Yen Chen Lai Taipei, Taiwan Feb. 25, 1994
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E-mail marc.yc.lai@gmail.com Mobile +886983192469
iCandy, Taiwan agent
3D Modling
Taipei, Taiwan/ Feb. 2015 - April. 2017 Marketing & Sales Dept. Visual Designer
Education Tatung University
Responsible for stores (commercial space) design and display, key visual design of events, CIS planning (for museparc’s generic brand Mama & Dada)
Alias PTC Creo Rhino
Taipei, Taiwan/ Sept. 2012 - June 2016 Bachelor of Design in Industrial Design
Free Lancer Taipei, Taiwan/ Feb. 2013 - April. 2015 Create graphic design for editorial design (planning photography, annual key visual) and venue decoration, clients including Ministry of Education, Republic of China(Taiwan), Ministry of Science and Technology, Republic of China (Taiwan), etc.
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2D Photoshop Illustrator InDesign
Product Design Project Project1 JellyBubble Project2 Xtrawave Speaker Project3 Xtrawave Guider Project4 Door Knob Project5 Ocean Project6 eDrawer Socket Project7 Firefly
Other Design Booth Design Graphic Design
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Name / Jelly Bubble Year / 2014 Materials / Acrylic, Wood, Plastic, Electronic Devices Purpose / When people are not at home, how can they play with pets and accompany with them?
Subject When people are not at home, how can they play with pets and accompany with them?
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PROCESS
Design
Inspiration We were inspired by a product which used to be very popular in Taiwan. The device allows users keep a digital pet that can accompany with users everywhere. Digital pet grows with the increasing of numbers of the paces regard related to users’ daily walk. And we started to think, why it can’t be applied simultaneously.
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Target Agent
How Fish tank was applied because it is a stable and decorative object set in house, and combined it with existed technology (for example, smartphone, Wi-Fi, digital camera, temperature sensor).
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Idea Sketch 005
The first idea came up with a little boat sailing on the fish tank. This proposal combines three parts. The first part is installed in the fish tank, aims to monitor water temperature. The second part is installed outside the fish tank, aims to pump fresh air into the fish tank. The third part is the little boat that takes charge of taking photos and feeding fishes (There is a fish food container and release system). However, the proposal is too complicated for users. So, it was later been redesigned. Through redesign, using method was simplified.
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LED Lighter Bar
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Cap
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LED Light Bar Touch Controller
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Bubble Generator
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Camera
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Sensor
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Power Indicator
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Power Button
Max Light
Min Light
Details
By setting camera inside the cylinder plastic shell, the camera can go up and down and rotate, providing the 360-degree view. As for light bar, users can easily adjust the light by touching the bar located outside the fish tank’s wall.
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Navigation Through the navigation button, users are allowed to control the height and angle of camera, which is built inside Jelly Bubble. This allows Jelly Bubble send the real-time image to user’s smartphone.
Bubble This button allows users control the bubble generator in Jelly Bubble. Users can interact with pet by this function.
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Picturing the view inside Jelly Bubble and sharing it to Facebook or other social platforms.
Auto Feed This function can feed fishes automatically. By controlling this mechanism remotely, food can be storage inside Jelly Bubble for users to feed fishes anytime.
Similar to playing digital monster, this App can simulate the real interaction between human and fish anytime and anywhere.
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Portable pet for real. Not only play games but also being real.
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Name / Xtrawave Speaker Year / 2016 Materials / Nylon, ABS, Electronic Devices Purpose / This is a situation in which people would like to listen to music without annoying others. However, wearing headphone may be uncomfortable for some users and isolated them from crowd.
Design Concept
Problem This is a situation in which people would like to listen to music without annoying others. However, wearing headphone may be uncomfortable for some users and isolated them from crowd.
Analysis
Uncomfortable Everyone can enjoy music toghther. Good sound, but cost a lot,and depends on what place to listen.
No Marketing Chance.
Too noisy for other people. Sound is differ from space to space.
Public
Private No noise to the other people in the same place. Generally the same sound in various space.
Design Target
Can’t talk or interact with other people while listening music. Uncomfortable to ears when using it for a long time.
Finding new solution.
Comfortable
Solution After doing research for discovering technologies to solve this problem, p a solution was finally identified.
General Speaker
Super Directional Speaker / Parametric Speaker.
Frequency of Wave from this Device. General Sound O Can be heard
Sound Source Sound Source.
The Maximium Range Can Hear the Sound.
The Maximium Range Parametric Speaker.
Ultra Wave X Can’t be heard
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Design Process 011
　Firstly, a virus shape was applied to symbolize that the infectiousness of music is as powerful as virus. As for functional purpose, this X shape help cluster the wave and enhance the effect of super directional speaker and also expand the sound zone by using the least speaker.
Phase 1 In this phase, PU Foam and CNC was used to make models for simulating the final appearance of this product. By feeling this real object, some details and scale were corrected and the final prototype became better.
Phase 2 This is the final prototype, SLA 3D Printing technology was applied to make shells of the product. The real PCB, speaker kit and other electronic unit were also put into the model that made the prototype work as the real one.
Mock-up Making
　Through the first phase, we can touch and observe the real shape and size of our product. Without this step, mistakes can only be revealed from the final prototype. At the second phase, we focused on making final prototype. By correcting mistakes from the first phase, the second model works correctly.
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Introduction 66
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Features
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User Interface
1. Handle Sharing Mode
Private
2. 5mm jack 3. Bluetooth setting button 2
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4. Auto-Turing Mechanism Sharing Mode
5. Sensor
Private Mode
6. Control Panel
Volume
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By tracking the location and distance of smartphone, Xtrawave Speaker can automatically adjust the frequency of the wave and play music to specific users.
maximum 30°
maximum 100m
Connection Connect user’s phone easily
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Direction Automatically track users.
Distance Detect distance between users and speaker, adjust the frequency of wave.
　Super-Directional Speaker and normal speaker were applied for creating two different modes: SHARING MODE and ENJOY ALONE MODE for not annoying people who stays in the same place with the user. In this circumstance, users can also talk to others while listening to music, instead of being isolated by earphone.
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Name / Xtrawave Guider Year / 2016 Materials / 3D Concept Modeling Purpose / Dignity missing among blind people.
Design Concept
　Although helping others is a good behaviour. However, in the deep mind of disabled, they must desire to be as the same as normal people. So, this product was designed to help blind people. By using existed technology, this product could help disabled keep their dignity and make their daily living more convenient.
Problem Dignity missing among blind people.
Target
Target It is quite difficult for blind people to identified directions. Therefore, helping them solve this problem is our primary goal. By applying this product, disabled can go to their destination by themselves without others’ help. So, in train station or any other public place, they would be treat as normal people, other people wouldn’t notice any difference.
Problem
New Guider
How
How By using this product, disabled could be the same with ordinary people on a certain level. They can recognize direction by using the band, and travel to their destination independently. This band simulates the pulling force from guiding dog by vibrating from different sides.
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Idea Sketch 017
At the beginning, many different proposals were mentioned, including Drones. Super Directional Speaker was set up in drones, for playing orientation guidance to the target to guide them to their destination. However, we realized that why not just redesign the product that the blind people use every day. Finally, guide brick was choose to be further developed.
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3D Modeling
Sensor
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The sensors give the information of destination to the band. 2
Connecter The connectors supply power to each guide bricks and transmit information between other guide brick units.
Hump Humps give blind people physical feeling.
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Wristband By receiving the information of destination from the sensor on the guider brick, the band transform it to vibrations which possess different directions.
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Introduction Behaviours While users walk into available range, the band will vibrate from all direction to notice users that they have walked into available range. The route could be set up by users’ families or friends.
Trigger Xtrawave Guider’s Action Once the process is done, the vibrations from guider bricks could lead users to their destination.
When walking into available range of product, the band will start to guide users to their destination.
Guider
How it works Only two steps are required to set up this product. By these two kits, we can easily install them on the ground. They’ll automatically transmit information to each other and supply power to every units.
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Name / Door Knob Year / 2013 Materials / ABS Purpose / To control the attendees of important meeting who can enter the door easily.
Research
How
Fingerprints
It is very inconvenient to recognize who are authorized to attend the meeting and who can enter the door. Normally, people have to take out their ID Card and put it nearby the machine that being installed on the wall, and then, they finally get the permission to enter the door. I think there definitely have some more convenient ways to achieve the same result.
I decided to design the door knob which is optimized for conference room. While an important meeting is in progress, the product will detect user’s identification. A word “meeting� will also display on the little screen on the product.
With the ability of identifying fingerprints, this product could detect attenders of the meeting, and authorize them their enter licenses.
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Meeting
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Mock-up Making Many models were made for ensuring the scale of product is correct.
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How it works 　It requires users to register their fingerprint previously, and meeting holder needs to select attendees before the meeting. When meeting starts, attendees can use this door knob to get the authorize licenses by fingerprints.
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Name / Ocean Year / 2015 Materials / EK foam, Clay Purpose / I developed this form from Orcinus orca and Slingshot Autosculpt of sport cars to show the shape of speed.
Idea Sketch I developed this form from Orcinus orca and Slingshot Autosculpt of sport cars to show the shape of speed.
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Mock-up Making I use EK Foam and clay to discover the shape of speed.
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Name / eDrawer Socket Year / 2015 Materials / 3D Concept Modeling Purpose / There are too many steps to charge smartphone. It is also inconvenient for users to bring USB cable everywhere.
Problem 　There are too many steps to charge smartphone. It is also inconvenient for users to bring USB cable everywhere. 1
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USB Cable
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Socket
The place to put smartphone
How The original charging method
Charging with eDrawer Socket
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Idea Sketch The concept was inspired by drawer. I started to think why not use this mechanism to solve the inconvenience of charging digital device.
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Step 1 Press the center of the socket
Step 2 USB port will pop out.
Step 3 Put on the phone and start charging.
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Name / Fire Fly Year / 2017 Materials / 3D Concept Modeling Purpose / Like a real Firefly, the lighting function of the Firefly emits light signals in the dark. When the light signal turns g reen, that means the river has cleaned. If the light signal turns red, which means the river was contaminated.
Design Concept
　Firefly is a design for water quality monitoring, like a river guardian, which can immediately detect harmful chemical pollutants that illegally released from factories. By moving backwards and forwards along the river, these illegal-released will no longer be discovered such difficultly.
Solution
How it works? Warning
Detection
NEW Warning System Positioning
As chemical and microbiological compounds flow across the Wi-Fi water sensor, it can detect pollutants in water instantly, on the spot.
Lighting
This function can even effectively prevent the pollutants which illegally released from factories. Red light / Contaminated
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Introduction OUT
Features 1. Solar battery. 2. Filter 3. Led light 4. Stabilizers 5. Power
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The operating principle of Firefly is based on continuous movement of water flow. 035
Nearby Fireflies will automatically bring together in polluted area for easy identification.
River Guard System 　Like a real Firefly, the lighting function of the Firefly emits light signals in the dark. When the light signal turns green, that means the river has cleaned. If the light signal turns red, which means the river was contaminated.
Other field of Design Graphic Design Booth Design
Final Term Expo
of Tatung University Department of Industrial Design
Client: Tatung University Department of Industrial Design Student Expo Date: 2015 Teamwork Curator: Marc YenChen Lai Designer: MarcYenChen Lai, Rita Lin, PinJie Lian Photographer: Fei Chen
We spent a lot of times capturing the moment of dropping ink into water, waiting for the perfect image.
In this project, I also took charge in planning the Expo. As a leader, I have to assign works to my classmates, estimate working hours and control the cost.
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Graphic Design Client: museparc,Ltd (iCandy Taiwan Agent) Date: 2015-2017 Designer: Marc YenChen Lai
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Booth Design Client: museparc,Ltd (iCandy Taiwan Agent) Date: 2015-2017 Designer: Marc YenChen Lai
Client needs a module design that can fit every space and change anytime. So I modularize the cabinet system and design every single cabinet and display platform.
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Client Ministry of Science and Technoology R.O.C.(Taiwan), Oriental Cuisine Tatung University, iCnady(Taiwan) Date: 2015-2017 Designer: Marc YenChen Lai
marc.yc.lai@gmail.com +886983129469