PORTFOLIO OF YUDAN CHEN
Yudan Chen personal information My name is Yudan Chen, I m currently attending the 7th semester of a product design course at the design school of Offenbach(Hfg Offenbach) in Germany. This portfolio gathers a selection of the best works that I have developed both at school and at work, organized so as to show my skills and also the different subjects that I have approached on design. All works include a short description to unvell what is behind every single detail and also to show my conceptual and systematic thinking
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SOLARIUM BÄLLEBAD
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CO-ROBOT
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SOUND PATH
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ROUND COURSE
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SMART WATCH
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COMMERCIAL PROJECT
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Solarium Bällebad Designsprojekt with JK ERGOLINE JK ERGOLINE intends to develop the industrial design project ‚Into the Sun‘ with the background of an innovation-oriented design strategy within the framework of promoting young talents with design students and capacities of the subject area ‚Technical Products and Product Systems‘ at the HfG Offenbach. The project includes questions of user experience and industrial design as well as brand design in a systemic concept and network. Design and new technologies, design and new materials, design and new markets! These are just a few sample parameters to be examined in the process.
Marketing &Forschung
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DISTINCTION
18-45 Traditional
YEARS OLD MAINLY FEMALE
10.1%
EXPLORATION
Progressive
74.9%
High Culture
HIGH EDUCATION
7.9%
HARMONY
WORKING 3.8% 1.5% 0.7%
DISTINCTION
Popular Culture
STIMULATION
High Culture
EXPLORATION
0.6%
Typically the most common user is in the age range of 18-45, so as the female own the mainly part. Educational level is equally important. As research has shown, most users are given „medium“ or „high“ education. Although the workforce is the important factor, the non-working group also has a large share (27%).
Progressive
According to the research, the property of the target group can be defined. „Youth“ „Working“ „High Education“ are three keywords for the description. Thus, the place of application, such as the graphics, approx. 75% in the tanning salon, approx. 10% in the gym, approx. 8% in the swimming pool, approx. 4% at home, about 2% in the hotel and about 0.7% in the beauty studio and there is still about 0.6% in medical facility, sth. Based on the research of users, the design hypothesis is achievable that the new design future target group, which cares not only about appearance but also about enjoyability.
ZIELGRUPPE
Traditional
ZIELGRUPPE
ERGOLINE
HARMONY
Popular Culture
Positionierungsmodell des Markes
STIMULATION
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Idee &Entwicklung The „ball pool“ idea based on the nomalen ball bath, in which children play in the childern‘s park. With the balls, users can simply immerse themselves into the bath so that they can solarize in 360 degrees. Each ball is a UV light device with OLED light source on the surface. The balls also have distance sensor and IR sensor, so that they can know each other‘s identity and location, then there is the expandability, all balls as a system to interact with the user. The original design is in a geometric shape with polygens on the surface. Because the shape is in the nutrient of Sphere, it is easy to integrate with function. As a prototype, the premodel is without functional problems, although aesthetically it is catastrophic, but after that it should be further developed.
Idee &Entwicklung
The Development of Polyhedron With the research of the polyhedron in Rhino 5 comes the variants that can interact with the points and the reflection on a sphere. The more possibilities there are, the better the form evolves. After that I chose the best ones and developed them further
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Form Forschung Premodel is the necessary process of product design as it can show the possibilities to get the ideal shape. The polyhedron is an ideal direction for the „ball bath“, but with the premodel, there are several variants. The designer should consider this in order to balance the advantages and the disadvantages. With this form there is also the opportunity to integrate the robot system. As the design idea that, each ball as an independent unit can communicate with other balls, through IR sensor and distance sensor, with each other, so that all balls work as a self-organized system. The inner structure will function as one robot, with the location signal the robot can move on a surface.
Functional Modell
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Design &Ausstellung
In Ball‘s design, due to the product language, several curves are used, so the sphere looks soft to show accessibility and tactility. The goledene curves are not only patten but also the Matel structure, so that they can support the weight and stress, because the OLED surface is weak and easy to be destroied. The circuit board is hinged, then it can stick on the inside of the ball.
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Co-Robot System Designsprojekt with Wรถhner Currently control cabinets are made of metal. The basic structure consists of a frame, which is covered with sheet metal. The products are usually placed on a mounting plate. The cabinet is always mounted in the factory in Rรถdental. When transporting from the production site to the place of destination, therefore, especially air is transported.
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Research &Branding
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Sicherheit Wöhner GmbH & Co. KG is an electrical engineering company that manufactures and sells products for the distribution and control of electrical energy. Wöhner presented itself innovatively from the beginning and was one of the first companies to replace porcelain as an insulating material with plastic. Wöhner products are always integrated with innovation and sold to switchgear manufacturers and to the electrical trades. The aim of this design project is to use the innovative perspective to research the future usage scenario for electric cupboards.
Handwerk Industrialisierung Autonomous Urban-scale computing
Service
Informationsträger
Kommunikation From product provider to solution provider. In the electronics industry, pure product competence and services are decisive for the market. In the design project for the future scenario, the four key words are important, namely security, service, information carriers, communication
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Ideen &Form-Research
Based on the directions of mathematical fractal, the ideas with the grid system have been further developed. In the rectangular grid system, the cell has been separated from each matching cell by the new rectangles with the bearings in the center. With the development we finally got the pattern, so that it can be developed into a 3-dimensional shape.
In order to realize the automation, the first idea with centralization structure, which consists of triangular modules, is raised, and thus cooling function and power distribution are integrated. The modular structure simplifies the traditional logistic and package system.
Design &Entwicklung
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After researching the lattice system and fractal, the basic knowledge of modularity and automation is deeply understood. After careful consideration, the end development of the control cabinet came out with higher performance and lower costs. It consists of two parts: the shelf system and the robot system. The shelf system provides the workstations for the robot, which can climb on the surface of the shelf thanks to the four 3-dimensionally movable legs. With the camera and data chain, the robot will remain connected to the control system, allowing engineers and workers to control the status of the control cabinet behind the screen.
160mm
The scale of the shelving system is based on the size of the crossboard. Each cell is 600mm by 600mm with the holematrix in the background. With the help of the holematrix, with which the weight of the backboard is lighter, the shelving system can be cooled down quickly
600mm
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Design &Entwicklung
The connection of the shelving system is the focus of the design. With the auto-developing algorithm, you get the minimum surface area from the connection. This improves the structure ideally for the movement of the robot.
600mm
The robot is integrated with the camera and support arms. The arms can support the component and then connect the line. In order to further develop the autoinstall system, the aesthetics and functional module of the component should be further designed. But this is not necessary for this project.
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Sound Path Exhibition design with Senckenberg Museum Digital exhibits in the Natural History Museum The course deals with spatial, vivid, tangible and social communication formats in natural history museums using digital media. The design task is the communication of a scientific fact using authentic objects
Primary Research
We analyze parts of the existing permanent exhibition „History of the Earth“ and „Fossils of the pit Messel“ under the aspect of the interaction design. In the exhibitions under consideration, many of the revolutionary design tools that Wilhelm Schäfer brought into the museum at the end of the 1960s are still clearly recognizable. We analyze what we can learn from the utopia of the future for the future and how this content could be presented in a future permanent exhibition
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The pit Messel in Messel is a disused oil shale open pit. Because of the excellent quality of the recovered there fossils from the Eocene in 1995 she was appointed a UNESCO World Heritage Site. So far, representatives of all vertebrate groups as well as insects and plants have been found there. The best-known representatives of the Messel fauna are probably the two early horse species Propalaeotherium and Eurohippus, of which more than 70 individuals have been excavated so far. Other important finds are the crane bird Messelornis cristata and Darwinius masillae („Ida“), an early primate
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User Behavior &Measure Visitor Flow Visitor Flow is an immediate method to use the data collected by observing to research the obtention situation. With the statistical data we have found the hot spots in the showroom, which consists of five different locations, namely Volkan model, Revolutionary graphics, Earth history, insect and jungle, and the pit Messel. Due to the statistical data, most of the guests are children(50%). Most of the guests were visiting in the group(70%), especially in the group that escorted by the museum guide.
50%
30%
visitors are adult
visitors are individual
50%
70%
visitors are childeren
visitor are in group
The information consists of three parts, text sounds and pictures. Compared to the other method, texts are ideal for visitors to have deeper information. With sounds and speech, visitors can more easily immerse themselves in the atmosphere. Visitors can get more visual information during the enjoyment of real exhibits. Visual information is definitely important too. With images and videos the environment is built up for imagination
Idee &Design
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Kinderwelt As Kant said, children are little people. Although the cognition of children is not yet as complete as adult, they have strong ability to recognize the new world. They have not yet as good capable of concentration as the adults, so we should distribute the same content in different contexts.
Inforzonen
Based on previous research, we have focused on sound interaction. In this way, we should know the address of the visitors and the relationships between visitors and exhibits, and then with the different definitions informations can be offered.
We have defined 3 zones for the sound. In the center is the exhibit, then zone one is with detailed information. Next there is zone two with the special points of the exhibit (barking of the dog). The third zone is after that with the sound of the living environment (the sea or the forest) In the second aspect, we thought of the movement of the visitor. If you return the third zone in 1 minute after leaving the zone, the speaking will pause and then continue. If the leave time is more than 1 minute, the speaking will be repeated.
If the zone intersects with each other, you can hear both sounds in both directions.
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Development &Details Inforswitch In order to offer the barrier-free interaction, the device is defined that it can change the information mode with turning.
If brewed side up, the device is changed into children‘s mode, on the other hand, red side informations for adults
build up the tracking system navigation sensor
model making
programming
Surface with Textile Speakers Batteries IR Sensor
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ROUND COURSE Rural Education Assistant System The project is about new concept of rural education. In the summer of 2013 I had a experience as a volumtary teacher in a village in Guangdong province. The primary research is based on this experience which had interview to the local people in the place. The experience brought me a strong impact to the situation of rural education in China. This bring me an oppotunity to rethink the whole education system and reconsider the improvement of it.
Primary Researvch
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Analysis
Interview
About
The most important element in this system is parent and family. From the research can we see a firm relationship of the growing environment and study. Most student who didn't have a good record in school alway have some problems in their family. School and government should also in charge of it.
The interview data mainly came from four people who works in the education field. They are all parents of children who studyed in the same middle school. From the interview we can see that the rural education problems are not only about the education itself also had a firm connection to the other element of the society e.g. the Left-over children. T h e g ra p h i c o n le f t s h ow s t h e m o st important elements related to the problem and how the connection complecated is. Each intersection means a problem in the place.
In the summer of 2013, I had a experience as a volumtary teacher in MeiZhou Guangdong where is surrounded by mountains. The research containning teaching experience and interviews of the local people.
The only way link to school
Playground School House
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Problem &Solution
PORTABLE
PORTABLE
Portable
Mobility
Digital
TEACHING
Gamification
Panorama Projector FUNNY Teaching
Funny
FUNNY
Desktop Game Learning APP Robot teacher Insight of the problem
Mobile Classroom
TEACHING
Thermal Printer
PROTOTYPE & FUNCTIONAL MODEL
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Design &Adjustment
Course &Instruction
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Course design
Knowledge Mapping
The course design based on the research of the fundational knowledge whcih was taught to the students from grade 3 to grade 5. The purpose is t o c o m b i n e t h e k n o w le d g e points with the animation and interactive teaching together so as to enhance the situation of a course. There is an app actting as a controller of the hardware to integrate a round screen and a quick printer into a course. At the same time providing virtual and physical interaction for the teacher to enhance the course.
The app using a knowledge map to should students a clear structure of what they are going to learn. This make it possible for teachers and students to understand the relationship of old knowledge and new one. Also, they have been saperated and cataloged by subject which is much useful in searching.
The home page of the APP
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Fianl Model &Details
Thermal Paper
Focus Control Arms 90 degree
Lens
Canvas Sponge Mesh
Packaging bag with 3 layers
Function &Modell
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The project began at the time where smart devices issue developed rapidly. Focus from smart phones changed to smart watchs, representing the grows of the post-information society which based on a series significant changes of internet. Personal information connecting with the cloud server provids more and more convenience to our daily life, even though the threatens against privacy security became even more serious.
Smart Watch Design
The point of this project is to find a way enhancing the campus information situation as well as fitting the younger's aesthetic.
Research
31 Smart Watch History Research
With the help of the T-fire company, we have ability to assess to the current market of the smart watchs. The research contains the basic functions and the development of the smart watch which appeared in the market in a short time.
the father of wearable computing
The Year Of The Smartwatch
first watch phone
2014 CES a "wrist revolution"
Christopher Mims the future of smartwatches
IFA 2014
Microsoft releases the SPOT smartwatch Fossil Wrist PDA Samsung SPH-WP10 Steve Mann The first Linux Smartwatch RC-20 Wrist Computer RC-1000 Wrist Terminal Casio data bank
Samsung Galaxy Gear Sony SmartWatch 2 Qualcomm Toq Google Glass
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Samsung S9110 Watch Phone
Pulsar
The research is on 20 types of smart watch including famous brands for instance the Pebble and Samsung Gear as well as startup companys from Kickstarter. The information of development is based on Wikipedia.com
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The first digital watch
Apple Watch Moto 360 Swatch Touch Samsung's Gear S Sony Smartwatch 3
Pebble Android Wear platform LG G Watch Samsung Gear
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Information from Wikipedia
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Function Research
Smart Watch Function Research
BAND Rubber 65% Silica Gel 20%
CAMERA
People always wear the watch for spo
Leather 15%
A watch can be part of the trip
Yes 10% No 90% PHYSICAL BUTTON
GPS No 60% Yes 40% Location Information Via Cellphone USB Charging Without Water Defence
DATA TRANSFER
WATER DEFENCE Not Mention 90% 10ATM 60%
PHONE CALL No 60% Yes 40%
G-Senser Sample
Not Mention 50% Yes 50%
Information from Internet Most Important
Important
Less Important
The basic function of a watch is not only for timing also for showing
ort
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Watches for campus students should be the combination of function and style. It is always not only for timing also for showing. Integrated with the school digital manage system, the watch can be more useful. In case being put into water
Integrating the campus life into the digital system
Standby at any time
High tech will somehow make it convenient for teching
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Product Design
Ideas While thinking the form of the watch, the user situation was kept in mind. Totally different from the normal smart phone design, the watch has much more limitations for material and size. For instance, multi touch screen is not suitable for the user who wearing a watch with a screen smaller than 1.5 inch. Ipod shows an wonderful solution for the small square control: The Rotary Touch Ring.
Sketch Models Quick models in PVC and paper card board are made for size testing. With the help of digital models and 3D printer, full-sizemodel can be manufactured and intigrated.
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Tempered Glass
Single Touch Screen
Touchable Circle Silica Gel Shell Aluminum
Wireless Charging Sensor
Glass Fibre
Layers Rubber
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UI Design
The user interface on a 1.5 inch screen is totally different from any previous. Here comes three principles for the visual design. 1. The size of letters and font should be reconsidered for being recognized at a short time and in a special distance. 2. No metter how many function and option can be choose, timing is always the first class of all the information. 3. The visual style should also fit the round screen as well as the user habit. Single touch for choosing UI Design Instruction
Note
Confirm the option
Main Menu Outside Frame Main Informatin Frame
Detail Content Frame
19:30
Time
Exchange the menu
The sport function
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WIFI Repeater Commercial Project
NEFFOS Cellphone design
As product designer in TP-Link Technology Co, Ltd
Security Camera Sport Camera
Wifi Repeater
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44.00 mm
74.06 mm
Idea The concept based on a mathetic fibonacci matrix,from which was developed into heat emission holes as well as decoration patten. The matrix was developed from an expression of ÎŚ=n*137.5; r=c*√n by grasshopper.
67.41mm
Wifi Repeater 40
69.00 mm 73.20 mm
22.824 mm
15.00 mm
40.000 mm
5.000 mm
54.70 mm
NEFFOS Cellphone
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42 Distance Scencer
Speaker Front Camera
UV Curve Analysis
Earphone Cable Main Camera Flash Light Screen
Important Elements
Speaker USB Cable
Microphone
Design Concept
Security Camera
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Thank You
Yudan Chen E-mail: Chenyudan2014@gmail.com Mobile: +49 017 448 58416 Address: Austrasse 19. Offnebach am Main, Hessen, Germany
