Industrial Designer
2017 Portfolio
Design to me is about challenging limits by probing the un-obvious and the overlooked, done best not alone, but with some good company.
E D U C AT I O N National University of Singapore Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Industrial Design (Highest Distinction) 2013 - 2017 Dean’s List Award for academic year 2013/2014 Semester 2 Dean’s List Award for academic year 2014/2015 Semester 2 Dean’s List Award for academic year 2015/2016 Semester 1 University Scholars Program Senior Honour Roll University Scholars Program President’s Honour Roll University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design 2016 Spring (Exchange Program) Raffles Institution (Junior College) GCE "A" Levels 2009 - 2010
WORK EXPERIENCE Karyn Lim Design Assistant July 2015 - August 2015 (2 months) National University of Singapore Undergraduate Research Assistant on Bio-mimicry March 2015 - August 2016 (1 yr 6 months) STUCK Design Consultancy Intern June 2016 - July 2016 (2 months)
While my experience lies in Industrial Design, I am most energized by opportunities to apply my design experience to new and unfamiliar areas.
CONTENTS
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Product Design
Electric Kettle 40
Designated Smoking
Spatial Design
Point Re-Design 96
Erika
Experience Design
IKEA Store Experience 128
HealPac
Product Design
Wound Care Solution 156
Pulse
Exploratory Tinkering
Interactive Installation 172
DAX Wallet
Product Design
Kickstarter Project 212
Last Cradle
Product-Service Design
Design for Death 302
Greater Care
Design for Social Impact
Design for Care Workers 336
Leathercraft
Product Design & Craft
Undergraduate Studio Project
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Product Design
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Individual Project
13 Weeks
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K-01 Electric Kettle # Pro d u c t D e s i g n #Detailing #IdeasGeneration
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Undergraduate Studio Project
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Product Design
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Individual Project
13 Weeks
Developing a fresh aesthetic that resonates The aesthetics of a product contribute to how we feel when using or even just owning the product. How can we design an electric kettle with a fresh and original aesthetic that resonates with a significant segment of the population?
Client
Nil
Type
Product Design (Lifestyle)
Duration
13 Weeks
Team Size
Nil
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Undergraduate Studio Project
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Product Design
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Individual Project
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Undergraduate Studio Project
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Product Design
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Individual Project
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K-01 An electric kettle with a bold top cap that depresses completely as a “boil� button, giving a feeling of quick, pragmatic, efficient straightforwardness. The button pops back up to indicate the completion of boiling.
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Undergraduate Studio Project
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Product Design
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Individual Project
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Undergraduate Studio Project
Product Design
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Depressing the cap activates the heating element
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Once the water boils, the cap springs back up and the heating turns off
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Individual Project
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Remove cap by pinching to release the catch
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Undergraduate Studio Project
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Product Design
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Individual Project
13 Weeks
Understanding the past to build the future The last thing we want is to do something that has already been done before without even realising it. I conducted a precedent study on related products to understand past and current approaches. Like the study of History, precedent studies do more than help identify pitfalls and best practices - they illuminate new pathways into the future.
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Undergraduate Studio Project
Product Design
Ideation Controlled Madness "What if we marry a kettle with a measuring tape?" "How many ways can we do a kettle handle?" "What would a kettle without a body look like?" "What would a kettle look like in a world without patience?" We believe that the most innovative ideas often do not come from linear, logical processes. Most people think linearly and logically. It takes a dosage of madness to get to a place where most people don't. To ideate with "controlled madness", I used various stimuli such as random objects, selfimposed restrictions, points of defiance, and imaginary scenarios. Feeling lousy about the amount of trashy ideas that come up was inevitable. To keep the flow going, I suppressed self-censorship by forcing myself through sketching “sprints�. Focusing on quantity was helpful in combating the tendency of becoming over-attached to initial ideas too early.
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Individual Project
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13 Weeks
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Undergraduate Studio Project
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Product Design
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Individual Project
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Undergraduate Studio Project
Product Design
Individual Project, Team Effort K.01
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Individual Project
13 Weeks
We believe that external feedback is important even for individual projects. Judgments tend to become sharper when there are more options to compare side-by-side with. During our weekly studio critiques, we put up everyone’s sketches on large boards to discuss what works and what doesn’t.
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Undergraduate Studio Project
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Product Design
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Individual Project
13 Weeks
Form follows Story "A kettle that is a kitchen trophy" "A kettle that is part of a mindfulness ritual" "A kettle that is your snappy kitchen sidekick" Stories encapsulate many things - the feelings evoked, the context, the type of characters involved etc. Objects that can tell a clear, fresh yet relatable story tend to resonate well with people. When reviewing my sketches, I try to tease out the stories that my sketches seem to tell.
"A kettle from a clockwork kitchen" I liked how this sentence evokes a rich way to see a kettle—it tickles my imagination. I could also see how some people would love to work in a kitchen that runs like a clockwork. This suggested a good likelihood of resonance. That line hence became the synthesizing force for the rest of the project.
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Undergraduate Studio Project
Product Design
Details, Details, Details. It is tempting to gloss over the nitty gritty details and settle for the first CAD. However, being disciplined about detail explorations do pay off. Small things such as aligning the top of the handle with the neck, adding an angle to the handle, tweaking the proportions etc add up. Only after comparing iterations side-by-side do you realise what you had been missing. Being rigorous about the details can be tedious. Knowing which tool works best for which situation helps to speed up the process.
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Individual Project
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13 Weeks
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Undergraduate Studio Project
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Product Design
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Individual Project
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13 Weeks
K.01
Undergraduate Studio Project
Product Design
Working beyond the screen Designing behind a screen is quick, versatile, and comfortable. However, validation in physical space becomes crucial at some point because no way else can user-object interactions and sense of scales be evaluated.
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Individual Project
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13 Weeks
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Undergraduate Studio Project
Product Design
We see best in real life Especially in the later refinement stages, there is no more reliable way of judging than to have physical prototypes in hand, scrutinising them from all angles, and letting our intuition tell us what feels right.
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Individual Project
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13 Weeks
K.01
Undergraduate Studio Project
PROJECT TYPE
Undergraduate Studio Project
PROJECT BACKGROUND
An exercise in concept generation, form derivation, and detailing
DURATION
13 Weeks
DELIVERABLES
Renders Physical Model
TEAM
Nil
YEAR
2015
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Product Design
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Individual Project
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13 Weeks
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Local Design Competition Competition Submission
Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Spatial Design
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Team Team Project Project
4 Weeks
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Designated Smoking Point Re-design #SpatialDesign #EthnographicResearch # Pu b l i c S p a c e s
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Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Spatial Design
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Team Project
4 Weeks
"Better" Spaces for Considerate Smoking Designated Smoking Points (DSPs) were built to encourage smokers to puff only at these DSPs. The goal was to help more public spaces become smoke free. In 2015, a competition was organised to re-design the current DSPs and make them "better for users and all residents" in preparation for expansion of the DSPs.
Client
Nee Soon South Grassroots Organisation
Type
Spatial Design
Duration
4 Weeks
Team Size
5
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Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
Spatial Design
Reading the Ground Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
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Team Project
4 Weeks
What makes a "better" DSP? To define that more precisely, we got down to work right away. We interviewed and observed the various stakeholders—smokers who use the DSPs, smokers who do not use the DSPs, non-smokers, residents, cleaners, the town council etc.
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Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
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Spatial Design
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Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
NON-SMOKERS
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Team Project
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Local Competition Submission
Spatial Design
Defining Design Goals We took our prelinary findings from the field work and translated them into 3 main goals
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FUNCTIONALITY
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Keep the smoke within the smoking point, away from the surrounding passersby
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Aesthetic harmony with estates
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Attract and encourage more smokers to use it
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Demonstrate sensitivit attitudes. E.g. as a space for a co (smoking) within a sha design may raise eyebr
Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
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Team Project
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Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
Spatial Design
Analysisng the Current DSPs
1. FUNCTIONALITY Current DSPs are effective in keeping smoke from directly hitting passersbys. However, most smokers do not use them habitually, if at all.
2. CONTEXTUAL SENSITIVITY Most residents have no complaints about the DSP’s presence. However, some have noted that the DSP feels too makeshift to be a permanent part of the environment.
3. COST The current DSP can be installed at low cost because of its makeshift setup. However, its tendency to trap dirt makes maintenance difficult. Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
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Team Project
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4 Weeks
Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
Spatial Design
Analysisng the Current DSPs
MOST PERTINENT PROBLEM:
NEED TO ATTRACT MORE SMOKERS
Many smokers continue to puff wherever they see fit despite the DSPs being empty or nearly empty most of the time. If the DSPs do not attract usage, they simply become a symbol of squandered public funds. Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
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Team Project
4 Weeks
(Top) Many cigarette butts found on top of bins everyday, indicating that many still smoke outside the DSPs (Bottom left and right) Smokers smoking near public walkways and seating
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Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Spatial Design
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Team Project
4 Weeks
Why don't smokers puff at current DSPs? 3 main reasons were extracted based on a combination of interviews, observations, and role playing. They form the starting point for ideations.
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Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
Spatial Design
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Hot, Stifling and Dirty
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Poorly designed discourages pro
With its stifling and easily dirtied configuration, the current DSP design does not acknowledges the smokers' need for basic comfort during their smoke break.
O B S E R V AT I O N S
FRESH AIR & AN OUTSIDE VIEW Most users of the DSP were observed gravitating towards the entrance Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
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Team Project
4 Weeks
LOW HEADROOM Low roofing contributes to the stifled feeling, exacerbated by the contained smoke
STUB AND
d bin oper disposal
ENCLOSED BY 3 WALLS FROM GROUND UP Ventilation is poor and it feels claustrophobic to be inside
CORNERS TRAP DIRT Made worse by people's tendency to spit or throw rubbish there
NO VISION THROUGH WALLS Corrugated polycarbonate sheets block vision, adding to the stifling feeling
FLICKED ASHES & CIGARETTE LITTER Ashes need to be flicked while smoking. Without a bin within reach, smokers tend to flick onto the floor or benches.
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Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
Spatial Design
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Too Intimate for Comfort The current design demonstrates poor sensitivity to social dynamics, making it awkward to enter the DSP when it ispartially occupied.
O B S E R V AT I O N S
PERSONAL SPACE Smokers always keep a distance from each other while smoking, even if it means standing outside the DSP. Something about smoking increases the personal space needed.
FLEXIBILITY IN WHERE YOU FACE Where avaialable, smokers take advantage of the (borrowed) portable chair's versatility to face wherever they want—away from strangers, or towards their friends. Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
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Team Project
4 Weeks
BOXED UP Feels uncomfortable to be enclosed with other strangers in such a small space
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SINGLE ENTRANCE/EXIT CREATES INERTIA TO ENTER
BENCHES AGAINST WALLS FORCES SMOKERS TO FACE INWARDS
Feels unwelcoming with its single (and often obstructed) entrance, especially when someone is sitting near the entrance
Feel awkard when gazes cross each other in such a small, confined space
Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
Spatial Design
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Not Suitable for Quick Puffs Many smokers would rather lean than sit down for a puff, especially if it is going to be a quick one However, current DSPs do not accomodate this behavior.
O B S E R V AT I O N S
"IDLE" SMOKERS SIT This type of smokers like to choose a comfortable spot to sit, chill, and smoke.
"ON-THE-GO" SMOKERS LEAN This type of smokers just want a quick puff before returning to their routine. They like to lean on railings, lamposts—any stable structure that is clean. They don't sit as sitting makes it harder to get back up from their smoke break. Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
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WALLS UNSUITABLE FOR LEANING
ONLY ONE TYPE OF RESTING OPTION
Unstable and easily dirtied
If you're inside, it will be awkward if you don't sit on the bench
Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Spatial Design
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Team Project
4 Weeks
VALUE PROPOSITION An approachable smoking point which acknowledges the various habits of smokers, allowing for a comfortable enough experience and encouraging habitual usage.
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Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Spatial Design
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Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Spatial Design
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Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Spatial Design
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Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Spatial Design
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Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
Maximising Perceived Openess We challenged the need for a complete enclosure since DSPs will always be located at least some distance away from main traffic anyway.
Spatial Design
OPEN CORNERS
Easier for smokers look outside and not feel so trapped
By sensibly breaking up the enclosure and making appropriate use of materials, we can maximise perceived openess while maintaining enough smoke separation.
OPEN BOTTOM Improves ventilation and perception of openness Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
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Team Project
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INCLINED ROOF Creates more headroom and makes the entrance feel more welcoming
ONE-WAY VISION FILM Allows users to look outside, improving perceived openness while providing sufficient privacy and shade
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Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
Spatial Design
Sit & Idle, Lean & Go Being sensitive to the different types of smokers creates a more accommodating DSP.
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'IDLE' SMOKERS Chairs with back rests accommodate smokers who want to idle and smoke for longer periods ‘ON THE GO’ SMOKERS Bum rests positioned outside accommodate smokers who want a quick puff
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Team Project
4 Weeks
SEATING
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Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
Spatial Design
Stays Clean Easily The more open configuration does not trap dirt. Singapore's frequent tropical showers is harned to keep the DSP clean. The ash tray acknowledges the need to repeatedly flick ashes when smoking.
OPEN CORNERS Does not trap dirt, easier to clean
MAINTEINANCE FREE BUM RESTS Dirt does not linger on the round, metal bars
OPEN BOTTOM Does not trap dirt, easier to clean Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
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Team Project
4 Weeks
EFFORTLESS DISPOSAL
EASY CLEARING
Large textured dish affords stubbing of cigarettes, flicking of ashes, and effortless disposal
Bottom latch releases for quick clearing
ASH TRAY NEAR SEATS Within immediate reach for flicking of ashes while smoking instead of on the floor
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Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
Spatial Design
A More Approachable Space Flexibility of usage reduces awkwardness between strangers while still allowing friends to smoke together.
Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
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Team Project
4 Weeks
MULTIPLE ENTRANCES AND EXITS Easier to enter/exit. DSP feels more approachable especially when there are strangers inside
SPACE-BREAKING STRUCTURES
MULTI-DIRECTIONAL SEATING
Ash trays between seats divide the space, increasing perceived personal space
Round seats allow smokers to face wherever they feel most comfortable, accommodating both groups and individuals
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Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
Spatial Design
Adaptable to Location Every location is different—some are further from traffic, some are in the middle of a bustling area, some have narrower space allocation etc. The elements can be re-configured and optimised for each location.
Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
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Team Project
4 Weeks
Omission of unnecessary panels enables fitting into narrow spaces
Less panels for greater openness when further from human traffic
3 panels to shield off smoke from walkways nearby
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Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Spatial Design
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Team Project
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Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Spatial Design
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Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Spatial Design
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Team Project
4 Weeks
Quick and Dirty Spatial Prototyping The best way to understand the effects of spatial adjustments is to experience them yourself. The limited time and resources meant that highfidelity prototypes were out of the question. So we made do with whatever we could salvage from our studio. 87
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Local Competition Submission
Spatial Design
Above: Original DSP signage
Clearer Visual Communication Many residents were initially confused by the DSP sign. Does the sign mean you can smoke in this area? Is smoking outside of the shelter allowed? The logo's similarity to the ubiquitous "no smoking" sign contributed to a large part of the confusion.
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Team Project
SMOKING POINT
4 Weeks
SMOKING POINT
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Smoking Point 吸烟区 Kawasan Merokok
Smoking Point 吸烟区 Kawasan Merokok
SMOKING POINT
Smoking Point 吸烟区 Kawasan Merokok
Smoking Point 吸烟区 Kawasan Merokok
Smoking Point 吸烟区 Kawasan Merokok
Smoking Point 吸烟区 Kawasan Merokok
Smoking Point 吸烟区 Kawasan Merokok
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Smoking Point 吸烟区 Kawasan Merokok
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Simple and easy to understand 4 Languages essential Official and proper
Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
STICKER ON BIN + PAINTING ON FLOOR Local Competition Submission Spatial Design (LONG TERM)
SMOKING AREA
If there is a gap between circle and dustbin, looks like the smoking areas with yellow box around the bin
SMOKING AREA AHEAD
Combining arrow and logo makes it look like this area is the smoking area
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Maybe not having a cigarette icon better? Too many imageries of cigarettes may not be good. Or the icon could be more subtle
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Local Competition Submission
Spatial Design
Stub Here
Stub Here
Make others happy. Puff at Smoking Points instead.
Many Smoking Points around. Why smoke here?
Stub Here
Stub Here
Approach: - Exploiting current behaviours, - Nudging smokers into new behaviours, - Spreading positive messages
Or Visit nearest Smoking Point Children around? Protect them by smoking at Smoking Points.
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Awareness Campaign We felt that more could be done to nudge smokers to use the DSPs. We were curious if placing messages on top of bins where smokers habitually stub out their cigarettes could strike a chord with smokers through this Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
touchpoint. So we tested it out. USER TEST RESULTS From our small one-day test (we were only granted one day of testing), we found that our 'smartalec' messages were too
complex for the type of implementation. Most smokers did not bother to stop for more than a second to read. For this to work, messages need to jump out more and be easily understood at one glance. 92
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Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Local Competition Submission
PROJECT TYPE
Local Competition Submission
PROJECT BACKGROUND
A call for ideas to re-design the current DSPs and make them "better for users and all residents" in preperation for expansion of the DSPs4 Weeks
DURATION
4 Weeks
DELIVERABLES
Renders Material List Estimated Cost
TEAM
Lee Hsiao Fong Sim Hao Jie Tan Sei Yee Zhacharies Tan Rongli
YEAR
2015
Designated Smoking Point Re-Design
Spatial Design
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Team Project
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Erika: IKEA Store Experience #ExperienceDesign # Fu t u re Co n c e p t #DesignSprint
1st Place Winner "Do you speak human?" Workshop by Space10 & IKEA
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Backdrop: Conversational Interfaces are Advancing Fast From Space10 "Do you speak human?" workshop brief
Conversational interfaces have been around for years, but let’s face it: So far, they’ve been pretty dumb. Even the more sophisticated voice interfaces have relied on speech but somehow missed the power of dialogue. Ask any of the thought-leaders today, though, and you’ll hear the same refrain over and over: It’s different now. Nearly every major tech company — from Amazon to WeChat to Facebook to Google — is chasing the sort of conversational user interface that you’ve experienced in the movies. Dozens of startups around the world are in the game too. All are fighting to come out on top in the midst of a powerful shift in our relationship with technology. One day soon, you will talk to your devices the way you talk to your friends. And your devices will talk back. They will be able to hear what you say and figure out what you mean.
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Imagining the Future of IKEA Stores with Conversational Interfaces How can IKEA make use of future conversational technology and AI to foster more meaningful interactions with people?
Client
IKEA
Type
Experience Design, Future Concept
Duration
3 Days
Team Size
4
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Beyond Efficiency & Convenience A lot of technology today has enabled us to complete tasks much more efficiently and conveniently. However, it has not always made experiences “better”. UberEats allows us to get lunch without even stepping out of our house. Hit a button. 20 mins. A harried courrier hands you your food. You close the door. Eat. Is it more convenient? Definitely. Better? That’s debatable.
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Celebrating the Magic of IKEA One of our favorite things about IKEA is that it’s not just a store to get stuff, it’s a place where we hang out, have fun, get inspired. We want to use conversational technology in a way that not just makes things easier, but also reinforces that magical quality of IKEA as a place where fond memories are created.
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Opportunity to Re-Invent an Obsolete Icon As we talked about our other memories of IKEA, somebody brought up the IKEA pencil which immediately got everyone excited. Originally meant for making shopping lists, it has now become more of a souvenir. We found it a pity that something so iconic has lost its relevance. What if we can reinvent the IKEA pencil to once again take an active role in enhancing the in-store experience?
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Experience Design
Your insider buddy to rediscovering the IKEA store experience ERIKA is an AI assistant that you can pick up once you enter IKEA’s stores. ERIKA converses with you via bone conduction technology and beamforming microphones. Rather than simply helping shoppers shop more easily and quickly, ERIKA focuses on elevating the social and immersive nature of IKEA stores.
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Hi, i'm ERIKA! Anything I can do for you?
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THE RUSHED SHOPPER
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Experience Design
THE CU BROWS
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URIOUS SER
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GROUPS
Different User, Different Experience Sometimes you're at IKEA just to grab a container. Sometimes you're at IKEA to browse while waiting for a friend. Sometimes you're at IKEA just to have fun with your gang. ERIKA acknowledges that there are different types of IKEA experience and enhances each experience differently.
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Experience Design
ERIKA, where can I find storage tubs?
Walk down the stairs and they're on your left
Do you have a bigger one?
Look to your left, bottom shelf!
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THE RUSHED SHOPPER A store as big as IKEA can be frustrating to navigate when you're in a rush. Without having to keep looking down to check directions, ERIKA guides rushed shoppers to what they are looking for.
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Experience Design
You've been lingering around this here for a while, would you like me to tell you more about the history behind this style of home?
woof! ERIKA
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Hi, I'm from the Nockerby family ...
My designer was obsessed with clean lines and ...
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The typical IKEA-goer revels in the time spent on browsing. By making the store come alive with a context sensitive audio layer, ERIKA adds a museum like dimension, enhances the browsing experience.
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Design Sprint Competition
Experience Design
Group Sync!
MARCO! MARCO!
POLO! ERIKA
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GROUPS Groups can sync their ERIKAs into one common dialogue, allowing everybody to be included in the same conversation. Certain areas become game zones waiting to be stumbled upon, transforming the IKEA store into a playground where fun memories with families and friends are made.
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Experience Design
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Magically Save Your Favourites Using ERIKA to "star" an item saves the item into a Pinterest-style board for further filtering or for the next phase of commitment.
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Experience Design
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Experience IKEA Through Different Eyes Various lifestyle-based ERIKAs allow users to experience the store in the shoes of different personas. For example, an Urban Nomad ERIKA would guide you through IKEA in a way an urban nomad would typically browse.
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Fresh Thematic Conversations For example, during Chirstmas, the conversations and games with ERIKA can be tweaked to be more Christmas themed. This provides reasons to return to the IKEA store because fresh experiences always await.
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Experience Design
PROJECT TYPE
Design Sprint Competition
PROJECT BACKGROUND
In collaboration with NUS Enterprise, Space10 (a Copenhagen based future living lab) invited students from four faculties — design, computing, business and engineering — and asked them how IKEA can use conversational tech and AI to foster meaningful interactions with people. The students were given three days to work on creative concepts for ways to integrate voice- or text-based conversational interfaces either within the IKEA customer experience or life at home in general.
DURATION
3 Days
DELIVERABLES
Concept Presentation
AWARDS
1st Place Winner
TEAM
Iliana Ishak Letitia Lim Ku Ga Eun
YEAR
2016
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Undergraduate Studio Project
HealPac
Product Design
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HealPac: Wound Care Solution # Pro d u c t D e s i g n #Medical # Te c h n i c a l P r o t o t y p i n g
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Product Design
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Filling the Gaps in Healthcare To create a wound care solution for patients with medium sized wounds (~2 to 5 cm) that need to be left open to heal
Client
NUH
Type
Product Design (Medical)
Duration
11 Weeks
Team Size
3
In collaboratation with National University Hospital Asst Prof Ngiam Kee Yuan
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HealPac A portable, low-cost device that utilizes negative pressure to accelerate wound healing and reduce frequency of dressing changes for medium sized wounds.
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THE PROBLEM Current conventional treatments for medium sized wounds are inconvenient
healing with open wound
wound becomes wet quickly
=
slower healing
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+ dressing falls off easily
frequent dressing changes required at hospital
inconvenient
+ high accumulated costs
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A PICTURE OF PATIENTS WITH MEDIUM SIZED WOUNDS
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Most patients with medium sized wounds are frustrated that they are almost able to get back to their normal, active lifestyle, but are held back by the (disruptive) need for frequent dressing changes
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“My family depends on me for income. I have to go back to work as soon as possible!�
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“My schedule is so packed, I cannot afford to go back to the hospital every day”
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“I don’t want my wound dressing to get in my way. And I don’t want it to scare people”
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POTENTIAL TECHNOLOGY
Product Design
NEGATIVE PRESSURE TREATMENT AS A SOLUTION NEGATIVE PRESSURE: SUCTION ON WOUND
MECHANISM 1: Removes excess fluid
MECHANISM 2: Suction stimulates wound tissues
COMBINED EFFECT:
Reduces frequency of dressing changes
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Accelerates healing
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LIMITATION CURRENT APPLICATIONS ARE DESIGNED FOR LARGER WOUNDS
Unjustified cost for medium sized wounds
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Not designed to be truly portable — obtrusive in size and/or noise
Not suitable for medium sized wounds
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Product Design
DESIGN OPPORTUNITY:
NEGATIVE PRESSURE TREATMENT DESIGNED FOR MEDIUM SIZED WOUNDS HealPac
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HealPac
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Product Design
DESIGN CONCEPT GIST:
DETACHABLE PUMP + FOAM DRESSING C L I C K TO P L AY V I D E O
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PUMP: SYRINGE + TWO VALVES
one way valve
one way valve
REMOVES FLUID
MANUAL PUMPING
MAINTAINS PRESSURE
CREATES PRESSURE
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Ideal for patients with medium sized wounds who are more likely to be active while healing
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LOW COST + PORTABLE
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PROOF OF CONCEPT
Product Design
LEVEL OF PRESSURE
Capable of applying at least 70mmHg of pressure A manometer was set up to measure the pressure that can be applied by the healPac
Connected to HealPac system
99mmH20 or 72.8mmHg
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FREQUENCY OF RESET
Pressure maintains for at least 3 hours per reset We used a grapefruit to simulate a wound and clamped it to simulate exudation. We then applied our prototype to see how long the pressure can be maintained.
Start of test 18:01
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PROJECT TYPE
Undergraduate Studio Project
PROJECT BACKGROUND
Students collaborates with doctors from a University Hospital to generate and prototype solutions for problems identified by the doctors.
DURATION
11 Weeks
DELIVERABLES
Proof of Concept
TEAM
Chia Guo Xiang Grace Gandi
YEAR
2015
Product Design
In collaboratation with National University Hospital Asst Prof Ngiam Kee Yuan
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Pulse
Exploratory Tinkering
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Pulse: Interactive Installation #Tinkering #Arduino #SiliconeCasting
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What if Our World was Soft? By combining soft/elastic materials and electronics, this project aims to explore new possibilities of softness, elasticity and sticky interactions. The goal here is not to solve problems in the way most human-centered approaches seek to, but to attempt to uncover new product typologies and interactions through open-ended explorations and hands-on prototyping.
Client
Nil
Type
Exploratory Tinkering
Duration
11 Weeks
Team Size
3
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PULSE A project inspired by soft robotics, “Pulse� is an interactive installation of synthetic creatures. Undisturbed, these creatures lay dormant on the floor of the tank. When one taps on the glass, the creatures come alive, pulsing upwards with each tap.
C L I C K TO P L AY V I D E O
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A Surreal Experience The resulting movements as these creatures swim up and down when somebody taps the glass turned out to be uncannily organic. This uncanniness is further accentuated by the resemblance these creatures share with real domesticated marine animals in terms of their ecosystem (both “live� in water tanks with an air pump serving as their lifeline). The result is a surreal yet intriguing experience.
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Upon awakening, the creature lights up and begins to inflate
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Close up of an inflating
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“ P U L S E ” I N S TA L L AT I O N
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ARDUINO
A I R S U P P LY
NOID
VES
D E F L AT I O N
COMPRESSOR
The creatures "swim" by having air pumped into them. A compressor supplies air to the creatures via tubes. An Arduino board regulates the air supply to control the “swimming” of the creatures Vibration and motion sensors determine which creature is being prodded at. The appropriate valve can then be activated, “waking up” the corresponding creature.
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Undergraduate Studio Project
PROJECT TYPE
Undergraduate Studio Project
PROJECT BACKGROUND
Students first learn basic Arduino and silicone casting technique. They are then challenged to develop those skills further to design and prototype a creative manifestation of soft electronics.
DURATION
11 Weeks
DELIVERABLES
Experiencable Prototype
TEAM
Kelly Yap Eddy Tan
YEAR
2014
Pulse
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Team Project
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Pulse
Undergraduate Studio Project
DAX
Product Design
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Team Project
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DAX Wallet Kickstarter Project # Pro d u c t D e s i g n #Marketing #Kickstarter #Entrepeunership
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Product Design
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Kickstarting a Product Business The brief was to design a product, launch it on a crowd-funding platform, and then market it to garner enough funding to start manufacturing and kickstart a business around it.
Client
Nil
Type
Product Design (Lifestyle)
Duration
13 Weeks
Team Size
3
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CLICK FOR K I C K S TA R T E R LINK & VIDEO
The wallet with a trick up its sleeve Inspired by mobile app interfaces, DAX is a wallet that allows you to access your cards easily and beautifully. Simply pull the tab and watch your cards cascade out with a splash of colors!
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Experience Centric Wallets have remained largely the same for as long as we can remember. We wanted to re-imagine the wallet to offer a radical, fresh, and vibrant experience.
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uU
Product Design
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Quality Comes with Quantity Everything, from the name choice to the logo design, were derived from an iterative process. Generating a large number of options help us be more sure that our choice will be an informed one.
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Product Design
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RAISED $52,660 on
Mentioned in:
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Finding the Right Factory We partnered with Allocacoc, a Dutch product design company based in Shanghai for production and distrubution. Because DAX is quite unique, it was challenging to find a factory with the required expertise. We visited numerous factories to discuss directly with them.
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Product Design
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Team Project
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Delivered, but Not Satisfied We realised that getting access to factories with the advanced fabrication capabilities we needed was difficult because we did not have the negotiating power of a large enough company. Communication was also difficult because we had to do so remotely most of the time. We ended up making compromises so that we could deliver in time. Although we delivered, we felt that we could do much better in product quality.
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Product Design
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DAX Reboot: Working More Closely with Manufacturers We took the lessons learnt and worked towards a version 2. This time we worked closely with the manufacturer from the start, understanding their limitations and working to resolve problems. We flew over to Shanghai more often which helped to move things more quickly. We will be shipping a free version 2 to all our original Kickstarter backers.
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Product Design
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Product Design
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DAXv2 By tweaking material choices and revamping the construction method, we resolved the issues that plagued the first version, and made it look and feel sleeker than before. DAXv2 is entering production phase soon and will be available by the end of October.
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PROJECT TYPE
Undergraduate Studio Project
PROJECT BACKGROUND
Students design, prototype, and market a product for a crowdfunding platform. If the project gets funded successfully, they will have to follow up accordingly.
DURATION
11 Weeks (campaign launch)
DELIVERABLES
Kickstarter Campaign
TEAM
Yeo Wan Jun Jeffery Bogue
YEAR
2015
DAX
Product Design
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DAX
Undergraduate Thesis Project
Last Cradle
Product-Service Design
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Individual Project
7 Months
07.
Last Cradle: Design for Death # Pro d u c t D e s i g n #ServiceDesign #SocialDesign #Research
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Undergraduate Thesis Project
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Product-Service Design
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Humanising the Way We Handle Death Clinical, cold, dehumanising. Those are some of the words used to describe how deceased people are transported from their site of death in many modern societies. This underbelly of our death practices exposes many modern societies' alienating and medicalised attitudes towards death. How do we move towards a healthier relationship with death? What is a healthier relationship with death? How might we achieve that through the design of our death practices? Client
NUS Thesis Project
Type
Product-Service Design, Research
Duration
7 months
Team Size
Nil In collaboratation with Ang Chin Moh Funeral Directors
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Product-Service Design
Researching Death To start off, I looked at books, academic papers, opinion pieces, documentaries, memoirs etc. Learning about death through a healthy variety of sources and mediums allowed me to understand the topic from a variety of perspectives—scholars, grievers, mortuary workers, nurses etc.
Corpses, conflict post-mortem pra CYRIL SCHAFER
Department of Anthropolog
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Why do death practices matter for the living? What is considered a healthy relationship with death? Where do death practices become most neglected? Who can we learn from? How are death practices being shaped today?
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This study explores the facilitative aspects of postfuneral rituals in the grief process. Participants included 50 adults who evaluated symbolic activities (rituals) in terms of helpfulness, aspects of those activities, and outcomes of performing such activities. Results con¢rmed (a) that appropriate rituals can facilitate adjustment to bereavement, (b) that some factors are particularly important for success of rituals, and (c) that performing rituals can have signi¢cant positive outcomes for participants.
One of the greatest challenges of being human is dealing with the grief caused by the death of a loved one. As painful as this experience may be, this article takes the position that grief is an initiation into the mystery of life, that it is transformative (e.g., Balk, 1999; Romano¡ & Terenzio, 1998; Moules, 1998; Parkes et al., 1996), and that it can have a positive impact on one’s life (e.g., Stroebe, 2001). Rather than an illness or misfortune to be overcome, grief can be viewed as an opportunity for personal change and growth (Gamino, Sewell, & Easterling, 2000; Stroebe & Schut, 1999; Hogan, Morse & Taso¤n, 1996; Parkes et al.,1996). The following ancient story, often encountered in the literature on grief, eloquently illustrates these points: Kisa Gotami was a woman who had lost her ¢rst-born son. Grief-stricken and clutching the body of her deceased son, she roamed the streets looking for medicine or an antidote that could restore her son to life. She ¢nally took the body to the Buddha. The Buddha listened to her pleas with compassion and said,‘‘Go enter the city, make the rounds of the entire city, beginning at the beginning, and in whatever home no one has ever died, from that house fetch tiny grains of mustard seed’’ (Burtt, 1982, p. 45). Kisa Received 5 May 2002; accepted 22 May 2002. Address correspondence to Jason Castle, 1306 Lincoln Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901-2105, USA. E-mail: jason@castletype.com
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GRIEF RITUALS: ASPECTS THAT FACILITATE ADJUSTMENT TO BEREAVEMENT
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HEALTH COMMUNICATION http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2016.1196519
DEFINING MOMENTS
Creating Possible … Aesthetically Engaging Life Amid Reminders Stephanie M. Pangborn Department of Communication, Clemson University
gy and Archaeology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
ation of post-mortem practices has been presented as one of the significant with secularisation in contemporary, western society. While some authors ningful, communal ritual (Crouch, 2004; Hunter, 2007; Wouters, 2002), shift as a positive development reflecting the realities of changing consumer demands. This paper critically examines personalisation by ally linked to post-mortem practices: funeral directors, secular celebrants awing on ethnographic research data, this discussion reveals that x term that frequently obscures the processes, meanings and difficulties st-mortem practices in contemporary New Zealand society.
eral directors; celebrants; personalisation; ritual
ion literature
post-mortem personalisation frequently assert that funerals found transformation in the past 30 years. Personalised commonly described as ‘authentic’, ‘individualistic’ and hat contrast markedly with the traditional religious funerals kinson, 2012). These constructions focus instead on the s and relationships of the deceased rather than religious h. Garces-Foley and Holcomb (2006, p. 208) argue that this a can be interpreted as a ‘constructive reaction against the tter, ostentatious, theologically focused, tradition-deterpractices of the twentieth century’. They go on to note that not only represent a strategy for self-expression but rce community bonds by providing people with the temporary communities, countering potential anomie in ietal contexts (Garces-Foley & Holcomb, 2006, p. 225). shaw (2010) have asserted that new celebratory (or ‘life ies; Rasmussen, 2007) are both empowering and mean(2001) noting that innovative rituals accompanying
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Transporting the Dead A Booming but Lightly Regulated Industry
Photographs. Piano keys. Nature walks. Fingernails filled with paint. This was my life—a childhood of unceasing creativity. I constructed my world with fierce imagination. No one imposed limits on my visions of possibility. In fact, those who loved me often joined in these creative pursuits. I was captivated with the way it made me feel. In the midst of intense specialized training as an art major in college, however, the magic faded fast. Alone in my attempt to master skills—prioritizing finished products rather than enjoying the process with others—it no longer felt right. For two and a half years, I desperately fought to reclaim the joy. The emptiness was unsettling. I quit. Fifteen years later, as I sit penning this essay about my defining moments as a health communication scholar, I cannot help but be amazed and grateful that one of my greatest passions—a commitment to creativity and possibility—never gave up on me. Much of my work integrates imagination, creativity, art, music, and storytelling into settings often marginalized or simply unseen in our society. In my professional endeavors, I have joined with individuals, families, and care providers in profoundly vulnerable situations characterized by loss, decline, mortality, illness, and suffering—hospice homes, home hospice visits, family bereavement camps, senior living communities, and dementia care facilities. These moments have been filled with incredible people, fascinating life stories, and enriching experiences. During all of these moments, I have been forced to wrestle with the twists of fate in my personal life that continually affirm my dedication to these people, places, and professional priorities. My body, scarred by surgeries and affected by autoimmune issues, knows pain. My heart, having lost people I dearly loved to both sudden death and prolonged degenerative illness, knows suffering. My mind, wrestling to make sense of and survive the physical and emotional exhaustion of multiple miscarriages, knows loss, uncertainty, and anger. As I reflect upon the intermingling of these very private experiences and professional endeavors, one thing is clear: I have learned to appreciate life with a renewed understanding of the miracle that it truly is by embracing the aesthetic moments and relational connections that make it meaningful. I received a call the day Theresa was transferred to the hospice home. Her 19-year old sons, Josh and Joey, had requested my help with a photography session. The boys wanted keepsakes of their mother that contained no visible markers of her illness, an understandable but challenging request. Theresa had been unresponsive CONTACT Stephanie M. Pangborn
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for hours in this hospital bed, connecte intravenous tubes delivering medicat needed in this state. The pain in th willingness to be present, to move cre this significant experience, was met wi The boys took turns covering devices delicately embraced their mother’s han and brushed her fingers across their fa were tattoos of the things she cherished the inside of her forearm being one mother’s love that they wanted to cher body, otherwise marred by illness and carried significant stories and bonds th diagnosis or impending death. In this sm ders of the devastating circumstance pu the boys relied upon the aesthetic exper to reconstruct a space that affirmed the
These moments linger with hau assumptions about what might yet be crises tempt us to believe there is not In Western medical contexts, hope clinical cure (Mattingly, 2010). Medi extend life expectancies, and even de illness. Nothing, though, changes the being human are aging, decline, and d cure. In his book Being Mortal, Atul vivid accounts of the consequences accept this reality. We have “turned dying into medical experiences, matte care professionals” (Gawande, 2014, p a professional act delivered by traine nated by a degree, specialty, and/or and sequester fundamental aspects o managing life, we forget that it still especially so in the midst of pain, suf We need to remember, as Matting despair does not disqualify individu worth living” (p. 19) or negate the op In light of this, one encouraging shift in I am grateful beyond measure is th appreciation of arts-based experience nent of holistic care, although much the physiological and psychological o intervention (for an overview see Stuc communication discipline, too, we hav in moving beyond the limitations o recognizing artistic representations a
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Designing personal grief rituals: An analysis of symbolic objects and actions Corina Sasa and Alina Comanb a School of Computing and Communications, Institute for Social Futures, Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire, UK; bFaculty of Sociology and Communication, University of Transilvania Brasov, Brasov, Romania
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Personal grief rituals are beneficial in dealing with complicated grief, but challenging to design, as they require symbolic objects and actions meeting clients’ emotional needs. The authors reported interviews with 10 therapists with expertise in both grief therapy and grief rituals. Findings indicate three types of rituals supporting honoring, letting go, and self transformation, with the latter being particularly complex. Outcomes also point to a taxonomy of ritual objects for framing and remembering ritual experience, and for capturing and processing grief. Besides symbolic possessions, the authors identified other types of ritual objects including transformational and future-oriented ones. Symbolic actions include creative craft of ritual objects, respectful handling, disposal, and symbolic play. They conclude with theoretical implications of these findings, and a reflection on their value for tailored, creative co-design of grief rituals. In particular, several implications for designing grief rituals were identified that include accounting for the client’s need, selecting (or creating) the most appropriate objects and actions from the identified types, integrating principles of both grief and art/drama therapy, exploring clients’ affinity for the ancient elements as medium of disposal in letting go rituals, and the value of technology for recording and reflecting on ritual experience.
The end of the 20th century has witnessed an erosion of people’s trust in the authority of traditions and the power of institutions (Walter, 1996). This has led to an increased interest in alternative forms of interpreting the world and human experience. Postmodernism’s efforts to integrate the rational-irrational or mind-body polarities (Keenan, 2012) have been also reflected in people’s renewed interest in rituals. Rather than returning to traditional rituals, we have seen however a trend toward designing and adopting new rituals emphasizing pragmatism, playfulness, and creativity to ensure meaning making of self relevant events (Platvoet, 1995). Ritual studies scholars have noted that this trend toward personal rituals favors authentic, informal, and spontaneous emotional expression and sense-making (Lofland, 1985; Walter, 1994; Wouters, 2002). Grimes (2004) referred to the need to explore the development of rituals for meeting people’s specific needs, which formal religious rituals fail to address. Grimes (2000) also noted the emerging interest in constructing such novel rituals and the creativity required for alternative forms of ritualizing personal events that mark transitions in human lifecycle. In this article we focus on personal rituals, for which we agree with Schnell’s (2009) CONTACT Corina Sas corina@comp.lancs.ac.uk Lancashire, LA1 4WA, UK.
definition of rituals as formalized patterns of actions for constructing meaning from a personally relevant event. Whereas interest in novel rituals spans life transitions, those focusing on death and grief have received particular attention both from scholars of rituals studies and those of grief therapy (Gordon & Gordon, 1984; Jackson & Donovan, 1988; Littlewood, 1992). Emphasizing the importance of developing personally meaningful rituals, Moller (1996) noted that the sole reliance on individuals’ coping skills of dealing with death makes grief processing more challenging and intense (Moller, 1996). Noticeable efforts to support personal grief rituals have been made within the field of psychotherapy (Moore & Myerhoff, 1977; Grimes, 2004). Previous work has shown that successful rituals should meet specific therapeutic properties. We know little however about how to design grief rituals to meet these properties and in particular what symbolic objects and actions to use across ritual stages and ritual types. We report on interviews with 10 psychotherapists with expertise in grief rituals to investigate the following research questions: .� Which are the main types of grief rituals and their functions?
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th and mortuary rituals in Japan, scant attention emotional responses to death and their social and based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in a ways in which grief is experienced and perceived by cally how it is expressed and controlled and under their emotional condition, grieving demeanour, ender roles and pollution. I found that the emolated to social relationships between the bereaved e proximity of bonds between the living and the seeks to elucidate why the Japanese notion of grief e understood, first and foremost, in terms of these
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Patients with metastatic non–small-cell lung cancer have a substantial symptom burden and may receive aggressive care at the end of life. We examined the effect of introducing palliative care early after diagnosis on patient-reported outcomes and end-of-life care among ambulatory patients with newly diagnosed disease. Methods
We randomly assigned patients with newly diagnosed metastatic non–small-cell lung cancer to receive either early palliative care integrated with standard oncologic care or standard oncologic care alone. Quality of life and mood were assessed at baseline and at 12 weeks with the use of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–Lung (FACT-L) scale and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, respectively. The primary outcome was the change in the quality of life at 12 weeks. Data on end-of-life care were collected from electronic medical records.
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Of the 151 patients who underwent randomization, 27 died by 12 weeks and 107 (86% of the remaining patients) completed assessments. Patients assigned to early palliative care had a better quality of life than did patients assigned to standard
From Massachusetts Gene Boston (J.S.T., J.A.G., A.M., C.M.D., J.J., W.F.P., J.A.B.); t versity of New York, Buffalo Palliative Medicine, Departm thesiology, Columbia Unive Center, New York (C.D.B.); a versity, New Haven, CT (T.J reprint requests to Dr. Tem chusetts General Hospital, Yawkey 7B, Boston, MA jtemel@partners.org. N Engl J Med 2010;363:733-
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CCEPTANCE THROUGH RITUAL NANCY C. REEVES
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zes the author’s original research, which sought to discover y for using death-related ritual as a psychotherapeutic people who experience their grief as ‘‘stuck,’’ ‘‘unending,’’ so on. A death-related ritual is defined as a ceremony, least 1 person and the symbols of the loss, and usually ctly involving others. Suggestions for counselors and iscussed.
ars I have explored the use of ritual as a psyegy for maladaptive grief. This article describes eed to be in a ritual for it to be perceived as issues for the practitioner will be outlined. will be on using a ritual when mourners experistuck’’ or maladaptive, usually some months or ess. I also use the information when assisting er their loss, to create more meaningful s, such as wakes, funerals, scattering ashes, orials. henomenological research, which I conducted (Reeves, 1989), included five corespondents ne man), who had developed rituals that were g them out of a seemingly chronic experience wo corespondents were grieving sudden, unexothers; one woman, a successful artist, grieved reative block,’’ which had brought her to the man grieved his former self, ‘‘killed’’ by an
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Through the Eyes of Death Workers In most modern cities, death practices are handled by Funeral Directors. I worked as a part-time funeral assistant to get a more nuanced understanding of death and the surrounding practices through my own senses.
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Partaking in Rituals Coping with death is an extremely emotional process. Being physically present with the bereaved as they mourned allowed me understand death practices in a visceral manner beyond what books and documentaries can offer. I felt the shivers as silence washed over the entire mourning group at the chime of the Buddhist bell. I felt my heart quiver as I witnessed a grandma, too frail to stand by herself, gently and methodically arrange incense over her husband's body in a Taoist ritual. I felt my heart fill with warmth from the bittersweet laughter that filled the room as a large family exchanged banters while they took turns to transfer their grandmother's remains into an urn.
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Why Do Death Practices Matter? On an individual and communal level, they fulfill “critical psychological and social needs following a death”. On a societal level, they "serve as platforms for re-enactment and reaffirmation of societal values1. “ While directed at the dead, death practices serve the living. And although they are shaped by our society, how we practice them shape our society in return.
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What Are Our Needs Following a Death? Death rituals can be seen as mechanisms that cultures have developed to help the living cope with the disruptive effects of death. Studying these responses to death can hence shed light on the needs that people have when confronted with a death. By comparing across various cultures and their practices, I extracted 6 common threads in dealing with death.
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Green burials give meaning to death with the idea that one can “return to the earth� and become part of the world in another way
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The Need to Facilitate Making Sense of Death The impulse to make sense of death is almost always activated when one is confronted with a death, and the difficulty of such a task often demands assistance from symbols, metaphors, and ritual.
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A family huddling together to give each other support as they express their grief
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The Need to Strengthen Communal Ties Death often breaks communal ties. For example, losing your wife often means losing contact with your wife’s friends too. Funerals seem to counteract this by gathering the decreased’s social network. They also encourage strengthening of relationships through opportunities for acts of mutual support. Perhaps then the universality of strong communal components in funerals is not a coincidence. Perhaps funerals evolved to be commual to address a universal need in the face of a member's death—the need to strengthen communal ties where a gash has been dealt.
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The practice of placing flowers on the coffin is often described as comforting in the sense of being able to “do something� for the deceased
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The Need for Expression of Thoughts and Feelings Many rituals provide opportunities for expression of thoughts and feelings, whether through prayers, verbal outcries, or symbolic physical actions such as the throwing of flowers into the grave. Mourners often describe these rituals as comforting because they allow the mourners to express their last regards for the dead or “do one last thing� for the dead, facilitating closure.
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A mourner pours holy water into a bowl as part of a bathing ceremony for Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Grand Palace. Rituals often involve similar simple but symbolic tasks.
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The Need to Channel Grief Emotions Many cultures respond to death by prescribing a flurry of tasks for the bereaved to carry out. The tasks are typically simple and low impact in nature, potentially providing a means for channeling of grief emotions. Funerals also naturally create a supportive and acceptable space for public statements of grief to play out.
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A Japanese bone picking ceremony where the relatives pick the bones from the ashes and transfer them to the urn. This intimate interaction with the remains allow mourners to tangibly affirm the death and corresponding transformation of the deceased
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The Need to Embrace Transformation In many cultures, the transformation of the body is perceived as the climax of the whole funeral process, whether it is transformed into ashes or whether it “becomes� part of the earth. The importance placed on these rituals point to the need for some kind of tangible affirmation of the death, possibly to help the bereaved embrace the reality of the death and the resultant transformation to their lives.
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A traditional chinese funeral in Singapore follows an elaborate and precise order of rituals
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The Need to Regain Feelings of Control Funerary rituals often follow a precise order of events, helping mourners exercise and experience control in the midst of the chaos and upheaval associated with grief.
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Learning from Existing Death Processes 4 main principles for addressing the needs of the living were extracted from existing postdeath processes. These provide the guidelines or starting points in designing post-death processes.
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1. USE OF SCRIPTED BEHAVIOR Funerals create space and time where public expression of grief becomes acceptable and is supported
2. USE OF SYMBOLS AND METAPHORS Release of doves provides an imagery that symbolizes the release of the deceased’s spirit and letting go
3. LEVERAGE ON SENSORY EXPERIENCES Flowers are often used to create a comforting image through both sight and smell
4. USE OF HANDS ON ACTIVITIES Folding of paper money fill up idle time in Taoist funerals, keeping mourners occupied and providing opportunities for expression
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The Transfer Process What is the transfer process? The “transfer process” refers to the collection of the deceased person by the funeral service for transportation to the funeral center (where the deceased’s body will be prepared for the wake). The collection point can be either the deceased’s home, hospice, nursing home, or hospital morgue, depending on where the deceased passed away.
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“Sometimes people get angry at you. You’re taking their loved one away. They are very stoic, they are
very together, and as soon as you start to move that body, they fall apart.”
Curtis Johnson ‘Body transporter’ for Serenity Transportation based in California
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“The way they do it is horrible! As if the the deceased was not a person� Dover Park Hospice Nurse
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Why Design for the Transfer Process? The current process is carried out with a clinical and utilitarian attitude, inappropriate for a profound and sacred life event such as death. 2
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Death is not just another biological event that we need to quickly get over and be done with
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Death is a deeply profound and transformative life event
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PROJECT GOALS 1. To better address the needs of the bereaved 2. To re-integrate death into our consciousness 3. To shape society’s values through death 4. To raise the profile of the death profession
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ISSUES WITH CURRENT PROCESS 1. Poor attention to semantics 2. Low sensitivity to socio-psycho needs of bereaved 3. Too clinical and anaesthetic given the profoundness of the event
NEEDS OF BEREAVED 1. Facilitate making sense of death 2. Strengthen communal ties 3. Expression of thoughts and feelings 4. Channel grief emotions 5. Embrace transformation
PRINCIPLES FOR ADDRESSING NEEDS 1. Use of scripted behavior 2. Use of symbols and metaphors 3. Leverage on sensory experiences 4. Use of hands-on rituals
6. Regain feelings of control
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Design Brief Taking into account the goals of this project, the shortfalls of the current transfer process, and the principles in addressing the needs of the bereaved, a design brief was formed. This brief gives focus to the project and guides the idea generation process.
To humanise the transfer proc transforming it from a detache into a process that is more dig
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Last Cradle Through affording for gentler and more caring gestures, Last Cradle transforms the now clinical procedure of transferring a deceased person into a warm and aesthetic ritual that is more meaningful for both the bereaved and the funeral staff. C L I C K TO P L AY V I D E O
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Part 1: Carrier Facilitates easier and gentler lifting. Decreases the likelihood of the process being hidden.
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Completely flexible, allowing the carrier to be rolled under the body like any flexible stretcher. Stores away easily.
As the handles are pulled upwards, the carrier embraces the body like a cradle, shrouding the head and legs.
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CURRENT PROCEDURE Body sags, making carrying strenuous, rough, and ugly. The process is hence often hidden.
LIFT WITHOUT SAGGING With the head and legs pulled towards the center, the body can be carried nearer to the center without the head and legs flopping, even with only two carriers.
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Part 2: Mortuary Cot Cover A mortuary cot attachment that transforms the covering process into a ceremonial ritual
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Retrofits Existing Cots Fits most standard cots, allowing Last Cradle to be affordable and easy to acquire
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Warmer Securing Instead of black belts brutally strapped across the body, a pair of wings hugs the deceased snuggly in place.
CURRENT PROCEDURE 2 utilitarian black belts are tightened around the deceased
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Graceful Closure Two halves come together, enveloping the deceased into a cocoon.
CURRENT PROCEDURE The cloth is haphazardly tied at the face and feet
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A Ceremonial Last Step A separate last step is dedicated to covering the face—punctuating the most emotionally intense part of the process. Such a personal yet simple gesture could be left for the family to complete.
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A Vessel Fit for People The cocoon's double curvature structure keeps the shape crisp, preventing the material from flopping onto the deceased's face, and lending it a sense of portectiveness.
C U R R E N T A LT E R N A T I V E S Existing cot covers are designed as simply clinical bags for bodies
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Gestures That Honour The zippers are always the furthest from the body, allowing the zipping to feel more respectful than in conventional body bags.
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Materials The materials used in this prototype are chosen for prototyping purposes only. The final materials need to be easily cleanable, or have an easily cleanable coating.
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"It has the effect on not onl the loved one, but also the
From the point of view of a gives you a sense of identit feel better when you are do you are doing something m the loved one, rather than j "ok lets go!" And then that Mr. Bernard Chen Project Executive, Ang Chin Moh Foundation
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a funeral staff, it ty, it makes you oing this, that meaningful to just *wrap* and t's it."
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Design Strategy Leading up to the final outcome, many "research—prototype—evaluate" cycles were conducted. Evaluation focused on analysis of qualitative feedback which is better suited for understanding latent attitudes and uncovering unexpected insights.
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Prescedent Studies Very few works deal with funerary transfers. Hence, the prescedent studies focused largely on tangentially related works. From utility-driven stretchers to ceremonial shrouds to infant swaddles, I aimed to cover as wide a range as possible to learn and draw inspiration from existing approaches.
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Ideation & Probe Generation Sketches and prototypes were generated throughout the process to concretise ideas. By studying how people interact with them, the sketches and prototypes act as probes, helping to uncover unique insights.
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STRUCTURED FORM FEELS MORE PROTECTIVE This becomes most relevant when deceased leaves family and/ or is outdoors (during transfer, handing over to undertakers)
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Students self-initiate a topic to research on based on their area of interests. They are then expected to design an innovative artifact that fulfills human needs and improves quality of life.
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The Future of Caring for the Elderly Dementia and elderly day care centers rely heavily on front-line care workers to ensure quality care. However, quality care workers are difficult to attract, nurture, and retain. How might we support this profession to grow and improve?
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1. Worker shortage despite easy entry 2. Tough job requiring mental stamina and support 3. High turnover rate, poor quality of care
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Day-Care Case Study We had the opportunity to visit Kaoshiung City Government Senior Citizen’s Service Center to learn about the issues their care workers face. The timeline was extremely tight, so we quickly got to work and tried to gather as many insights as possible through observation and interviews.
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Quick Ideation and Validation The daycare center was kind enough to let us work in one of their rooms, allowing us to quickly clarify hunches and validate ideas on the spot.
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INSIGHT 1
Holistic care requires tailored attention and rich experience • Every elderly person is different • Ability to handle difficult situations comes with exposure to many situations
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INSIGHT 2
Sharing knowledge and experience between stakeholders is messy • No time for organised sharing • Small observations are sometimes forgotten and not shared • Sharing happens only by chance or among close friends Greater Care
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INSIGHT 3
Poor social image • •
Nobody aspires to be a care worker No support by the society and even family
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WHAT KEEPS A CARE WORKER GOING?
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CARE WORKER'S FUEL
LOVE RETURNED BY ELDERLY
OBSTACLE
INACCESSIBLE UNL EXPERIENCED
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LESS
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SUPPORT FROM OTHERS (TEAM, FAMILY, SOCIETY)
MONETARY
LITTLE SUPPORT FROM FAMILY AND SOCIETY
DEPENDENT ON SOCIAL IMAGE
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H OW M I G H T W E
Support (new) care workers in a way that not only assists their day-to-day jobs, but also helps them feel more pride in their profession?
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GREATER CARE A Tool that the Care Profession Wears With Pride C L I C K TO P L AY V I D E O
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APP A platform that facilitates connection between stakeholders around the elderly
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SMART BADGE Smart, Connected Tool that Care Workers are Proud to Wear • Microphone Equipped • AI Voice Assistant • Connected to Greater Care App • Grants priviliges at participating retailers
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CONCEPT OVERVIEW APP Platform for stakeholders to share knowledge and experience
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APP + BADGE
BADGE Need to wear diapers
Smart tool that care workers wear with pride
Give juice before meals Play Beatles to calm down
V O I C E A C T I VAT E D A S S I TA N T AT W O R K
R E C O R D E D T I P S A R E A U TO M AT I C A L LY C AT E G O R I S E D A N D U P LO A D E D TO A P P
• Record helpful tips as they are discovered • Help set reminders during work
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BADGE OF COLLECTIVE PRIDE
FREE COFFEE AT O U R C A F E !
RECOGNITION AND A P P R E C I AT I O N B Y COMMUNITY
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A CARE WORKER'S STETHOSCOPE Like a stethoscope, the Greater Care Badge aims to become a meaningful emblem of the care profession. More than a professional tool, the badge is a symbol of collective pride and a first step towards greater public recognition for the profession.
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POSSIBLE EXTENSIONS Color coded badges that makes visible the care workers' years of experience, acknowledging the value of experience accumulated in an experience-driven profession.
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PROJECT TYPE
Multi-disciplinary Workshop
PROJECT BACKGROUND
A international workshop where students from different countries and disciplines come together to study aging related issues. Students are then expected to brainstorm innovative solutions from a global perspective and present them at the end of the workshop.
DURATION
4 Days
DELIVERABLES
Concept Presentation
TEAM
Jie-Chun Chen Yi-Tzu Li Takashi Maruya Julia Beer
YEAR
2017
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Self-initiated Projects
Leathercraft
Product Design & Craft
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Leathercraft # Pro d u c t D e s i g n #Craft
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