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FRESHMAN SEMINAR: INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN THINKING & PROCESSES

GOLF IN THE DARK LEE HEBE 16057307D LEE YUEN YI,KITTY 16069192D

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Content

Research P. 4-13

Direction changed P. 32-39 Idea Development P. 14-31

Video P. 60-71

Get Ready P. 40-57

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Research

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Mind map of Play

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The exercises are described in four chapters:

1. Weight-bearing

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Specific gait-training exercises 11

3. Balance exercises

4. Functional exercises 13

IDEA DEVELOPMENT

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Mind map of plaything 1

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Mind map of plaything 2

What we want players benefit from our games?

-Practice their muscle -Practice their counterbalance -Practice their brain

References for plaything - Simple shape and form - Simple playing method and easy to play - Easy to carry around - Suitable for different generation 19

Idea 1: Seesaw

How to play?

Stand or sit on the seesaw and players push each others Benefit: Players can practice their counterbalance

Idea 2 : Big TV

How to play?

This game requires at least two players. There will be two sides of players, one of them is the one who guess the words, for the others, without speak, they can only use their legs but not speak to express the words. There is no limitation for the words.

Benefits: Players can practice their counterbalance and brain

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Idea 3 :Rock, paper, scissors

How to play?

Similar to the rock, paper, scissors that is played with hands, this requires players to use their legs to play.

Players can form the shape of rock, paper, scissors as shown at the above picture.

Benefit: Players can practice their muscle and counterbalance

Idea 4 :Hide and Seek

How to play?

This game requires at least two players, only one player will be on the top of the table, his or her role is to catch player(s) who is(are) hiding below the table. Once player is caught, he or she will lose the game. This game is a easier way for disables to play.

Benefit: Through hide and seek, players can practice their muscles in different body part as this game requires them to move around with their body.

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Idea 5 : Tree-legged

How to play?

This game requires two players, one of them is normal people and the other is disable. They need to cooperate with each other. There will be a belt to tie them up, they need to walk together.

Benefit: Disable can also try to walk like normal people as in this game, they do not need to use their wheelchair or crutch.

Idea 6 : Rolling Ball

How to play?

There will be markings of marks on the floor, player need to roll the ball to reach the markings.

Benefit: Players can practice their muscles

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Idea 6.1 : Rolling Ball

How to play?

Players can use a special stick to hit the ball onto the slope, similar to golf, there will be holes with different sizes on the slope. When the ball is entered the hole, players get marks. Besides, in order to convenient players, after the ball enters the hold, the ball will roll back as there is a slope inside the platform. Players can get back the ball more easily.

Benefit: Players can practice their muscles

For the stick, unlike normal stick, it has 4 sides. In order to make the game more interesting, the 4 heads of the stick are designed in different shapes so the players can use different sides to hit the ball.

These will affect the direction of the ball.

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How to make platform?

How to make the platform?

Slope: Using wood board to make to slope and support it by wooden stick and cover the slope by turf Hole: Cut the plastic cup into half and use it as the wall of the hole

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Testing model for idea 6.2, Rolling Ball In order to find out the feasibility of our design, we had made a 1: 50 model with green cardboard. lower layer in side the platform: The lower layer is the slope for the ball to roll back.

The upper layer has holes on it so the ball can enter

Making of the stick Materials: High density pink foam board and metal stick 1.Cut the pink foam board into the shape of the golf stick’s head 2.Stick a small foam on the end of the metal stick so the players can know the direction of the stick

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DIRECTION CHANGED

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Selection of golf set At first, we went to Wan Chai to search for the golf set, we think that it will be cheaper when it is a toy set. But unfortunately, the toy golf set is too small, the proportion is not suitable for adult.

So we went to Tao Bao. We bough it from mainland china with rmb 139 only, and we think that it is acceptable, and problem solved.

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Failure 1 Change to do for the blind Why we change our target group?

After reaching and listening to the advices from the lecturer, we changed our target group of people. It is because there is already a golf game in the market that includes our ideas.

Then why don’t we change our target group to blind people?

Nowadays, there is still only a few game is specifically designed for blind people, so we changed our target group to blind people.

Products that convenient blind people Braille Character (Words for the blind people) - a tactile writing system used by people who are blind or visually impaired - different languages have different braille systems - direction: From left to right - how they display: refreshable braille displays

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Idea 6.2 : Rolling ball for the

How to play?

Similar to the indoor golf game, there will be a platform with a hole. Players need to hit the ball into the hole to get marks. But in our design, there will be some special design, for example, there will be a sounding system in the hold and boundary surround the platform. Once the ball has entered the hole, players can notice it and the boundary can prevent the ball from rolling away from the platform.

Benefit: Players can practice their muscles

Sounding System

We have bought a automatic infrared sensor to make the sounding system. We want to have an effect of having sound when the ball goes into the hole, so that the blinds can take back the ball by hearing the sound, and the sounding should stop when he take back the ball. But unfortunately, the sensor is a temperature sensor and cannot sence the ball.

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GET READY

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Sounding System for the blind

After tring to use the sensor, we have done some research of how to make soundings. And also asking advices from Hebe’s uncle and Kitty’s boyfriend about the engineer problem.

Before we went to Sham Shui Po, we have drawn a easy circuit diagram. We will buy some wire, a christmas card, and slingshot to form the circuit.

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Sounding System for the blind

We have bought two kinds of button to make the packaging sounding, and also a christmas card with a long sounding of christmas song. the length of the song is crucial to be long enough for the blind to take bavk the ball.

Finallt, we have cut out the circuit of the christmas card and link it with two slingshot.

We will put a matal sheet on top of it, And when the ball goes into the hole, it will press the matal sheet and form the circuit, and sounding system is complete.

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Making of boundary

We designed to upgrade the golf into a full boundary. Having full boundary, the ball will not goes out of the area and easy for the blind to handle. Also, with the boundary, the blinds can have a sence of how large is the golf area and easier to play.

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Making of the packaging

Old design of the packaging by Tao bao

First draft of our packaging design

This is our final draft of the packaging design, we change the name into Golf in the dark, and did not use golf for the blind to advoid the discrimination problem.

Our packing will have braille characters, grass texture, ball texture as well as the boundary sample.

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Research about packaging We have searched for some packaging design for the box and decide to use the top left hand conner one. Because the packaging is easy to open by magnet and facilitate the blinds.

Process of making the box

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This is the circuit of the packaging.Even though it works, but the incide apperence is not so good, and that something we need to have improvement.

Moreover, the apperence of the button will be a red circle button with grass aside.

Sounding system of the packaging

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Making of braille characters We have tried different apporah of making braille characters. And chose to use the pin together with foam board to make the braille characters. (Thrid apporah)

And making of the braille characters are really time consuming, and special thanks to our classmates’ help.

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Final appearence

Magnet

Handle

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MAKING OF VIDEO

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Start making of the video Actress: Hebe Lee Fliming and editing : Lee Yuen Yi , Kitty Sounding : Hebe Lee Date: 28/11/2016

Stort board of the video

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Screen capture of the video

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Reflection

Through the whole process, I have learnt to concern more, reflect more and ask more. At first, we got many different ideas but not all of them really related to the theme. After asking advices from different people, we finally got an idea that suits our theme. However, through the process of designing the golf game, we always focus on the wrong things, for example, how to make the platform. These wasted our time. In stead, we should focus more on how to avoid the ball from rolling out and how to make the sounding system. Packaging and advertising are the less important part that we need to focus on.

In my opinion, freshman seminar is really an interesting subject. I still remember what my tutor told us in the first lesson, playing is a kind of learning. We all learn form playing when we are small, playing can led us to happiness and also education aspect.

Also, through the making process, I have learnt to ask advices from different people, such as, upper year schoolmates and my uncle who know electrical engineer. Some of their advices may not work out well but still can inspire me to improve the design.

Although at the end, there still have many things that we can add in or improve in our design, I still enjoy the whole process.

We have upgraded with full boundary and sounding system, also the packaging added braille characters and a sample of the grass texture. But I know it is not enough, if I have more time, I will design a sounding system inside the ball, so that the blind can know where is the ball located. Moreover, we can design a stand beside the grass, to let the blind to step on it and knowing himself is in a right place. Lastly, the packaging is not perfect either. The hidding method of the button and magnets are so ugly, and the box is so thin that cannot contain the heavy golf set, and we should redesign it and let it become a real packaging but not a model. Our design still have a long way to improve until it can really facilitate the blinds.

Hebe Lee

What gets the subject become meaningful is to design for the disables and the blinds. This is a chance for us to use our knowledge to help people in needs. We have designed to make a golf for the blind, we want to upgrade the golf for the blind.

We want them to enjoy the fun of playing golf.

Lee Yuen Yi, Kitty

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LEE HEBE 16057307D LEE YUEN YI,KITTY 16069192D 2016-2017

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