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00/About me
00/Catalog
Education Background Industrial design University of Illinois, at Urbana-Champaign
Work Experience From June 2016 to August 2016
Industrial design assistant
Assistive Chair Page3 - Page7
Kingwin Home Deco.,China From May 2017 to June 2017
UI/UX design assistant Haier Group Corporation, China
Professional Skills Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Adobe Illustrator Adobe XD Adobe After Effects Sketch HTML/CSS Python Solidworks Ketshot Microsoft Excel Microsoft Suite
About my designs I usually define myself as an observer of life then a designer. I believe design is from daily life, and we unconsciously live in a world of design. So my designs are based on my own life experience.
Contact Information 217-979-7865 yzhng188@illinois.edu
EasyPark Page8 - Page12
ToGo Box Page13 - Page17
T-Cube Page18 - Page21
Coco Page22 - Page27
Juicer Page28 - Page30
Assistive Chair Help to stand up from a sitted position
Knee Replacement
51.4 million Inpatient Surgeries happen 719,000 knee replacements 332,000 hip replacements
Whether it is from an injury, surgery or disability we have noticed getting up from a chair can be challenging for people. It is much harder than we thought for a person with an impairment to stand up or sit down. We want to design a chair that will reduce their pain and discomfort.
User center design
Others
80%
14%
A short survey sent out to people of all ages. We received 58 results. The purpose for this survey is to find out if people really suffering from this problem and people's current solution when they had a procedure or injury. Moreover, people's preference on choice of products.
Hip Replacement
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2010)
Empathic Modeling
Why we design?
Data Analysis
01/Research
6%
If the product looked like a normal chair, would you be more likely to use it? Please explain your answer below.
What lifestyle changes did you make in order to maintain your daily routine?
22.5%
Purchase Assistive products
“I would prefer it to be attractive and comfortable as possible yet still functional with back support.”
25%
Just suffer through it
88% Yes
What gender do you identify with? Male 28%
Female 72%
27.5%
10%
Others
“It wouldn’t be embarrassing to use if it looked like a normal chair!”
Pain killers
Have you ever had a procedure or injury that limited your ability to stand from a seated position? Yes
54%
No 46%
15%
Avoid certain pieces of furniture
“A special chair, no matter how it looks like, is still a special chair for me due to my misfortune. Root problem is not covering up how the chair 12% looks,it’s how people’s minds No are moulded”
“It wouldn’t make me feel old” “If it looked nice like regular furniture I'd be more likely to use it.”
Ideation
01/Development
In our ideation part, we focus on all the possible life scene that a person with diffculties on standing up from a seated possition. The purspose for doing this is try to not blind our eyes and limit ourselves. And the final dicision is to go with assistive chair, because this is people usually deal with.
01/Modeling process
01/Final model
EasyPark Parking App Redesign
02/Problem and Concept
Problems
Concepts
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It is a trouble to calculate the time you park in quarters.
+ I need to park my car for five minutes, but I have to pay in the app for 30 minutes.
Timer
Credit card
Use the timer to calculate the time you stay in one parking spot.
Link your credit card to the app. After you leave the parking lot, the money will automatically be withdrawn from the card.
02/Meet EASYPARK
02/Steps
In the second step, you will need to fill out all the information. There must be a credit card linked to your account. Click on "Start" to start the timer.
This is the main screen of the app. You can select which car you want to park in t his step.
02/Steps
The timer is on. Click on "I am leaving" to stop the timer.
Then the app will automatically calculate how much you have spent. Finally, click on "Done" then you are all set!
ToGo Box Gum Container Redesign
The gum container in the market right now has two main problems. First, when you put the gum container inside your bag, they have a great chance of accidentally opening up. And it is dirty to pick up the gum from the inside of the container.
User center design
PIE CHART 3
Process Experiencing
Empathic Modeling
Why we design?
03/Research
I do not like the design of current gum container.
83%
A short survey sent out to people of all ages. The purpose of this study is to find out people's satisfaction toward the current gum container design.
03/Development
03/Feature points
The container can separate two different flavors. This also means this container could have two kinds of flavor. To refill, you open the top part.
The bottom portion is locked and cannot be open. So the only way you want to take your gum out is to turn the bottom part to the left or right.
If you try to put this container on the table, it is not going to roll all over the place. It will stay where it is.
03/Final model
T-Cube Bath Tap Redesign
Group3 “It is hard to adjust the water temperature.”
Group2 “The water scale on the tap is really hard to clean up.”
Group4 “Pretty satisfied with the design right now.”
G1
G2
G3
G4
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Observation
The taps right now in the market needs some improvements. There are always two taps to control the hot and cold water. First, it takes time to figure out which one controls hot water and which one controls cold water. It is really hard to adjust the temperature. And most people do not know the best temperature for showering.
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A short survey sent out to people of all ages. The purpose of this study is to find out people's satisfaction toward the taps in the bath or shower. In this graph, Group1 to 4 represents how many times this problem has mentioned by participacients.
Literature research
Group1 “The taps are confusing.”
Mind Map
Why I design?
User center design
04/Research "Washing the face in the shower with hot water at 112 degrees followed by a splash of cold water may help open up the pores to clean them out better, then close them tight for healthy-looking facial skin, she says. Dermatologists generally define cold water as around 70 degrees Fahrenheit, though some doctors may put it at a lower temperature." "The optimal temperature to wash away environmental dirt and bacteria, she says, is 112 degrees or lower, “though you’d have to put a thermometer under the spigot to get an exact reading.” A shower orbath “should feel warm and not uncomfortably hot,” she says." Mitchell, H. (2016, Januar y 04). Burning Question: What Is the Best Water Temperature for Your Bath or Shower? Retrieved January 06, 2018, from https:// www.wsj.com/articles/burning-question-what-is-the-best-water-temperature-for-yourbath-or-shower-1451931152 "Leg immersion in warm water (44 ± 1°C) for 45 min before stretch-shortening exercise reduced most of the indirect markers of exercise-induced muscle damage, including muscle soreness, creatine kinase activity in the blood, maximal voluntary contraction force, and jump height. Decreasing muscle damage did not improve voluntary performance, therefore clinical application of muscle prewarming may be limited." Mooventhan, A., & Nivethitha, L. (2014, May). Scientific Evidence-Based Effects of Hydrotherapy on Various Systems of the Body. Retrieved January 06, 2018, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4049052/
04/Feature points
Cube The design is a cube with four rectangular-shaped button on each side. Instead of a touch screen, this screen is just for display. Use the button on the left and right to adjust the temperature. The range of the adjustment is plus/minus ten degree Fahrenheit. For example, in this case, it is in the "Best shower temperature" mode. I feel this preinstalled temperature is a little bit cold for me, then I can adjust it up to 112 degree Fahrenheit.
Rotate When user wants to change the mode from one to another, simply rotate the whole cube. The mode will be selected and started when the cube is re-leveled.
04/Interaction Design
P r e s s d ow n a ny o f t h e f o u r rectangular-shaped button to awake the system.
There are three preinstall mode and one customize mode. Rotate the whole cube to change the mode.
Press down and hold any of the four rectangular-shaped button for three seconds to shut down the system.
Coco Coconut Opener
Process Experiencing
Coconut is really popular throughout the world, and almost every grocery store that you walk in is selling coconut. Coconut juice and pulp is inside of the shell, which has 208 Brinell Hardness Number in Bridenll Scale( Stainless steel usually has a BHN around 250). However, the way people open a coconut is really barbarous. The most popular way of opening coconuts is by using choppers. However, this is really inconvenient and dangerous for people to use, especially for people who wants to open a coconut at home. Therefore, I come up with this idea to design a coconut opener that is easy to use and also safe to use.
Rational/Irrational Curve
Online Survey
Why I design?
05/Research
Rational/ Irrational Curve Perception Actual Process Interview people's perception
2 + Satisfaction + Enjoyment
+ 0
1 0
0
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0 -1
-2 -The steps before cutting the coconut is too long.
Preparation
STEP 2
Observation
STEP 3
Attempting
1 0 -1
-1 -This step is too long and this takes a lot of effort.
-5 STEP 1
1
STEP 4 Cutting
STEP 5 Open it!
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-2
- I tried to pour coconut water out, but it is really hard.
- When I try to scoop the coconut flesh out of the coconut, it takes a lot of effort.
- When I put a straw in, the outside of the coconut is so wet and seems so sticky.
- The coconut flesh stick with the dregs from the coconut shell.
STEP 6
STEP 7
Enjoy it!
Scoop out the coconut flesh
- The dregs from coconuts are really wet, which cause difficulties on
STEP 8 Clean up
05/Development
05/Modeling process
Shape Testing
Final Model
05/Exploded view
THE PUSHER
A blade connects to the handle at the top. It is made by stainless steel.
THE HOLDER
The big container tube in the middle can be made by butyrate, which is a thermoset plastic. Butyrate has great dimensional stability and high impact strength. It is moisture resistant. Butyrate does not have any report toxins or risks other than manufacturing risks.
THE FILTER
The filter is made out of butyrate and stainless steel.
THE BOWL
The bowl part is in butyrate, which is thermoset plastic.
THE BLADE TABLE
The bottom part has a circular cone in the center of a cross blade. They are made of stainless steel.
05/ Final model
Juicer Reverse Engineer project
06/ Project Brief
TTTThis is a reverse engineer project. The goal of it is to use solidwork to make a 3D model that is 1:1 to the real product by measuring the real Black and Decker juicer. I experience the process of measuring each parts, analyzing, and planing. And I believe it is ture that one need to know how to make a real product that exists before start their own design.