'' tentagon'' is a two-person lightweight tent with an inflatable frame, mainly for beginners in camping. Compared with the inflatable tents on the market, tentagon is lighter and more technical. It adopts innovative three-axis air column technology, which subverts the previous one-axis technology on the market, so that the overall tent frame has a better supporting structure. It is also made of environmentally friendly fabrics.
Lin,Shao-Ying
Persona,User Interview
Tsai,Che-Ju
Background Research,
Concept Development, 3D Model
Li,Qi-Yong
Sketch,Concept Development
Chen,Wei
Graphic Design,3D Model
Video link
Design Background
The luxury campimg is not only become a trend but also a future business opportunity. According to the statistics of the Camping Association, the number of people who regularly conduct camping activities in Taiwan has exceeded 2 million. At the same time, according to the statistics of Rakuten Insight in Japan, the keywords "luxury camping" have increased by 50% compared with the past. It can be seen that camping is not only a trend, but also a future business opportunity.
Describe
Positioned at the camping beginner. Due to the rise of camping activities, the number of this group will increase and their pain points is not satisfied, which can develop business opportunities in the market.
Design Goal
Pain point
It is not easy to set up the tent for camping beginner. They used to spend a lot of time to set up which is frustrated users.
Needs and Target
They need a tent that is more easier to set up so that they can spend more time on nature and outdoor.
"Convey a chill feeling of being close to nature"
Enhance the camping experience Create a new camping style - life attitude is very leisurely and unhurried
Design concept
Developed inflatable tent that is easier to set up for camping beginner.
After the development of the sketch shape, the skeleton structure is further discussed.
Structual devlopment
The only cross-dimensional inflatable tent stand on the market.
Develop various support structures and inflation methods by extensively comparing and analyzing current market frameworks. Create unique and practical structures that align with the core values of this project.
The cross-dimensional air tent pole that can connect all framework into one piece which make user inflate tent pole at one time.
Four steps to set up the tent
Assembly Process Design Feature
''tentagon''can be inflated within 2 minutes, and the user only needs to fill the inflatable frame to complete the construction. In addition to setting up, the one-piece tent is also more convenient and quick to pack up. The overall shape of the tent is represented by a pentagon, which is connected to the inner tent through the left and right inclined angles, and uses gravity to achieve a perfect balance between the inner tent and the air column.
All In One Bag
Quick inflation
Easy operation
Marketing X
Set up a company and cooperate with Gee's fundraising platform, and start preparing for product listing with sponsors and investors
Set up a company
Currently determined investors
Design adjustments
Start crowdfunding
Looking for manufacturer proofing
responsible for marketing
Social media promotion Host live exhibitions
Deliver the products
Participate in the competition to promote
Moon Guitar
Redesigned the moon guitar that has not evolved for long time to conform modern musical trend and avoid the culture decline. Make musicians easier to play with modern bands. To show the sound of Taiwan culture when musicians play with bands, emphasized original skills of moon guitar and integrate the sound between oriental temperament and occidental temperament.
Project Type
Product Design / Interaction Design
Time
2021 July-2022 May
Cooperation
Group
Tsai,Che-Ju
Background Research, Concept Development, 3D Model
User Interview、Arduino
Lin,Shao-Ying
Persona User Interview、Arduino
Design Background
1. Professional musician
2. Want to promote Taiwanese traditional music
3. Try to blend traditional instruments into modern music
Moon Guitar is one of the unique traditional musical instruments in Taiwan. It used to be seen everywhere, but now it has gradually declined because it can not keep up with the changes of the times. People are united and great because of their culture. Only by understanding our own culture can we truly understand ourselves and promote ourselves without forgetting our roots.
Design Goal
The temperaments between East and West are different.
When playing with western instruments, it is often stuggle to express the characteristics of the Taiwan instrument.
“Revolution
-Increase the visibility of Moon Guitar
-Awaken local awareness
-Revive traditional culture
Under the impact of various foreign music, our traditional music is gradually lost. In order to prevent it from being lost, we need to find a way to bring Moon Guitar back to the eyes of the public.
1 Can perform Moon Guitar features with modern bands.
2 More convenient to cooperate with western instruments.
3 Attract attention of young people and keep traditional instruments alive.
- Ehance the charm of the stage
of Traditional Moon Guitar
Development
Before starting the design, we decided to think about various possibilities divergently, and use the mind map as a divergent tool to really analyze the points that need to be considered when redesigning a new Moon Guitar.
The picture above is an interview with the teacher of the Taiwan Smile Folksong Group.
We understand that the Moon Guitar had been a popular instrument in Taiwan, but it has gradually declined due to the impact of contemporary foreign culture and the suppression of policies in the early government of Taiwan.
Design Concept
Developed play action with strong stage effect and shape with oriental imagery.
In order to attract the attention of the public, we must have novel shapes and distinctive stage charms, but at the same time we do not want to lose the traditional charm of Moon Guitar.
Remove the strings
Attract the audience
Modeling test
Change the temperaments
Taking the crescent moon as the main axis element as the focus of the stage charm.
In addition to retaining the shape of the traditional Moon Guitar, we also create with oriental elements as the main axis.
Intended to use plastic and silicone to create a light and novel style and make pressure sensing more sensitive
Intergrated temperament and Emphazied traditional fingerstyle
The shape of the crescent moon will gradually light up as the mode is switched, adding a little flavor to
Userbility Test
After digitization, we can freely convert the 6 eastern scales into the western 12 scales, and remove the strings and replace them with pressure-sensing buttons and micro-switch wave plates.
Developed more type of traditional Taiwanese musical instruments to build a performance system
Through the usability test with moon guitar teachers, they consider that the function not only meets the needs, but also expands the form of performance. Teachers also look forward to redesigning more instruments to create a complete performance systemental image.
Through arduino to achieve electronic and combined with UI interface, integrate and develop a set of apps to allow musicians to input the desired tone on the mobile phone in advance, and only need to easily rotate the handle on the stage to quickly change it.
Through arduino programming combined with midi music, the experts recorded the basic sound and adjusted it by the music producer and converted it into midi music for playing.
Zest is a wearable accessory designed for music enthusiasts. By detecting your movements and dances while listening to music, it generates different levels of electric currents to produce various tastes, enhancing your experience. The device consists of two parts: a wearable device for the hand and a small item placed in the mouth.
Zest is a style, an opportunity to understand your musical tastes, and a new way to define and interpret yourself.
Zest allows you to create different tastes by tapping the wrist device in rhythm while navigating through crowded streets. It can also be used at parties, where you can dance freely and share your new musical insights with friends.
We invite you to enjoy a more immersive music world with Zest.
Project Type
Product Design / Interaction Design Time 2024 April-2024 July
Tsai,Che-Ju
Background Research, Concept Development, 3D Model User Interview、Arduino
Design Background
1. Music enthusiasts
2. Consider music a crucial part of their identity
3. Continuously seeking ways to stimulate their musical taste and inspiration
This project strongly reflects my personal experiences and desire for a deeper music experience. Due to my personality and cultural background, I've often felt shy about expressing my love for music and unable to naturally release my feelings through movement. This piece is the result of continuous research and a fresh perspective. Through Zest, I found a new reason and angle to fully enjoy and discuss music.
Design Objective
-New way to experience music
-New way to commuicate
-New way to identify yourself
Without a clear feedback system to express their movements while enjoying music, it can sometimes feel awkward.
“Redefine the taste of music”
Currently, there is no easy, convenient, and portable way to stimulate one's taste in music.
This will open up a whole new market, a realm that no one has considered before. The idea of tasting music through your movements is a new concept, and it addresses an entirely new demand.
1 It can offer you a completely new music experience you never even imagined.
2 It opens up new possibilities and perspectives to discuss and savor music.
3 It is an opportunity to define and understand your own taste.
- Opportunity to Identify yourself
Development
This project draws a significant amount of inspiration from this research. A professor developed a technology that uses microcurrents and frequencies to stimulate the taste buds on the tongue, producing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty flavors.
“Listening to music makes us want to move. Whether it is through head bobbing, foot tapping, swaying or more elaborate movements, the tendency of people to engage physically with music seems to have an automatic and irresistible quality to it (Janata, Tomic, & Haberman, 2012). This motor involvement with music seems to be the most common way through which people tend to interact with music and usually result in an enjoyable experience. This feeling of an urge to move in response to music and the resulting enjoyment is commonly described as “being in the groove”. Janata et al. (2012)”
Through discussions, testing, and some brainstorming, we identified several critical flaws.
- No one is willing to wear something so cumbersome just to listen to music.
- While it’s great to adjust taste sensations, using a joystick for control seems unrelated to the act of listening to music.
Even if it's the same piece of music, everyone will taste different flavors due to their unique movements.
- The purpose of the device is still too vague; masks and joysticks are not elements people would want to be seen wearing in their daily lives.
Design Concept
After be sure to use the wrist-worn device as final, started to explore various possible shapes.
During the design process, continuously adjust the early prototypes and minimal dimensions in accordance with the new sensor and internal components, while referencing various contemporary smart wearable devices.
Drawing inspiration from the concept of lip piercings, the goal is to design multiple shapes that allow users to personalize their style. Experiment with various designs that can attach to wearable devices, creating a cohesive, integrated look.
Create feedback loop by different visual feedback
This version is for joyful playful happy music, The lighting ball will circle aroung with music and by your movement and blinking all the time to make it very alive for matching the happy vide for you to choose.
This version is perfect for meditation or calmer music such as LOFI or slower indie music. Slowly move to the rhythm, watching the light particles spin and dance along with you, helping you to fully immerse yourself.
This version is inspired by ocean waves, making it easier to resonate with calmer and sadder music. Your movements will control the direction of the waves, providing a visual feedback system suited for slow-paced and melancholy music.
Movement testing
Designing corresponding motion feedback for each visual style allows users to become more immersed in the music they are listening to.
Choose your favorite music. play it through whatever you like.
pick up the piece
place into mouth
Based on your situation, if you are in a crowded place or unable to move freely.
How to use CMF
As my target audience consists of music enthusiasts, I must provide unique custom designs and offer more options.
tap the watch's surface to follow the music's rhythm
It will generate different tastes through your movement
Given my target audience's discerning taste and preference for high-quality items, I focus on designs that avoid looking cheap and strike a balance between uniqueness and practicality. My work is highly customizable, with options for different colors, watchbands, and materials to cater to individual preferences.
I chose a lip piercing design for the small device, instead of a stick-like object. This design minimizes the exposed part and serves as a fashionable accessory. Like tattoos and earrings, I hope this mouth ring symbolizes a modern music enthusiast's identity.
Userbility Test
Electronic devices learning
Approximately 60 people participated in the taste tests, and including those who only did the motion tests, the total number likely exceeded 100 people. The taste test results were extremely successful, with participants experiencing a wide variety of flavors. People reported tasting bitter, sour, salty, and even sweet flavors. Some could identify specific foods or tastes, mentioning lemon, berries, strawberries, sour candy, and the fizz of soda.
A few individuals noted very strong sensations. From the image on the left, you can see that everyone's reactions are quite different.
During this project, I rapidly learned to use ESP32, TouchDesigner, and various sensors within a few months to make my final product functional. This aligns with my longstanding commitment to always push boundaries. One of the biggest challenges was integrating all the electronic components into the design without compromising its form. As I continued learning and experimenting with new technologies, the size and structure needed constant adjustments. To ensure a better user experience and presentation, I made the device wireless, which significantly increased the time and effort required. However, the final user experience was highly successful and rewarding.
Better Class
Teach for the better tomorrow
Better Class is a teaching aid that combines software and hardware. It uses full-seat projection technology to transform complex abstract concepts or 2D planes into simple, intuitive and easy-to-understand 3D three-dimensional shapes. The current trend of smart digital aids in class allows teachers to have more diverse teaching methods and enhances students' lack of spatial cognition. After investigation, it is found that although spatial cognition is not specifically listed as a course, it is widely used in Among them, we designed Better Class in order to allow students to better understand and enhance students' interest in class.
Lin,Shao-Ying
User interview, UX design
Tsai,Che-Ju
Background Research, interview
Concept Development, UI/UX design
Li,Qi-Yong
Sketch, UI design
Chen,Wei
Graphic Design
Design Background User Analysis Interview
According to the interview results, children in grades 5 and 6 may use abstract concepts or problems involving space in their classes, such as nature classes, mathematics classes, etc., and children will find it difficult to understand only through 2D pictures content. And according to the above chart, it is known that students have extreme differences in spatial cognition during this critical period.
Enhance students' spatial cognition
Every time I encounter abstract and difficult problems in class, 2D pictures may not make me understand, and the teacher's courses will always make me unable to get excited.
Pain point
1.class is boring.
2.Can't understand abstract questions.
3.2D graphics are sometimes more confusing.
Needs and Target
Create a new teaching mode
New ways of teaching and better ways to answer the questions I do not understand.
Although there are teaching materials provided by the manufacturer, it is very troublesome to prepare. Sometimes the students' questions are difficult to use words to make the younger students understand.
Pain point
1.Teaching materials are limited but it takes too much time to prepare by yourself.
2.Individual differences among students gradually emerge.
Needs and Target
I need new teaching aids that don’t take too much time to prepare so that I have more choices in teaching and help students better.
Interviewee
We learned about their concerns and learning problems from parents and students, learned from teachers about pain points and difficulties in teaching, and finally discussed design issues with ASUS designers so we can have a comprehensive consideration.
Parents & Students Teacher
Asus designer
Customer Journey Map
No time to think and prepare new teaching methods
Prepare Preparation course Teach courses Explanation process Answer Ask questions Review Trying to understand Attend lectures There
During Class Explanation Qusetion/Answer After class
KJ Method
Design Point
The ways of explanation are limited and it is difficult to ensure that students understand. You will still encounter concepts that you dont know when reviewing
Holographic projection technology
Simultaneously interact with the tablet
Change 2D into 3D
Story Board
Use storyboards to explore situations that traditional courses might encounter.
Imagine how and when holographic projections will be used and how the teacher will arrange the lessons.
Modeling
Problem Define
It is found that portability is not the key point and it is not cost-effective to need too many institutions to achieve.
Human factors need to be reconsidered to define product size.
The interface functions are too complex and should be more linear.
The key point is to synchronize the screens of the tablet and the projector, and let the teacher arrange the timing for the children to interact. With the simple and intuitive tablet interface, the children can easily control the 3D projection through the handle, so as to achieve active exploration and The purpose of multi-angle learning.
2D x 3D
Design Description
By presenting difficult 2D floor plans or complex abstract concepts with 3D projections, the diversified teaching methods of teachers also give children opportunities to actively explore and learn.
Classes are taught in groups can increase the interaction of students to improve the concentration of the class. Through the technology of holographic projection, each surface can be enriched with different angles.
It is expected to be used in more different courses or even special courses in the future, and the advantages of 3D projection can be flexibly used to present affairs, and even be used to explain escape routes, activity lines, etc.
Holographic Projection Tablet Interface
User Interface Design
Future Expection
It is hoped that 3D projection technology can be used in various courses to help students break the traditional teaching mode, such as complex mathematical geometry, social contour maps, the three-dimensional cycle of natural water, etc., and even more practical applications in the future Things, escape route map, activity field ratio, activity route arrangement, so that students can use the most direct way to reduce the burden of abstract and complex imagination.
Geometry Contour map
Sea level rise graph
Three-state cycle of water
Foode
Make meals both beautiful and delicious
With the popularity of social networks, the public began to love to share various things on social platforms, most of which are food. In addition to the basic recipes and steps, we found that the final presentation effect has become the most important part of people today. In addition to adding the design teaching of the plate, it also makes their choices more free and changeable. Instead of succumbing to rigid rules, recipes pay more attention. The final visual presentation effect is used to make choices, and various filters are provided at the end. In addition, a platform function has been added to allow users to share their favorite works and communicate with each other.
Project Type
UI Design
Time
2020 Mar.-Jun.
Lin,Shao-Ying
Concept Develpment,Userbility Test
Tsai,Che-Ju
Background Research, Userbility Test
Concept Development, UI Design
Li,Qi-Yong
Sketch, UI Design
Design Background
We found that people are more and more fond of sharing their lives, especially their own works. In order to better present them on social platforms, people who originally liked to cook are distressed in order to present their appearance. Therefore, we hope that through guided software to allow users to have a better quality of life.
In my free time, I like to manage my personal preferences. I like to cook and share the results on the Internet. As an Internet celebrity, I hope to do a good job in image management to effectively improve the quality of life and share a more layered and in-depth daily life.
User Story
Because of the focus on visual presentation, I hope that visual presentation can be considered when choosing meals.
Design Goal
Choose the desired meal
Improve the quality of life
Take photos and share with others
As a person who likes to cook, I hope that I can simulate the final appearance before making, so I can have more diverse attempts.
It is hoped that it will not only enjoy the taste, but also become a visual feast.
Pay attention to self-image management on social platforms, and hope to enhance the image through photos.
According to the target group: those who love cooking, Internet media operators, and those who pay attention to the quality of life and self-image, to achieve the expectations of each cooking stage and even the final sharing step.
“Make food not only tasty but also a visual feast”
I hope that the texture of every step of cooking can be improved and there is an ending worth sharing.
User Flow Function Structure Chart
Choose the meal
Browse meal categories
Choose the meal
Choose the plate
Choos plating structure
Simulate plating
Folow cooking steps
This is the core of this app, allowing users to simulate the final presentation of the plate and then determine the visual and taste direction of their own eating spots.
Choose background
Image retouching
Finish meals and plate
Post and share
Search page Introduction Simulated plating Choose a structure
Presentation simulation
Folow plating steps
Crosshair Composition
Provide a variety of layout structures so that users can have a direction for their works from the beginning.
Use the in-app camera to automatically remove the background of your most satisfactory results, select a suitable filter background, and share it to improve the quality of life.
Provide a variety of social platforms to quickly share your work after you complete it.
User Interface Design
Let you know the final appearance of the meal in advance through the simulation system.
Use various filters and automatic background removal to choose your favorite background to present the desired style.
Userbility Test
Responds
In the part of the step-by-step guide, many users have reported that they hope to have more details, which will be the focus of our follow-up update Select
The main function is to freely match the ingredients and the presentation style of the final presentation, and it has successfully won the favor of most people.
Stimubuddy
Make meals fun again for taste disorder suffers
Stimubuddy leverages microcurrent technology to artificially stimulate taste receptors on the tongue, creating the perception of various flavors. The primary goal is to enhance the dining experience for people with taste disorders, enabling them to enjoy a wider range of flavors, potentially aiding in their recovery and promoting healthier eating habits
