PRODUCT DESIGN PORTFOLIO
Zeyu Rong
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EDUCATION: 2014-
Male 11 November 1991 Nanjing, Jiangsu Province Chinese +39 320 975 3552 zeyurong@gmail.com Viale Jenner, 50, Milan, Italy
2007-2010
MA Industrial Design Design School Kolding, Denmark BA Industrial Design Politecnico di Milano, Italy Italian Language course UniversitĂ per Stranieri di Siena, Italy High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University
LANGUAGES: Chinese Italian English
Native Advanced level B1 IELTS 7.5
COMPUTER SKILLS: Modelling: Rendering: Technical drawing: Graphics:
Rhinocero, Alias Design, Inventor Professional Maxwell Render, Keyshot Autocad Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign
2011-2014 2011
EVENTS: 2013 HOST THINKING Design competition 2014 DESIGN FOR THE REAL CHINA Design competition (valutation in process) MILAN DESIGN WEEK lamp SULU for longevity exhibited in Fuorisalone Sarpi Bridge MILAN DESIGN WEEK Design X Designers volunteer
Who am I? I believe : The relationship between object and human is the essence of design, rather than user-centred design or form and function rule. Good design should be a POETRY, remind you of something forgotten, raising your emotions. Combination is a game and source of infinite possibilities. Working in a team is a surprising philosophy. Generating ideas together is happiness. I love : Crafting. Drawing. Traveling. Trying new things. Making music. Zeyu Rong / Product design portfolio 2014 1
Catalogue PROJECTS SULU Musical rehabilitative tool, 2014.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3 ZHÚ Reuse of disposable chopsticks, 2012................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12 ARÁN Sandwich toaster, 2013....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................16 UNIPHONE Mobile phone, 2012................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................23 ALIBABÀ AND 4 THIEVES A food delivery service with souvenirs, 2013...................................................................................................................................................................................25 JIN No clean bench, 2013...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................30 EATING ABOVE System of table and seat, 2012........................................................................................................................................................................................................................34 UMBRELLALIZE RAINY LANDSCAPES color experimentation, 2014.........................................................................................................................................................................................37 DRAWINGS My pen artworks..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................43
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SULU
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Music therapy rehabilitation tool for stroke patient Topic: Medical appliance design Completed: 2014, Bachelor graduation project Exhibited in Milandesignweek SULU is a tool dedicated for stroke rehabilitation at home. By tapping the light straps projected by SULU, patients can play songs without any music knowledge, rehabilitating with joy. It is designed as a lamp to fit the domestic context. Background: Persistent motor impairments are common following a stroke. And Playing instrument has been proved to be more efficient than conventional therapies. It was also shown that rehabilitation still has the potential to induce neurological and functional changes after 6 months. There is a need to develop a product that will meet the patient’s interests to actively engage them during and beyond the supervised rehabilitation period so that long-term improvements in upper extremity function can be achieved. * Name SULU comes from italian “SUonare la LUce” that means “play the light”. Also, It has a similar pronunciation with “solo”.
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Home
Music Therapies
Stroke Rehabilitation
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PROCESS OF USE
1. Turn on the lamp. 2. Put the Prescription Cube on the bottom 3. Touch the ear icon. 4. Listen to Ode to Joy 5. Touch the hand icon 6. Play Ode to Joy by tapping light straps.
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TREATMENT CIRCLE
THERAPEUTIC METHODS
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DEVELOPMENT
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PROTOTYPING Due to complexity of the original technologies, I used the touch sensitive keys and Arduino to simulate the interaction of keyboard. I also showed two prototypes to the doctor and bioeigineer.
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USER TEST First I did test with a healty subject and then with a post-stroke patient. The patient could easily understand the prototype and engaged quickly in playing.
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TEHNICAL DETAILS Infra-red techology is used to detect the position of the hand. Radio Frequency IDentification is used to save patient’s data in the cube.
For more technical drawings, click here.
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箸 Reuse of disposable bamboo chopsticks
Topic: Waste recycling Completed: 2013, BHA course project. Group work with Ruoshi Yang, Laura Mor, Antonio Pascarella
Background: In China, 45,000,000,000 pairs of disposable chopsticks are thrown away each year. Why don’t we use this waste?
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Inspiration The straws of Sushi mat unite the sticks and make the form flexible, can we apply this straw on chopsticks?
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Exploration Explore the functional potential of this new structure with my group members. We enjoyed the process
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ARÁN
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Sandwich toaster Topic: Kitchen appliances redesign Completed: 2013, BHA course project. Group work done with Kate Sheppard, and Yong Lvyan. Background: In Ireland, a normal housewife only use a sandwich toaster once or twice a week, but the toasters on the market are difficult to store due to their irregular shapes. Also, all the existing toaster plates don’t match well with irish sandwich bread. Design: The ARÁN is an easy-to-clean and easy-to-store sandwich toaster designed for irish people. Its handle and feet which occupy a lot of space are integrated in the main body.
* ARÁN means bread in Irish.
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FEATURES
The plate, which is fixed by 4 silica gel slices, can be removed easily for cleaning.
Heat insulating foot is integrated into the main body and it can be rotated down when used, making storage easier.
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The toaster can be stored erect.
The plates are designed exactly for Irish which is typically bigger other breads.
STORYBOARD
Wait for green light
Remove sandwich when ready
Wrap flex and store
Lower foot
Open and place sandwich
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RESEARCH Questionnaire & User Interview Questionnaire was conducted online on SurveyMonkey. A normal housewife who lived in Carlow in Ireland was interviewed and observed.
Problem analysis The whole process of usage is divided into many steps. Every step is analyzed to find the problems.
Benchmarket Price & wash difficulty. Functionality & toaster type.
Brief
Store
compact transformation
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DEVELOPMENT Sketch
The handle and the feet were united to make the toaster more compact. The handle-foot could also lock the toaster for security.
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The handle was designed larger facilitate use.
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The process of use became complicated, thus we changed the closing mechanism but kept the compact form.
DEVELOPMENT Disassembly A sandwich toaster is disassembled to show the construction.
Technical drawing All the details can be found in appendices.
照片一张大的放上面！ 两张拆解过程照片小的！
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UNIPHONE Product: Mobile phone Topic: User-centered design Completed: 2012, BHA course project. Group work done with Yang Ruoshi, and Yong Lvyan.
Background: The mobile phone is deeply transforming the communication among people, while its nature has changed little in these years. We discover the real needs of people and try to bring some significant change to the mobile phone. Design: The Uniphone is a mobile phone designed for businessman/buisnesswoman. The blue-tooth earphones are integrated into the mobilephone and the form is highly curved to give maximum comfort.
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DEVELOPMENT Ergonomics We have used plasticine to try many different forms, trying to find the best one.
Final model
Final model is made of polystyrene and polyurethane.
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In Chinese universities, there are many benches for rest. However, they are too dusty to sit on. Dust, affected by gravity, often settles on the upper surface of a bench. By contrast, the lower surface is always clean. So why not sit on this lower side?
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CONSTRUCTION
Dust only settles on the upper surface.
Curved top prevents rain from flowing onto the lower surface.
After sitting, the spring mechanism rebounds back automatically.
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Process of Use
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CONSTRUCTION
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ZEN CHOPPING BLOCK
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EATING ABOVE Why must all the diners sit on the same plane while the space above is wasted? and why must strangers listen to my conversation consiciously or unconsciously because we are just too close? Especially when we talk about some private things? The solution is EATING ABOVE. EATING ABOVE is a system of seat and table with adjustable height. It’s designed for restaurant and bar which have a height more than 6 m or for outdoor. The purpose is giving user a special experience of eating and a sense of privacy. The factors of security, convenience, flexibility and stability are concerned in the design.
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DETAILS Unit
Requirements and soltuions SAFETY: Diner doesn’t take risk of falling down. FLEXIBILITY: Diner can adjust position of seat and table to find a comfortable sitting posture. CONVENIENCE: It must be easy for diner to get meals and go to toilet. STABILITY: The seats and table must be stable in the situation of rising and falling, and in the situation of diner’s activity.
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UMBRELLALIZE RAINY LANDSCAPES In this project, I extract the main colors from the photos of rainy day of different towns/cities, and use these colors to recompose close views and distant views of these spots on the umbrella. The purpose is to merge the umbrella into their corresponding rainy sceneries in which people use them, and to abstract these landscapes onto the umbrella.
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CUBE
An exercise of space construction: make a solid from a cube. Done in course Lab Theories and Pratices of Design, 2012, BHA.
Observation
Construction
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HEXAGON
This cardboard bookshelf can be modulated, everyone can build his/her prefered bookshelf. Group work in course Business Plan, 2013, BHA.
Basic components: hexagon, joist(whole, half)
A unit: 7 hexagons, 6 joists Size: 45 x 40 x 30cm
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DRAWINGS I started drawing this kind of picture when I was very young. Usually I just draw a point or a Chinese character first, then give it more random curves and lines without any draft in my head, like a seed that grows up unexpectedly and naturally. Unlike the normal drawings, I don’t know what I draw at first but then it becomes something with soul, and departing from the same point or same basic form the drawings can result differently with unaccountable possibilities . Sometimes I can tell the meaning, other times I just enjoy the beauty of extending forms. To the best of my knowledge, they don’t belong to any art genre.
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