2008 - 2012
INTRODUCTION
AWARD 2012.12 TOKYO BUSINESS DESIGN AWARD A PRIZE WINNER 2012.07 CORE 77 DESIGN AWARD 2012 CONSUMER PRODUCT / STUDENT NOTABLE
FAVORITE JAPANESE DRUM / DRUM
YUKO OKUMURA
TENNIS / SOFT TENNIS
1988.07.24 FUKUI
LANGUAGE DESIGN MANAGEMENT LAB. M1 DEPT. DESIGN SCIENCE, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, CHIBA UNIVERSITY akaza.nsn@gmail.com
+33 80 4085 2407
JAPANESE (NATIVE) ENGLISH (BUSINESS) FRENCH (DAILY)
ISSUES
LULLABY LULLABY
MULTIER
NEST
THE NEW WAY TO LISTEN TO THE MUSIC
ALL-IN-ONE FOR AQUARIUM FISH
A PLACE OF REST IN THE BATHROOM
JUL 2009 - FEB 2010
OCT 2011 - JAN 2012
OCT 2011 - JAN 2012
CORE 77 DESIGN AWARD 2012 STUDENT NOTABLE
2012
START LOOKING START TALKING
WINKRING
PITTAM
HEALSCOPE VESTE TABAC RE:VITALIZE
MASCARA FOR EVERYDAY USE
E-THERMOMETER FOR KIDS
TELE-ARARM SYSTEM IN SCOTLAND
PAPER SLEEVE ASHTRAY
BRANDING FOR OFFICE NAPPING
MAY 2010 - MAR 2011
APR 2010 - FEB 2011
MAR 2012 - MAY 2012
APR 2012 - MAY 2012
FEB 2012 - MAR 2012
OCT 2011 - JAN 2012 CORE 77 DESIGN AWARD 2012 STUDENT NOTABLE
LULLABY LULLABY THE NEW WAY TO LISTEN TO THE MUSIC
When I was an exchange student at ENSCI les ateliers in France, as a part of the school project, our common theme was "textile intelligent" - this was why we industrial design students had worked with textile design students.
THE NEW WAY TO LISTEN TO THE MUSIC IN THE NEXT GENERATION
"In terms of the
A decade ago people
relationship between
had listened to the
music and human
music in front of an
beings, what would you
audio speaker. Today
like it to be for the next
t h ey h a ve ca r r i e d i t
generation?"
everywhere with them.
We have l istened
Then, what would you
to the music with a
like it to be for the next
hard device before.
generation?
?
EMBRACE THE MUSIC.
Throw yourself into the music just as you are. "lullaby lullaby" is the textile audio speaker for the next generation. Sink down deeper and embrace the music tightly. I'd like to make a suggestion to fuse tactile and auditory interactions.
02 SINK DOWN INTO THE SOUND Embrace, and sink down deep into the sound. 001
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003
You could just plug in or transfer
It would start to play the music
Sink down deeper and deeper.
t h e m u s i c f ro m B l u e t o o t h -
from the moment you would sink
You could hear the larger sounds
compatible music devices as
down into the product.
by pressure sensor.
well.
DO SHARE PRECIOUS MOMENT Take for example when you encountered the
Share your intuitive and honesty emotions that
nostalgic music unexpectedly from the TV. You
come up to you at that moment with dearest
would be deeply moved in tears and cuddle a
people.
cushion at that moment, wouldn't you?
CONDUCTIVE THREAD + TEXTILE
TOP FRAME
MAGNET SHEET + TEXTILE
BOTTOM FRAME
THE PROCESS These exams were mainly for considering 3 points : 001 : Material that touched our skins directly 002 : Meaningful shape with simple functions and structures. 003 : Quality of the sound when we sank down into it The main point of this
that were soft to the touch
suggestion was to create
as human skin and allowed
an ideal sound environment
people to sink down gently,
as the blend of tactile and
and besides, i was looking
auditory sense.
for the proper technique that
I was engaged in a careful
didn't negate its softness as
s e le c t i o n o f m a t e r i a l s
well.
POINT OF VIEW THAT I DID CHALLENGE Another story was that I visited
I had been keeping a strong
a c h u rc h w h e re a b u i l t - i n
imagination in mind that led
pipe organ was installed and
to honest sound environment,
fortunately got a chance to play
such as there was no boundary
it. I immediately realized that the
between human being and
whole church started vibrating by
product.
the loud sound like an explosion,
I really focused on finding out
and felt real excitement for its
the natural ways to listen to the
acoustic space like an exquisite
music in that daily life. Human
blend of musical instrument,
beings have snuggled up to the
audiences and vibrating church.
music by nature, and I think this
Because of this experience,
essential desire wouldn't fade
from the initial stage of a project
away even in the future.
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MULTIER ALL-IN-ONE FOR AQUARIUM FISH
JUL 2009 - FEB 2010
I was engaged in this project with another design student + two engineer students. They gave me some fresh views about engineering, and made me clear to realize what we ought to do as an industrial designer.
SEE THE CONDITION AT A GLANCE.
UNOBTRUSIVE APPEARANCE.
water air
It shows temperatures in different LED colors. Users will recognize the condition roughly, whether it is working properly or not at a glance. Coming closer, and they will also recognize the precise temperature.
OPEN FOR MAINTENANCE
I considered its unobtrusive appearance as the first priority for the users who didn't have to handle this product a lot in everyday life. Therefore its "massive" mechanical section is located on the back to enhance the air change efficiency and could be slimmed-down from the front view as well.
HEATER NOMAL COOLER
Q.
"I wanna have aquarium fish, but nobody can take care of them in the daytime."
KEY ISSUE: Strict temperature regulation is the biggest concern to have aquarium fish.
PERSONA KEYWORDS:
BEGINNER
CASUAL
LIMITED
AMATEUR
SPACE
SMALL WATER TANK
WATER TEMPERATURE IS EASILY INFLUENCED BY SEASONAL CHANGES!
RENT HOUSE
BUT
SUMMER EXISTING SOLUTIONS
30 C
DON'T BE EFFECTIVE...
PROPER
26 C
WINTER
10 C PRICE
CONTROLLED "PELTIER DEVICE"
COOLER big / noisy / expensive COOLING EFFECT
cooler & heater /miniaturize eco-friendly / quiet Under electric power, one side of
FAN instability
the peltier device gots cold while the opposite side of it gets hot.
Q.
"I am not sure what kind of equipments I should install..."
COOLER
HEATER
PELTIER DEVICE
KEY ISSUE: Users have to buy several equipments to adjust the water condition along to seasonal changes.
FILTER
AERATION
WATER CIRCULATION
CONTROLLED
PRODUCE AIR BUBBLES
COOLER & HEATER
BY STIRRING WATER
"ALL-IN-ONE" standard function for beginners Basically MULTIER is eqquipped with minimum but versatile functions to have aquarium fish. Beginners don't have to buy any other devices!
peltier - heatsink - fan
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VERIFICATION
cooling plate
heat shield material
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Water temperature dropped 5 C per an hour:
A peltier stopped working 20 minutes after the
Cyclic cooling method with peltier device is
start of the experiment: Remaining exhaust air
shown to be effective.
placed a burden on it.
"EFFECTIVE AIR CIRCULATION" For the high-efficiency cooling, effective air circulation would be needed.
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heatsink
STRUCTURE
fan peltier
control unit
pump unit
filter cooling plate
heat shield material
"VERSATILITY" VS "LARGENESS" ALL-IN-ONE would have greater volume whereas it could be a multifunctional product.
water air
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DIAGONAL CUT
IDEATION
DIFFERENT COLORS
01 "FLOATING"
KEYWORD
02 "CONTRAST"
"UNOBTRUSIVE" "THIN" INVISIBLE VOLUME
DEPOSIT 3 LAYERS
03 "LAYER"
EASY TO CLEAN UP & MAINTAIN
NEST A PLACE OF REST IN THE BATHROOM
OCT 2011 - JAN 2012
This was a main project when I was in ENSCI Les Ateliers, France. I worked up with a ENSCI student who was professional of DIY. Thanks to him, finally, I got to finish a 1/1 (full-scaled) actual working prototype. Furthermore, I was learned lots by him during this project about "pleasure of making real product by hand".
NEST A PLACE OF REST A bathroom might be a place to start of the day. The day shouldn't start with a problem! Feel free to take a rest here when you get tired. The bathroom could be a place of rest and help your bathroom dynamics.
WOOD SEAT + HEATER
ON OFF
CONCEPT :
"NEST" is a bathroom furniture for seating. They can lead their life with pleasure, relaxing ... and limit the risk of slip on the floor in the bathroom with sitting action. The following features are integrated in the design and they could connect whole dynamics in the bathroom.
HEATER SYSTEM
PIVOTING
STORAGE
The heater system that is located under
The pivoting aspect of the furniture offers
The storage is arranged around this seat
the seat will keep our body hot after
many possibilities to the owner to adapt
and easy to access from all angles. The
shower and allow you to spend more
It to the shape of his room and assist
owner can reach the storage easily while
time in the bathroom.
him in bathroom dynamics.
being seated.
THEME:
"A UNIVERSAL FURNITURE IN THE BATHROOM"
! TA R G E T
Besides general researches from literatures and the internet, we interviewed elderly people and hemiplegia people, and simulated their actions with clay gloves.
! RESEARCH
KEY ISSUE:
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They need a lot of time to do everything
CONCEPT:
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They can avoid many dangers without slippery surfaces
WASH A FACE
BRUSH THE TEETH STOP TO HAVE A REST The day shouldn't start with a problem. As the day is beginning to wash in
PUT ON THE CLOTHES
the lavatory and take a shower with a product I proposed.They can lead their lives with pleasure, relaxing in the shower area with sitting action...
DRY THE BODY
OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2011 FACTORY VISIT MIDTERM PRESENTATION
DECEMBER - JANUARY 2012 SEMIFINAL PRESENTATION FINAL PRESENTATION
WINKRING MASCARA FOR EVERYDAY USE
MAY 2010 - MAR 2011
This was a co-wirking project with a cosmetic company. It was so exiciting for me to think that how I could make a busy woman's life brighter - at last, my conclusion was "only a bit of efforts in the busy morning". I thought small effort made they satisfied to makeup as usual but saved the time in daily life.
WINKRING Winks lead your life brighter.
Beauty Meets a "Magic". A beautiful woman becomes to make a habit to apply mascara every morning even if her morning is busy every time. Only thing she do was several "winks" she realized a magic.
Handle it with one hand. You don't have to turn over the ink bottle anymore. Sliding the upper part, the brush will move in and out.
Winks to Apply Mascara. Putting eye lashes on the gentle curve of the brush both horizontally and vertically. Just 3 winking, and you can apply mascara widely.
REMARKABLE BEHAVIOR PHOTO
VIDEO
OBSERVATION:
"PRESS" EYELASHES AGAINST THE BRUSH FASTER & DYNAMIC STROKES
KEY IDEA
One hand + Wink SAVE THE TIME REMARKABLY, AND APPLY MASCARA WIDELY AT A TIME.
SKETCH IDEATION
RAPID PROTOTYPE
"CIRCULAR BRUSH" A hand and a grip were too close to check my face in a mirror.
STRUCTURE IDEATION
I could apply mascara so rapidly, and see the face in the mirror as well.
COLLECTION 2009 + IMAGEBOARD
COLLAGE 3D PROTOTYPE NON-SLIP LINE STONE
TRANSPARENT MIXED COLOR
PITTAM E-THERMOMETER FOR KIDS
APR 2010 - FEB 2011
T h i s w a s m y g ra d u a t i o n wo r k , a n "electrical thermometer for kids". There are many products for kids nowadays, however, I thought the most important thing for small kids who should measure the temperature 3 times per day could be "pleasurable experiences against medical-negative impressions " but "accurately".
Its face would change so fast in the measurement processes, and makes children excited. Children could consider it as from tiresome to enjoyable one.
CREATURE-LIKE appearance by arranging its eyes. it has an iconic big display and talks a lot - he has a "big mouth"! Children might be rather interested in their adorable appearances when they would see it at the store.
VERIFICATION STEP1: SIZE & USABILITY USE ONE RAPID MOCKUP - BECAUSE BOTH OF 2 IDEAS ARE IN THE SAME SIZE.
Fit confirtably in childrens' hands and armpits, and safe for them to swing it around becauseof its smallness.
VERIFICATION STEP2: INTERACTION SHOW THEM THE SHORT DEMO MOVIE IDEA1 -> IDEA2
All of parents and children selected IDEA2: a "big mouth", with a "big mouth"!
2012
START LOOKING START TALKING
HEALSCOPE TELE-ARARM SYSTEM IN SCOTLAND
MAR 2012 - MAY 2012
I was engaged in this project with five service design master students in The Glasgow School of Art, UK. It was highly amaging to have real viewpoints from so many real citizens by talking, making, and discussing. In terms of medical situation in the UK, I was a stranger but tried to propose common facts all over the world.
HEALTH + SCOPE - "LOOK" AFTER YOUR HEALTH.
2012
START LOOKING START TALKING
ALWAYS WITH YOU. Not feel alone, people would connect to others not only in emergency but also in their daily lives in a natural way.
2 ways to use COMMUNITY / HOME HEALSCOPE is not only a product for emergency but a meaningful item for helping to connect telecare users and relative carer more.
001 HEALSCOPE: IN THE COMMUNITY John "She is going outside freely. Well, it seems that I don't have to worry about her activities too much. However she has unsteady steps, weak eyes, and hand paralysis slightly... and has fallen down from the stairs before. I am concerned for it even now.
SCOPE connected to the call operator automatically. "Hi Nicola,what's happened? Are you all right?"
Everyday she takes a healscope on her
24/7 call operator talks to her through
Thanks to the GPS, Nicola was rescued
waist.Oneday, she was heading for her
the monitor. "OK Nicola, I will call the
from the ambulance rapidly at last.
home alone. she slipped on the ground
ambulance and tell it to 3 key holders."
and fell down.
002 HEALSCOPE: CONNECTEDNESS AT HOME John has his own life as well. At the most, he might visit her once a week regarding the distance and his work. "Well.. I am concerned about her health. Is it possible to happen the accident in her house again? I would be relieved if I could get a connectedness of her at least."
HEALSCOPE
BASE UNIT
Nicola came back to her bedroom. She put HEALSCOPE onto the baseunit/recharge dock in the bedroom. HEALSCOPE caught the wifi from the baseunit, and it showed "sign of online".
Lying on the bed, she talked to John's family, and it became a daily habit for her and john's family as well.
"NEW TELECARE ALARM SYSTEM" THEME:
IN MORAY, SCOTLAND
IDENTIFY INSIGHTS "TELECARE" means that you are cared for at a distance. Thanks to it, people can stay in their house as long as possible. I was engaged in detecting user insight in Moray through the observation, and focused on following two issues.
OBSERVATION IN MORAY, SCOTLAND 29 FEB - 1 MAR / 20 MAR - 22 MAR 2012
GROUP MEETING PERSONAL STUDY
USER INSIGHT:
THE LIFE IS GRADUALLY CHANGING
Today, the alarm system is "an item for emergency" - We can't predict the moment we would become a carer and a patient. In many cases, the member of patient's family has became a carer at first. However, they
OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND CONNECTEDNESS
Telecare allows you to stay at home as long as possible, but also makes users feel alone. What forms of contact is desireable? "REAL COMMUNICATION" with "REAL PEOPLE" - People need
might be short of knowledge to care
someone to connect with or want
for someone and they also have their
to realize a connectedness.
own life. Some relative carers are exhausted at last. How can we ease their burden? "I don't want to bother anyone." This could be a message to them.
SUGGESTION:
ONE FINE SMILE RATHER THAN
"You LOOK pale." "She SEEMS to have a fever." Of course it is useful to
THOUSANDS OF DATAS
certain extent from her face. Realize more connectedness each other
receive own medical records but easier to recognize her condition to a in daily life. It would get rid of her loneliness and help her family to prepare for the worst.
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CORE VIEWPOINTS
"I've been growing without any devices."
PERSONA001
NICOLA FRANCLIN 75 YEARS OLD / TELECARE USER
"I need someone to keep an eye on her."
PERSONA002
JOHN FRANCLIN 50 YEARS OLD / RELATIVE CARER
She had been tired easily since she was over 70 years
John is Nicola's son. He wants to keep Nicolav's life in her
old. Even though her husband had already passed away
most precious flat with mementos of her husband. He and
last year, she had been alone in the flat. Last month,
his wife managed to visit her as many times as possible on
because of her weak eyes, she fell down the stairs and
weekends. They started to install TELECARE alarm button
badly hurt her leg. Today it is difficult for her to walk
& base unit, however, they didn't recognize whether Nicola
around without a stick.
could use it or not to call for a help in the next accident.
001 ADVANTAGE CALL OPERATOR Easy to recognize her current situation, effective in making a proper decision for her treatment, and decrease a mis-diagnosis and non-emergency use.
NICOLA Easy to describe her situation with real communication.
JOHN Be relieived for keeping an eye to her with GPS & Fall detector Sensor
002 ADVANTAGE MORAY LIFELINE Easier to install the baseunit everywhere in the house thanks to its compactness / Efficient to realize out of order by letting her touch the devices.
JOHN NICOLA Not feel alone, she would connect to others not only in emergency but also in her daily life.
Be relieved for recognizing her existence just by checking his mobilephone.
VESTE TABAC PAPER SLEEVE ASHTRAY
APR 2012 - MAY 2012
VESTE TABAC is a small private project. I started it from the viewpoint - "Why don't smokers care for their trush even in public although there are quite a lot of smokers in France?" Every small etiquette makes the citizen happier, as we know.
START DRESSING IN ETIQUETTE IN PUBLIC! ATTACHMENTABLE ASHTRAY OF CARDBOARD This is a disposal, small and flexible ashtray for people who smoke outside. By the attachment of this sleeve to a cigarette box, they can smoke with own ashtray anywhere, anytime. The material of VESTE TABAC is only cardboard, which has a flexible wavy structure, can throw away all together after smoking all cigarettes because it's just simple!!
01 SET IN Fit tightly VESTE TABAC over a cigarette box you have.
02 PUT AWAY IN VESTE TABAC After smoking, put a cigarette butt into a space between flat paper and wavy one. it could be transformed into the three-dimensional form and hold cigarette butts securely.
03 THROW AWAY ALL When finish smoking all cigarettes, you can throw away VESTE TABAC with a cigarette box as a trash.
: ADHESIVE
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01-02 : HUG TRASH TIGHTLY
06 : MATERIAL/STRUCTURE
Thanks to the tention between wavy and
The material of VESTE TABAC is wavy and semihard
semihard papers , it could be transformed
papers of a cardboard. There are a wavy paper outside
into the three-dimensional form and hold
and semihard one inside. Glue them on black area.
cigarette butts securely. You don't have to make your clothes dirty.
03-05 : PINCH & THROW AWAY
07 : MANUFACTURING EFFICIENCY We are allowed to manufacture VESTE TABAC just from
Throw away VESTE TABAC with a cigarette box
a cardboard, which is simple and cheap material, with
easily by pinching the tab . Trash wouldn't be
simplified structure. VESTE TABAC could be stacked
scattered inside of or in front of the trash box.
all together efficiently for delivery.
CURRENT ISSUES ON THE STREET
In many countries, you mustn't smoke in public spaces today. When smoking outside, there are not so many ashtrays. Therefore, many people throw cigarette butt out on the street, or put back it between a cigarette box and its plastic cover. Many people have a problem where to throw a cigarette butt. I focused on this problem, and got an idea of a trush pouch to throw a cigarette butt easily with an existent cigarette box.
I GOT AN INSPIRATION FROM... A SLEEVE for paper cup The material of sleeve is a cardboard. Generally a sleeve helps to hold a cup. I found the relation among a cup and a sleeve was similar to that among a cigarette box and an ashtray. And a sleeve softens heat. Because it has a wave structure which is elastic. I thought that the space between a wavy structure and a semihard paper had a potential to put cigarette butts.
RE:VITALIZE BRANDING FOR OFFICE NAPPING
FEB 2012 - MAR 2012
I was engaged in this branding project with 2 other students of The Glasgow School of Art. The theme we were gave was "BEDROOM". Then, we decided to focus on a sleeping habit in an unpleasant place - office. Finally, we proposed a common brand for office napping and 3 products as a private project.
KEY ISSUE
ITEMS FOR THE TRADE
Napoleon napped between battles while sitting on his horse. How would "office warriors" battle it out in the office?
FACT
NAPPING VS
A 20 minute power nap on the job is one of the
ETIQUETTE
allowed napping in the working environment.
most effective ways to revitalize staff and to aid them through the long working hours. Currently, 34% out of 1,508 adults said their employers However, there is little on the market to aid this in a professional yet human manner.
BRAND OVERVIEW
re: START ENERGIZING Energizing yourself with a "smart" textile - in the current market, there are lot of soft products for taking a nap in the office. Otherwise expensive, hard or great volumed
RICH DREAM
REGAIN THE ENERGY
THINK FRESH BEFORE
FOR COMMUTERS
TO THE DESK WORK
THE CRITICAL WORK
mechanical stuffs. We mixed their good aspects to provide a professional but relaxing environment to the company.
PERSONA
NERVOUS WORKAHOLICS Alexander Thomson / 32 years old Alex always puts in the maximun effort to prepare for the presentation. He stays up late by sitting in front of the computer for several days. Although he trys to engage himself to check some briefs before the presentation, he is about to shut his eyes.Once he starts the presentation, many mistakes occurs because he is tired from lack of sleep.
RECHARGE YOUR VITALITY ! Can you hear the lullaby? Lie down, take a break. Time for you to revitalize.
LET ME REST ALONE, BUT DO WAKE ME UP! You can sleep well with the music like a lullaby during the sleep. On the inside, the sound has the directivity toward you to keep the etiquette. On the outside, the product shuts down the noise and eyesight to let you alone and keep your dignity.
Reference material : TLF speaker (Yamaha) Thin, Light, Flexible and connectable - Just 1.5 mm in thickness but powerful directional speaker
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SPECIFICATIONS 1 : Foldable one piece of fabric product. Modify it as you want, and you can sleep anywhere you want. 2 : Inside / Directional speaker to enjoy the music and wake up with the alarm. 3 : Recharge the battery with a USB connection.
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Transfer the music as a lullaby from your gadgets to this product by bluetooth.
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20 min
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After 20 minutes, the volume would be louder to wake you up from several directions!
re: EXHIBITION Our 3 products was displayed with promotions on the "workaholic's
several
desk" at the
school exhibition.
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PROMOTIONS 1. exihibition display
3. gift box
2. hanger
4. brochure
5. introduction card
SKETCH&PROTOTYPE
2008 - 2012