The members of Swellephant worked with Johnson and Johnson under the direction of ASU’s Innovation Space program to develop products that met the client’s specific design challenge. Their challenge proposed the need for products to protect the skin from insect bites, particularly mosquitoes, to allow people to live healthier, happier lives. Once the team was formed (with a graphic designer, industrial designer, engineer, and business major), we dived into research and brainstorming. This process came to a close with three unique products and a book to catalog it all.
I L LUMI NATE TO E L IM IN AT E While also functioning as a night light, this product attracts mosquitoes away from children while they sleep to prevent being bitten.
REC L AI M YO U R BAC KYA R D Pulling its power from the sun, this product was designed to create an outdoor space free of mosquitoes. This is done with a reflective surface, which mosquitoes commonly confuse with water. Once they land on Mivoda, they are met with a light charge that zaps them.
A STE P I N T H E R IG H T P ROT EC T IO N Our last product offers constant protection of your lower body in the from of consistent bursts of repellent. Designed to be tied through shoe laces, Elevia can be positioned securely on your ankles to avoid the need to reapply repellent in the great outdoors.
R E SEA RCH BOOK SP REA DS
GRA 464: Fall 2017 Collaborative Design Development I
Students: C. Hammes, R. Reid, M. Rudolph, M. Sawyer Instructors: Prasad Boradkar, Craig Hedges, Rhett Trujillo