Healthcare Services and a Smart Water Bottle for Early Seniors: A Design Concept Based on a GoalDirected Design Process

The aesthetics of a product’s shape has become an important factor to increase the value of mature products. However, such emotional quality regarding the customer’s need is difficult to capture due to its subjectivity. To address this issue, we have previously proposed shape generation methods that help the customers to externalize their image of product aesthetics into a shape. The previous methods enable one to generate design samples that fit the customer’s conscious image of a product shape based on his/her fixed sensitivity. However, customers also have latent sensitivities of which they are not aware. In this paper, we propose a shape generation system that enables the user to exchange design solutions and viewpoints with others. The aim of sharing solutions is to evoke the latent sensitivities by showing the unexpected viewpoints of others. To generate design samples, we improve the previous system in which the users generate design samples based on favored features to which they pay attention. We conduct a shape generation experiment using the proposed system to verify the effectiveness of exchanging solutions and viewpoints with others. We compared the effectiveness of self-solutions, which are generated without the exchange, with co-solutions, which are generated with the exchange. The result suggests that the co-solutions are more likely to be effective as to their preference and unpredictable quality. We observed certain effective patterns in the design process: All co-solutions generated by referring to unpredicted topological shapes produced effective results. Using such shapes, the subjects are able to discover new viewpoints for the target design concept. The stated metaphorical viewpoints of others also help to introduce such new viewpoints.

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Inductive learning techniques in design process -- A design concept learning system

Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering ◽

10.3233/ica-2001-8206 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 171-186 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ming Xi Tang

Keyword(s):

Design Process ◽

Concept Learning ◽

Inductive Learning ◽

Design Concept ◽

Learning System ◽

Learning Techniques

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Bridging the Gap between User-Centered Intentions and Actual Design Practice

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/154193129604001903 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 40 (19) ◽

pp. 967-971 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

David D. Woods ◽

Emily S. Patterson ◽

James M. Corban ◽

Jennifer C. Watts

Keyword(s):

Design Process ◽

Human Performance ◽

Investment Strategy ◽

Design Concept ◽

Design Practice ◽

Modeling Error ◽

Actual Design ◽

Computer Based ◽

The Relationship ◽

User Centered

In this paper, we introduce a notation that highlights necessary elements in a practice-centered design process and which can be used to describe a set of common errors committed by design organizations leading to computer-based systems that create new burdens for practitioners. These common design errors result from an organizational tendency to underinvest in modeling error and expertise and using prototypes to discover requirements. The former underinvestment can lead to designs based on uninformed, underspecified, and unexamined models of the relationship between technology and human performance. The latter can lead to commitment to a design concept before fully exploring the range of possible solutions. We suggest ways to avoid these problems by setting forth a balanced organizational investment strategy that would enhance the possibilities for the development of useful systems.

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MP90-03 INVESTIGATING SMART WATER BOTTLE TECHNOLOGY AS A CLINICAL TOOL FOR STONE FORMERS

The Journal of Urology ◽

10.1016/j.juro.2017.02.2822 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 197 (4S) ◽

Author(s):

Michael S. Borofsky ◽

Casey A. Dauw ◽

Nadya E. York ◽

Colin Terry ◽

James E. Lingeman

Keyword(s):

Water Bottle ◽

Clinical Tool ◽

Smart Water ◽

Stone Formers

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Designing Remote Connectedness between Parents and their Premature Newly Born

Neonatal Monitoring Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-0975-4.ch018 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 386-413 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Misha Croes ◽

Sidarto Bambang Oetomo ◽

Loe Feijs

Keyword(s):

Focus Group ◽

Research And Development ◽

Design Process ◽

Design Concept ◽

Medical Practitioners ◽

Iterative Design ◽

Graduation Project ◽

Key Aspects ◽

New System ◽

Proof Of Principle

During a 6 month graduation project a design concept is proposed and developed that is expected to support the parent-child bonding while parents are at home and their child is in the NICU. In collaboration with medical practitioners from the Maxima Medical Centere Veldhoven (MMC) the new system for remote bonding was developed through a multi-iterative design process. The proposed system is designed to enable parents to detect their baby’s need for consoling and to interact with the baby, comforting the child on a physical remote basis. A working proof of principle prototype is build and evaluated with 15 parents of incubator children through a focus group. The goal of the focus group was to evaluate key aspects of the proposed design concept like the need for such a system and the interaction quality with the different products. Although the design has reached a working proof of principle status, more research and development is needed before the system can be tested in the hospital together with babies. Topics to address in the future are the child’s safety and interaction of parents with the system.

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The Fit Between Spatial Configuration and Idealized Flows: Mapping Flows in Surgical Facilities as Part of Case Study Visits

HERD Health Environments Research & Design Journal ◽

10.1177/1937586720928350 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 193758672092835

Author(s):

Herminia Machry ◽

Anjali Joseph ◽

Deborah Wingler

Keyword(s):

Design Process ◽

Spatial Configuration ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Design Teams ◽

Flow Mapping ◽

Healthcare Facilities ◽

Mapping Tool ◽

Mapping Approach ◽

The Impact

Purpose: This study proposes a flow mapping approach for surgical facilities that can be implemented by design teams as a component of case study tours. Background: The provision of healthcare services involves simultaneous and closely coupled flows of people, objects, and information, and the efficiency of these flows is influenced by the spatial configuration of the buildings where these services are housed. Many architecture firms conduct case study tours to inform their design process. However, these tours often lack a structured way of documenting different flows and interpreting observations. A structured approach is needed during the design process to understand the impact of spatial configuration on healthcare flows. Method: Site tours were conducted at four surgery centers to develop and test an evidence-based flow mapping approach. Idealized flows within surgical facilities were first identified from the literature, followed by the development of a data collection tool aimed at documenting these flows in each case study through a pre-assessment questionnaire, a physical assessment, and interviews with staff. Results: The flow mapping tool kit was effective in allowing the design team to systematically understand the physical configuration of surgical flows across case studies. The tool also allowed the team to identify spatial configuration characteristics acting as barriers and facilitators to idealized flows. Conclusions: The flow mapping approach was able to provide structure for conducting these short tours more effectively via observations and staff inquiry, enabling design teams to draw more meaningful conclusions from case study tours and conduct comparisons between healthcare facilities visited.

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A STUDY INTO DESIGNING AN AMBIENT WATER BOTTLE THAT SUPPORTS USERS' WATER-INTAKE TRACKING PRACTICES

Proceedings of the Design Society ◽

10.1017/pds.2021.25 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

pp. 241-252

Author(s):

Aykut Coskun ◽

Mert Yildiz ◽

Hakan Yilmazer ◽

Hüseyin Uğur Genç

Keyword(s):

Water Intake ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Water Bottle ◽

Ambient Water ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Smart Water ◽

Feedback Design ◽

Ambient Displays ◽

Design Workshop ◽

To Receive

AbstractTaking on the challenge of motivating users to drink water regularly, we designed a smart water bottle that can track water intake behavior and inform users about this behavior through ambient feedback. We then conducted two studies to explore the bottle's feedback design from the perspective of users and designers. First, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 10 prospective users and found that they would like to receive personalized, precise, gamified and reminding feedback. Second, we conducted a design workshop with 13 professional designers to explore the range of visualizations that can be used to give feedback. Analyzing these visualizations, we identified three reminder types (augmenting, restoring and balancing) and six visualization styles grouped according to three dimensions of ambient displays (representation fidelity, notification level, aesthetic emphasis). In this paper, we first explain our water bottle concept along with existing solutions. Then, we report the results of these studies. Finally, we discuss the potential implications of the results for our own work as well as for designing ambient displays aimed at supporting users' water intake tracking practices.

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Proposal And Validity Of The Product Planning Business Model A-POST ? The Application Of The Text Mining Method To Scooter Exterior Design

Journal of Business Case Studies (JBCS) ◽

10.19030/jbcs.v4i9.4808 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 4 (9) ◽

pp. 61-72

Author(s):

Mari Nakamura ◽

Masato Kuniyoshi ◽

Manabu Yamaji ◽

Kakuro Amasaka

Keyword(s):

Text Mining ◽

Product Design ◽

Business Model ◽

Design Process ◽

New Product ◽

Design Concept ◽

Mining Method ◽

Product Planning ◽

Product Design Process ◽

Exterior Design

In this paper, the authors propose the product planning business model A-POST, which captures the customers tastes exactly and reflects them in the styling design of a product. Specifically, the authors have created a new product design concept using the text mining method which analyzes customers opinions in a language state. As an example of the application of this research, the authors applied this method to the product design process of a new scooter and obtained the results shown.

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