of “Triple B”, based on the letters T and B. The team jersey was designed with a navy blue and gold yellow theme to represent a steady defense and sharp offense.

Create your own wooden desk organizer.

Wooden Workshop Workshop Design

Brief The workshop is designed to let participants experience different ways to process wood by completing wooden desk organizer. It includes 4 stations, CNC, lazer cutter, woodworking machine and hand tools.

Design Detail Three parts are included in the wooden organizer, board, accessory and base. The participants would complete each part in different station to learn the different use of woodwork machine in each station.

Board

Accessory

Base

Design Process Organizer were designed in 5 different forms. Picture No.5 is the final version.

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Workshop Process

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CNC

Lazer Cutter

The CAD of base had been designed, par ticipants would learn how to basically operate CNC machine.

Fe w s h a p e s o f a c c e ss o r i e s a r e provided to the participants. Certainly, they also could create any shape they like.

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Woodworking Machine

Hand Tools

Participants could design different style of baord with scroll sawing machine by their own.

After previous stations, hand tools are used to finish the organizer, including sandpaper, chisel, saw, etc.

Share the memories with friends and families.

NicaMemory Postcards Design

Brief Beautiful moments captured during my stay in Nicaragua are made into postcards in this project. Convert Nicaragua’s landscape into iconic object. Each card contains an iconic object that’s meaningful and unique to the local culture. To build a light texture, the packaging consists of bamboo and hemp rope that are bound like the famous local food “Nacatamal”.

Send the sceneries and words to family and friends. Or bring the whole set back as decoration on the office desk, best choice for gifts and self-use.

Nacatamal: A traditional Nicaraguan food.

Design Detail Each symbol icon containes meaningful culture, special architechture or magnificent natural scenery. Even the recievers have never been to Nicaragua, they could take vicarious pleasure in seeing these postcards.

Thank You!