Portfolio 2014.2015
Industrial Design Virginia Chan
Portfolio 2014.2015
Industrial Design Virginia Chan
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About Me
Who am I? Virginia Chan
Projects
BraAid Dressing Aid
ELEVA Ladder Home Furniture
Moveme Medical Aid
Skills
Graphics Renderings Sketches
About Me
Who am I ? Hi there! My name is
Virginia Chan.
I was born in the US, raised in
Panama, recently graduated from Industrial Design in Taiwan. As a person, I am very dedicated, optimistic, and organized and consider myself as a good team player and a curious researcher. Outside of work, I like to cook, sing in the shower and take pictures all over the world. I love to design because is a different way of solving problems with creativity and empathy. I’m currently looking foward my next challenge and adventure in the world of design, so I can keep learning and improving my skills.
Virginia Chan 陳美生 chanixb@hotmail.com +886-981-047-872
2009
Instituto Cultural Billingue High School Diploma
Spanish Mother Tongue
2010
USMA - Panama Industrial Engineering
English TOEFL Advance
2011
MTC, Shida - Taiwan Chinese Language Center
Mandarin TOP Intermediate
Cantonese Family
Presentations Keynote
Graphic Design Adobe Photoshop
3D Modeling Creo Parametrics
Microsoft Office
Adobe Illustrator
Rhinoceros Autodesk Alias
2015
Taipei Tech. - Taiwan B. Sc. Industrial Design
Taiwanese Still learning...
Renders Keyshot 4
2011
2015
Taipei Tech. 100-1 ID. Week Bronze Medal Award
Taiwan’s Young Designers Exhibition Finalist
2012
Young Pin Design Award Special Sponsor Award
大閎國際文具精品設計競賽
Honorable Mention Taipei Tech. 100-2 ID. Week Gold Medal Award 2014
4th International Symposium on Technology for Sustainbility (ISTS) Presentation Award
Taipei Tech. Dept. Industrial Design Second Place UDN Design Competition 2015 Shortlist
p roje cts BraAid Dressing Aid ELEVA Ladder Home Furniture Moveme Medical Aid
BraAid Dressing Aid OVERVIEW Bra Aid is a portable device that helps women wear a bra with one hand, letting amputee women feel more indepentent.
Project 1 // BraAid Dressing Aid for women
Year
Type of Project
Duration
2015
Individual
6 months
User’s background Many amputations are performed every year, in which 60% are from the upper limb. Women without an arm faces many difficulties in daily life: one of them is wearing a brassiere, which is a task that needs two hands in order to be done.
In the US, more than 41,000 persons are registered who had an amputation of hand or complete arm . Single handed or arm injured women cannot wear brassieres by themselves, so they lose confidence.
Problem The main problem is that they cannot reach the other side of the bra. As they pull one side of the bra, it moves the position, slipping away, making it hard to connect both sides, but with BraAid, not only amputated but wounded women can also be able to wear pretty bras easily with a single hand.
Design concept BraAid is a small clip designed to help armless and wounded women wear a brassiere easily with a single hand. Our mission is to pump up the user’s confidence, let them be able to wear brassieres as they like anywhere, anytime, without being helped by others. Its function is to fix one side of the bra at the front, so the other hand can hook both sides of it at the diaphragm zone, and then easily turn around the bra and wear it correctly.
Background Research Single armed and wounded women mostly depends on others to help them wear brassieres, or they simply don’t wear any, which it lowers their self-esteem as a women. Many of them have tried DIY projects or current dressing aids, but haven’tfullfill their needs, since they are big and complicated to use. But with BraAid, they can easy wear their brassieres independently, getting more confidence as a woman.
Design features
1 BraAid is a small clip that secures one side of the bra in the front, so women can fasten their bra by themselves. Easy to use and small enough to travel with.
2 Users can decide which color of clip they want to use. Easy to separate with one hand.
A
Structure
A
Bra clip: Holds the bra and secures it once its down
B
Plastic body: Rounded for easy grabbing
C
Scarf clip: Easy to open with one hand. Holds the scarf
B C
C Rounded shape makes it ergonomic and appealing.
3
Assambly
How to Fasten
2
1
1 attach
Pull up to open
3
2
Insert
4
open Push down
SECURED!
Usage
Place the scarf around. Hold on scarf with thighs.
Lock the clip to the scarf. Pull up the white bra clip.
Place one bra’s side in the middle of the clip.
Lock the bra by pushing down the white clip.
Take the other side to the front and fasten the bra.
Take off the scarf and pull them out.
Turn around the brassiere.
Arrange the brassiere in the correct way. Done!
Design Process
Prototype No. 1
Prototype No. 2
Current model
It was made for testing. The ball was to grab the fabric with thighs.
The ball became a bag in order to reduce space, and for easy storage
It was reduced to the clip only. The size is smaller and adapts to any fabric.
Strap
Ball
Clip
Model Making
Techniques - 3D printing - Spray Painting - Sandpaper polish - Laser cutting*
Packaging
What’s in the box?
The package of the product was also
1
designed. In the inside, it contains a piece of fabric, the bra clip and the scarf clip.
2
Inside*
3
Final Model & Package
Project 2 // ELEVA Home furniture
Year
Type of Project
Duration
2015
Individual
6 months
ELEVA Ladder OVERVIEW ELEVA is a safety ladder that facilitates the task of moving an object to a higher place without losing contact points.
Background Research 3 CONTACT POINTS
Many ladder users doesn’t take into consideration the safety regulations or doesn’t have the knowledge of them, such as the 3 points contact rule. Safety regulations are very important, but still many users ignore them, which causes many accidents. In order to be considered SAFE, the user should keep 3 points of contact with the ladder (two hands and one foot or both feet and a hand).
Correct
Wrong
2 CONTACT POINTS
FALL!
Defining the problem When there’s a need to move something to a highe place, people tend to LOSE a contact point since both hands are holding the object, or loses two points when climbing (only rests a foot) making the situation more dangerous.
Design concept
ELEVA ladder will help users move things from one point to a higher place, so that the person can climb the ladder without loosing the 3 points of contact. It can make the task like moving books, boxes, and other objects upward easier, and also avoid accidents.
ELEVA is made for home use only, reason why it is designed to look more modern and is smaller than other industrial ladders.
ladder
elevator
home
Main points
1
The object first goes up, then the person. It works like an elevator.
2
It avoids any accidents, by following all the safety usage (3 points of contact).
3
It allows to place the object anywhere the user wants.
Design features
ELEVA ladder platform can move in a vertical line to move up the object upwards.
The platform also moves in a horizontal line when at the top to allocate the object at the wanted spot.
It contains two locks at each side that will secure the platform automatically when needed.
How to use
1
Place
-Open platform -Place object on top
2
Lift
-Lift the platform pull up the handle
3
Climb
-Climb with 3 points of contact
4
Push
-Push the platform to move object
Design Process Prototype No. 1
Prototype No. 2
Current model
Based on the concept of extension ladders, it contained a pulley.
The style changed to a more modern one. Pulley was replaced by locks.
Size was reduced to fit more at home. Style is warmer and platform has a handle.
Techniques
Model Making
- Wood modeling
- Sandpaper polish
- Spray Painting
- 3D printing
ELEVA Ladder
Render & size 梯子
移動
居家
50
180 25 180
50
90
Final model 1:2
oveme OVERVIEW A pad that facilitates the task of turning over a patient in bed, reducing the force needed in order to move a patient and turn over.
Project 3 // Moveme Medical Aid - Turn over pad
Year
Type of Project
Duration
2014
Team Group
1.5 years
Designers
Virginia Chan
Zhongyi, Huang
Yaqi, Zhang
Aure Tai
Background Research
Patients have to be turned over each 2 hours in order to avoid skin ulcers. Repositioning a patient is an activity requires at least 4 persons. Our job was to create a product that could help nurses to turn over a patient, protecting them and to reduce the force needed in order to move them from one side of the bed to the other.
Pressure ulcers are caused mostly in these places.
Defining the problem
The problem of turning over a patient is that once turned over, they aren’t located at the center of the bed, but at one side. The picture shown is the DIY product a hospital made . They used pvc tubes, mixed with strings, plastic bags and fabric. Some problems found were: - Pvc tubes are too hard and can harm the patient - It is hard to understand how it is used - Heavy and hard to storage.
Defining the users
Moveme is designed to help nurses to move the patient from one side of the bed to the other, reducing the danger of health problems such as back pain.
It is also designed for the patient to be comfortable enough since it is placed below them for a long time of period.
Design concept
“Moveme� is a pad that helps to transfer a patient from one side of the bed to the other by sliding it, in order to turn over 90 degrees. Benefits - Less number of nurses - Reduces bedsores possibilities - Lower the difficulties in the process
Design considerations
Tensile
Breathable
Antibacterial
Low friction
Design features Continous track loop
45 Degrees side cuts
Easy, fast storage
Made of fabric, the continous track reduces the force needed to move the patient because of a low friction material.
The cuts are made to focus the force to equal so the fabric reduces wrinkles.
Easy to storage to reduce space. Just fold twice in the middle and become easy to carry.
45庌
45庌
Hand sketches
Prototypes
Material tests
Material We did several evaluations to different materials to test their brethability, strengh resistant and waterproof.
Hospital Evaluation
Yilan Veteran Hospital We sent our models to test for few days and let nurses evaluate it in different aspects.
Current model Handles
Patient area
Continous track (low friction)
Moveme features - Easy to understand - Stays below the patient - Reduces time and personal - Comfort for patients - Easy manufacture
How to use
1
Open
5
2
3
Fold to half
At turning over, grab both handles
6
Turn patient 90째 and insert
Easily pull the patient
7
4
Take out the other side
Help them turn over
Gra p hic d esig n Visuals and posters
Logo VC
El Tucan
2D Render Casio
Growing up
This is you
Odette
RENDERINGS 3D Models and renderings Creo - Alias - Rhinoceros
Ipod Shuffle
Hive
Mouse
Sculpture pin
Hang Out Speaker
Bluetooth speaker designed in 2013
s ketc h es Just a few drawings
Sketches
Sketches
Sketches
Sketches
Sketches
Sketches
Portfolio 2014.2015
Virginia Chan