Shuwen Jiang，Yulai Zhou
Team Project
Project Overview: #inclusivity #children #fabrication
The aims involve facilitating smooth communication with family and friends, surmounting physical constraints, fostering increased engagement with the natural world, like observing avian species and offering straightforward instructions for embracing novel technological devices.
I conducted a comprehensive study involving a child afflicted by a sensory system disorder, following the individual and their family during visits to prominent medical institutions in Hangzhou.
Design Thinking
I endeavor to elicit bodily responses through gentle stimuli, enhancing sensory input in children. I identify body regions with frequent external contact and explore diverse stimulation methods. This quest for proprioceptive inputs facilitates the modulation of emotional and behavioral reactions to sensory stimuli.
Drawing inspiration from the dimensions and form of the touchpad, I conceptualized a proportional design for the appearance. This model holds the potential for further exploration, encompassing variations in size and alternative approaches in the times ahead.
User scenarios
Final Design
The selection of the product's material is contingent upon the user demographic, namely children. Consequently, a supple and pliable fabric, ensuring comfort, was chosen to envelop the sensor. The fabrics are skillfully affixed through sewing along their edges, serving a dual purpose: safeguarding the sensor and providing protection for children with sensory integration disorders.
