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Two Speakers Review

Last two weeks, there were two guests came in our class and give us very good presentations which about UX and ID. First one is UX program director Neil, the other is product manger from OXO company Lua.

Neli told us a lot about how to develop project for UX, How to tell and make a story for your project. Although i am a industrial designer, it also remained me a lot Dictionary inspirations.

From Lua’s presentation, she told a lot about products from OXO and process and research. From brand attributes. they focus on user focus(flexible in different user style); function(efficient, comfortable, easy to clean, easy to understand) and form(honest, self-explanatory, non-trend based aesthetics).

OXO company have more than 1,000 products, 97 employee in NYC, 20 employees located in Shenzhen, China, 6 product development teams.

The most popular product is greensaver. It looks very complex, but base on short introduction, and some pictures, i understand what this product features.

Product Development Process:

Identifu Opportunities > Concept Development > Design Development > Pre-Tooling, Pilot Production > Production

We have to identify opportunities, find out problems what product in market. And take a lot testing.

After identify opportunities, they did a lot of sketching, concept generation. and they also do research about user interaction and design form language.

At last they figure out manufactory and testing and package design,

The whole process is very important for us , i learnt a lot.

BLUECADET TRIP

Bluecadet trip, 4/8/2016

We came at 1:50, i hate street parking. Fortunately there were some area i can park.

We hit doorbell and came in, we went upstairs and arrived meeting room. Josh did digital presentation for us. They did a lot of amazing projects and won a lot of prize. During the presentation, they showed us some of what they did: map kiosks for electric company, mobile apps with Bluetooth connection, digital wall interaction. They did a lot of projects for museum.

In Q&A, we asked them about how to do the research, how to design for different users. For example, digital wall, adult and children have different height, how did they design for them. They said , the wall have two area, which is top area for adult and low area for children, when you touch low area, u can interactive with low digital wall.

After presentation, he leaded us visiting their office, they have a super big digital wall which assemble by 21 29′’screen. we can interact with the digital, it was so cool. And we also saw some other UI equipment. It was impressive.

My Story

Tell me a little bit about yourself

Hi, my name is XinQi, I come from China,my parents always told me that “you may not success when you do it, but you will never success when you never do it”. I try my best when I do everything. I have only one goal: providing people with more comfortable life with my design and let them fall in love with my products.I’m graduated form Philadelphia University, my major is industrial design, i have 6 years about industrial design experience, cause i have same major in undergraduate.

During the university I have one patent and got several first prize awards in provincial-level competition.During the MSID, I worked with different company such as J&J, Fleetwood,Verizon and designed different product. Before i graduated, i was working at QVC Emerging Platform Development for 6 month. I designed its logo and website. I always have some different ideas, i like share my ideas with people and enjoy both group working and individual working. For my skills, I’m good at 2D,3D design.

Feedback for Bresslergroup Presentation

Bresslergroup is a research-driven product innovation lab and consultancy. Our strategists, researchers, designers, and engineers work together every day to creatively solve meaningful design problems in unexpected ways. Our work runs the gamut – from consumer products including “Internet of Things” connected devices, to scientific and medical equipment. From our office in the heart of downtown Philly, we partner with U.S. and international clients who range from startups to global brands.

A Summary of the presentation

Dan and Bill told about their story and their company philosophy, process. and we had a company tour. And as a research company, they also told about their research process. And ID & IXD

My impressions or reactions

The other is their design lab. Because we couldn’t take any photos during the tour. The lab is amazing, they have 4 different 3D printer, which are one small and one huge FDM 3D printer, one SLA 3D printer(liquid) and ong huge SHS 3D printer(powder). And they also have some other equipment, it was so cool.

Big Idea

The big impression for me is about their story. Industrial design is a complex major, but they can analysis it and transfer to a very simple and clear story. Their design and research process have 5 steps:

- Understand your brand

- Think beyond visual

- Create Together

- Be Human

- Craft a Great Story

Advice

It’s time to build a story for my project, it will make my project more plim. The project have own soul. I can imitate Dan and Bill’s story.

#Bresslergroup #Tour #Presentation

Research about Company List

The following list is my research about company list:

Industrial Design Internship Bresslergroup • Philadelphia, PA

www.bresslergroup.com

This company did what i want to do. Their product have strong aesthetic sense and excellent creative problem solving and ideation. I will try to contact them.Although they only want an intern, it’s fine for me.

For Design Expo there are have some company for ID:

Armstrong World Industries

It is a Pennsylvania corporation incorporated in 1891. It’s a globe floors and ceilings company. The floors and ceilings export Africa&Middle East; Asia: Australia; Europe; Latin America; Latin America and Quebec.

My capstone is doing about new furniture system design, if i add them to my portfolio, it’s a good chance to go.

Global Furniture Group

The Global Group of Companies is now one of the largest manufacturers and marketers in the world .

iHome - SDI Technologies

Created in 2005, the iHome division produces docking stations, headphones, and accessories for mobile devices.

InterArch

InterArch is an international design firm headquartered in Moorestown, NJ,

specializing in architecture and interiors.

I’m not interested.

Lasko Products

Lasko Metal Products was founded in 1906 by Mr. Henry Lasko in Philadelphia. Lasko expanded into small appliances, fans and household portable heaters.

Seed&Space

The Shop @ VSP Global

The company combine high-quality eye care insurance, high-fashion eyewear, customized lenses, ophthalmic technology and retail solutions to help people see around the globe.

Business Model Generation and Design the Life You Love Review

Business Model Generation

After read the first chapter of business Model Generation, the book give me a lot of information. It is a good book, but it is a little hard to read and understand. I don’t know anything about business, so that some sections i have to read one more time to get the point.

What I would like to analyze?

For Canvas, there are 9 building blocks, what i am interesting is VP(Value Propositions), it have something common with design: It solves a customer problem or satisfies a customer need.

For VP it should be: Newness; Performance; Customization; Getting the job done; Design; Brand/status; Price; Cost reduction; Risk reduction; Accessibility; Convenience/usability. they all have contacting with my design job. i can absorb the common points and put them on my personal design system.

That’s why i would like to focus on VP.

Design the life you love

Last Wednesday, i join Birsel ’s presentation for her new book. Ayse Birsel is a designer who knows how to find elegant solutions for complex issues, she Dictionary split the complex issues for one step by one step. Through her sample drawing, i can find out everyone can drawing, and follow with her drawing step-by-step, it amazing to me, i can find out what problem is that issue, From step-by-step to solve the issue, it is very cool. And her presentation not like the normal presentation we just sit there and listen, Birsel had interact with us, guide us to join her world. This book is not only for design, but also works on our life, this book makes me want to think, doodle, write and draw about my life. We are adult, we all busy, but for my personal, i didn’t sit down, and take 10 minutes to think about my life, what is my life going on in the future. It is horrible i am busy without any goal. Her presentation and her book reminded me, you should have a clear goal, and you work hard toward to this goal. And at last, thank you Birsel.

Conclusion

I have a big idea which is learning something about Web Coding, it will help me to find a job. But after thought about myself deeply, it changed. Learning something about web coding can also be my idea in the future, but now the biggest thing is find a job, i don’t have enough time to learn code. What i have to do now is upgraded my portfolio and find out companies. On March 30th, it will have Design Expo, this is good opportunity for me to find a job. That is Birsel’s book taught me, make sure my goal and step-by-step. So next several weeks i will focus on upgrade my portfolio and prepare the interview.

Feedback about "It Starts with Yes" website

During the website, i read the article ”5 REASON YOU SHOULD CODE” .

From the article, i can find out: nowadays, web development is one of today’s most lucrative careers. With a median salary of more than $90,000 and demand skyrocketing by 22% every year, web development is a smart career path for many individuals.

Although i am a industrial designer, learning how to code can have substantial benefits for my career. If i learn and familiar with web coding, it is a good way to improve my competitiveness.

"It Starts with Yes" website

Become versatile and indispensable.

Communicate effectively with technical teammates.

Change careers altogether.

Get started with startups.

You’ll improve your logical thinking.

1. Learn something different is good for me especially it will be helpful to my career, why not ? And if i know how website is working, i can create my personal website, it is really cool.

2. For my personal, when i go to work, i always eat my lunch with some guys who are in IT, they always talk about their job, i have no idea what it is, if i know something about web coding, its easy to join them.

3. Perhaps i am good at learning coding. If I can make more money, why not change my career to there.

4. Sometimes i have some ideas about apps, but i don’t know my idea is working on app or not. If i know something about it, it will be more helpful to go through my ideas.

5. As a Chinese, many of us have less logical thinking, but during my working, i found out have logical thinking is very important. People will know what u said, what you want to do, they will follow your idea. If you don’t have logical thinking, although you have a great idea, you have to repeat several times to explain your concept, maybe people will give up to listen to you.

http://blog.generalassemb.ly/5-reasons-you-should-learn-to-code/

#Feedback #Website

Answer about Interview Questions

Tell me a little bit about yourself

Hi, my name is XinQi, I come from China, I’m graduated form Philadelphia University, my major is industrial design, i have 6 years about industrial design experience, cause i have same major in undergraduate. During the university I have one patent and got several first prize awards in provincial-level competition.During the MSID, I worked with different company such as J&J, Fleetwood,Verizon and designed different product. Before i graduated, i was working at QVC Emerging Platform Development for 6 month. I designed its logo and website. I always have some different ideas, i like share my ideas with people and enjoy both group working and individual working. For my skills, I’m good at 2D,3D design.

What is your greatest weakness?

As a foreigner, my greatest weakness is English problem, some time its hard to describe my idea to people, but it push me to increase my drawing skill, as a designer, i can use pen to help me to describe my ideas.

What is your greatest strength?

My strengths are design skills, and I have a wealth of experience in the 3D, 2D software. I can usually describe my idea or other ideas in these software. Also, I have good judgment about people’s idea and an intuitive sense of product’s problem need to improve. These skills seem to me directly related to the job. I can already see the effects of my skills at work on my present job.

Research about future job

After my graduation, i want find a job for product designer. I did some research with Glassdoor,Linkedin, HirePhilaU.

I looked at the website several times, and i didn’t find any job fit with me. Almost design jobs are doing visual design. I will keep concerning it, and on April, there will be have a design expo, i will go there to find any opportunities.

glassdoor is a pretty good website, i can find out jobs, interview and salary.

During the website, i found out the following company:

Industrial Design Internship Bresslergroup • Philadelphia, PA

www.bresslergroup.com

Linkedin is also a good career website. But i found out on their website, the job almost need high level job title. For example, industrial designer, almost job need more than 5 years experience. But in this website, i can find out more jobs than other jobs.

conclusion

During the research, i find out, there are not so many jobs in Philadelphia, and i am a foreigner, i don’t have to stay in Philly, Next step, i will go and check jobs in other states to find out more opportunities.

#jobsearch

The Goal After This Class

Goal: Find a job

This is my last semester. After this class, i will graduate. So my goal is find a job. there are 4 steps i will follow through.

Step 1: knowing myself

Begin by thinking about where am i now, where i want to be and how I am going to get there.

I want to be a industrial designer. I can work on getting to know my skills, interests and values.

I should know what is my benefit.

How to representation my benefits and know the perspective about job.

Where do i want to be?

What do i want out of a job?

What is important to me?

At the end of this step i will have a clear idea of my work and my individual preferences. I will make a “wish list”.

Step 2: finding out

This step is about exploring the occupations and learning areas that i interested.

Now I am interested in finding a electrical product company. I’m not sure what i will interest in the future. But once i decide what kind of job i want to find, i should research something:

Explore occupations that interest me and ask myself how do my skills and interests match up with these occupations?

Where are the gaps?

What options do I have to gain these skills or qualify for these occupations?

What skills do I need?

Where is the work

At the end of this step I will have a list of preferred occupations.

Step 3: making decisions

During the research, It’s time to make my choices and thinking about what suits me best at this point in time.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of each company?

How do they match with my skills, interests and values?

How do they fit with the current situation and responsibilities?

What will help and what will hinder me ?

What can i do about it?

Where is it, is there is too far to get there?

At the end of this step I will have narrowed down my options and have more of an idea of what I need to do next to help me achieve my goals.

Step 4: taking action

Its time to plan the steps i need to take to put my plan into action.

Use all I have learnt about my skills, interests and values together with the information i have gathered about the world of work to create my plan.

Team 4: The Corporate Machine

Corporate Product Design Process

I am doing a intern job in QVC company, which in Emerging Platform Development. The post is about what my department design process.

1. Why (Before we begin)

• Identify the opportunities

•Business Case and approval

•Project Kickoff

•Planning

2. What Is

•Current State

•Customer Experience

•Business Goals

•Technical Assessment

•Guiding Principles

•Business tenets

•Brand

•Human-centered design experience

3. What If

•Ideation (Generate ideas)

•Develop Concepts

•Visualization

•Validate Ideas

4. What Wows

•Prioritizing Opportunities

•Prototypes

5. How

•Targeted project plan for delivery to market

•Detailed design

6. Evaluate (either in market or test)

•Measurement of success in market

•Measurement of success to stated project goals

•Transition to internal core team (if applicable)

#Desgin process #Corporate

Project 2(The Holiday Plant-Saver)

Block DiagramTravel plans for the holidays? Worried what will happen to your plants while you’re gone?

Design Proposal

People like buy plants, but many people don’t have time to water the plant, especially when they go out for travelling. And people don’t know when the plant is thirstily, when should water it.

This product will solve these problems.

Objective

Provides water based on your plant’s current moisture level Detects temperature and humidity levels Conveniently sized holder for desk plants Reservoir capable of watering even thirsty plants for up to two weeks.

Components

Arduino Uno X 1

Soil Moisture Sensor X 1

Temperature Sensor X 1

5 V Relay X 1

Pump X 1

7/16 Inch pipe X 1

10 K Potentiometer X 1

1602 LCD X 1

Jump Wire X 10+

2 L Bottle X 1

Plant X 1

Blue Foam X 1

Paperboard X 1

Block Diagram

Arduino Connection

The Circuit

Sketching

Processing

Prototype

Post

Code:

int pump_relay=13; #include <LiquidCrystal.h> LiquidCrystal lcd(12,11,10,5,4,3,2); void setup() { lcd.begin(16,2); lcd.print("Initialising....");

pinMode(pump_relay,OUTPUT); Serial.begin(9600); } void loop() { { //getting the voltage reading from the temperature sensor int reading = analogRead(A1); float voltage = reading * 5.0; voltage /= 1024.0; float temperatureC = (voltage - 0.5) * 100 ; Serial.print(temperatureC); Serial.println(" degrees C"); float temperatureF = (temperatureC * 9.0 / 5.0) + 32.0; Serial.print(temperatureF); Serial.println(" degrees F"); delay(1000); } int shidu= analogRead(A0); Serial.println(" Soil Moisture"); Serial.println(shidu); delay(1); { if (shidu >500){

digitalWrite(pump_relay,HIGH); delay(2000);

} { if (shidu<=500){ digitalWrite(pump_relay,LOW); } } } { lcd.clear(); lcd.print("Moisture:"); lcd.setCursor(10,0); lcd.print((float)analogRead(A0),1); lcd.setCursor(0,2); lcd.print("Temp:"); lcd.setCursor(5,2); lcd.print((float)analogRead(A1)*(5.0/1023.0*100),1); lcd.setCursor(9,2); lcd.print("F"); lcd.setCursor(11,2); lcd.print(((float)analogRead(A1)*(5.0/1023.0*100)-32)/1.8,1); lcd.setCursor(15,2); lcd.print("C"); } delay(1000);

}

#Adruino

Project 1 (Humidifier Revolution)

A new method to control Humidifier

Hacking

Advantage

1. It is so small, easy to bring it with your personal.

2. The voltage is 5V, it’s safe to people.

3. You can use the power from your laptop’s USB or your Portable Power Bank Charger or whatever who have USB port.

4. It is cheap. (Only $10.00)

Disadvantage

1. When it is working,it will come out noisy sound.

2. You have to connect USB port.

3. The length of straw from humidifier is not enough long.

4. Mist only go to top of humidifier, you can’t change direction.

5. You can’t control the mist power, the only way is turn on or turn off.

6. There is no light to show you if you turn on the power button or not.

Design Proposal

Add some parts to the Humidifier: buzzer, IR sensor, remote control, switch, one blue led light, one green led light.

You don’t need to touch the humidifier button to turn on the power. You can use remote to control the humidifier: turn on it, turn off it, turn up the power, turn down the power. With press the button, there will have led light and sound to remain you it work or not.

Block Diagram

Arduino Connection

The Circuit:

Video Showing:

https://youtu.be/Gd5dk70FhjM

Code:

#include <IRremote.h>

//定义11针脚接收信息 int RECV_PIN = 11; //定义5数字针脚为LED输出 int Humidifier = 5; int Led_up = 6; int Led_down = 3; int Buzzer = 9; IRrecv irrecv(RECV_PIN);

decode_results results;

int val = 0;

void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); //初始化接收器 irrecv.enableIRIn(); //设定数字IO口的模式，OUTPUT 为输出 pinMode(Humidifier, OUTPUT); pinMode(Led_up, OUTPUT); pinMode(Led_down, OUTPUT); pinMode(Buzzer, OUTPUT); }

void loop() {

if (irrecv.decode(&results)) { //按“+”号键 if (results.value == 0x00ff02fd && val < 255) { val = val + 5; }//按下“-”号键 else if (results.value == 0x00ff9867 && val > 0 ) { val = val - 5; }

//接收下一个值 irrecv.resume(); } //delay(500); Serial.println(val); analogWrite(Humidifier, val);

if (results.value == 0x00ffa25d) {//0 val = 180; //turn on } if (results.value == 0x00ffb04f) {//0 val = 0; // turn off } if (results.value == 0x00ff30cf) {//0 val = 180; // button 1 minimum power }

if (results.value == 0x00ff52ad) {//0 val = 255; //button 9 max power }

if (results.value == 0x00ff02fd) //+ button blue light { digitalWrite(Led_up, HIGH); delay(100); digitalWrite(Led_up, LOW); delay(100); } if (results.value == 0x00ff9867) //- button { digitalWrite(Led_down, HIGH); delay(100); digitalWrite(Led_down, LOW); delay(100); } if (results.value == 0x00ff02fd) //+ buzzer { digitalWrite(Buzzer, HIGH); delay(100); digitalWrite(Buzzer, LOW); delay(100); } if (results.value == 0x00ff9867)// - buzzer { digitalWrite(Buzzer, HIGH); delay(300); digitalWrite(Buzzer, LOW); delay(100); } if (results.value == 0x00ffa25d) // Turn on buzzer { digitalWrite(Buzzer, HIGH); delay(1000); digitalWrite(Buzzer, LOW); delay(100); } if (results.value == 0x00ffb04f) // Turn off buzzer { digitalWrite(Buzzer, HIGH); delay(1000); digitalWrite(Buzzer, LOW); delay(100); }

}

#arduino #IR remote #ir sensor #humidifier

This is LED screen testing, try to understand led code.

CODE:

#include <LiquidCrystal.h> LiquidCrystal lcd(12,11,10,5,4,3,2); void setup() { lcd.begin(16,2); while(1) { lcd.home(); //

lcd.print("Hello Tim"); // lcd.setCursor(0,1); // lcd.print("This is LED testing"); // delay(500); for(i=0;i<3;i++) { lcd.noDisplay(); delay(500); lcd.display(); delay(500); } for(i=0;i<24;i++) { lcd.scrollDisplayLeft(); delay(500); } lcd.clear(); lcd.setCursor(0,0); // lcd.print("Hi,"); // lcd.setCursor(0,1); // lcd.print("Arduino is fun"); // delay(2000); } } void loop() {}

#ARDUINO #led screen testing

Press 1 will turn on the LED light and pree 2 will turn off the LED light.

Code:

#include <IRremote.h>

int RECV_PIN = 11; int LED_PIN=4; IRrecv irrecv(RECV_PIN);

decode_results results;

void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); irrecv.enableIRIn(); pinMode(LED_PIN,OUTPUT); }

void loop() { if (irrecv.decode(&results)) { if (results.value==0x00FF30CF) { Serial.println(results.value, HEX); Serial.println();

digitalWrite(LED_PIN,HIGH); Serial.println("tun on LED: ");

} else if (results.value==0x00FF18E7) {

digitalWrite(LED_PIN,LOW); Serial.println(results.value, HEX); Serial.println(); Serial.println("tun off LED: ");

} irrecv.resume(); } }

#Arduino #IR Remote #LED

Jian Guo Mobile Phone

For those who still remember, it's been well over a year since China's Smartisan launched the T1, which turned out to be a surprisingly good effort from the teacher-turned-entrepreneur, Luo Yonghao. Today, the startup has finally launched its second Android device, the U1 aka JianGuo (which means "nuts" in Chinese), to cater to the younger audience with an 899 yuan (about $140) base price. That's about the same as the Redmi Note 2, though some may find this to be a more fun design with what's arguably a more intuitive interface, as we first saw back in April 2013.

Let's get the specs out of the way first. What we're looking at here is a plastic body with a 5.5-inch 1080p display with Gorilla Glass 3, an octa-core Snapdragon 615 chipset (4 x 1.5GHz Cortex-A53 + 4 x 1.0GHz Cortex-A53), 2GB of RAM, 16 or 32GB of internal storage, 2,900 mAh battery, dual SIM slots, NFC (which is missing on the Redmi Note 2, by the way) and LTE support for most parts of Asia plus Europe (Band 1/3/7). On the photography end, the 13-megapixel f/2.2 main camera and the 5-megapixel f/2.2 front-facing imager should do the job just fine -- the product page has some full resolution sample images.

Like the T1, the U1 features a volume rocker on both the left and right sides of its body. This symmetrical design allows the user to set one side for volume, and the other for screen brightness. One bonus use case with these is that when on standby, you can press and hold both keys to instantly take a photo, as opposed to having to first turn on the phone, then toggle the camera app and finally hit the capture button. Another design cue taken from the flagship line is how the proximity sensor is tucked into the same ditch as the earpiece, thus giving a cleaner look on the front side of the white phone.

What obviously sets the T1 and the U1 apart is the back cover design. The newer model comes with seven rainbow color options, each featuring a soft skin texture with vertical stripe pattern. Better yet, the phone's software can switch to a color theme that matches the back cover, unless you choose to stick with what you were using. Smartisan will also be selling some limited edition covers to commemorate special occasions -- like the launch of the world's first instant noodles 57 years ago today -- for 99 yuan (about $15) a piece, about 30 percent of which will go towards a fund to support the open source community.

Chinese Traditional Wood Joint

There is a great article on the Woodworkers Institute website which I stumbled upon quite randomly. I was actually researching some information on construction techniques for making dining room extension tables, when “lo and behold” I came across this two part article entitled Poetry in Wood.

“One of the reasons why joints were so complex in China, Japan and Korea was the climate. There are huge changes of temperature and humidity throughout the whole of central and south-east Asia, and many European colonists discovered the furniture they took with them from Europe fell to pieces because the animal glue softened in the high humidity and heat. The woodworkers of those countries found that it was necessary to make interlocking joints which had mechanical strength rather than rely on glued joints. I recall the world-record price 18th-century mirror that I worked on at Sotheby’s, pictured left, which had tiny bamboo dowels joining the 6mm-thick backboards rather than the European equivalent which would be a rubbed joint.

This is not to say that oriental furniture was not glued; it just didn’t rely so heavily upon glue. There is a similarity with 18th-century Continental chairs which tended to be pegged and glued as opposed to British ones which were only glued. One could perhaps argue that Continental colonial furniture stood up to high humidity better than British furniture! One of the roles of the furniture restorer in China was to replace and tighten the dovetail wedges used when the joints in furniture had become loose. One needs to remember that the whole assemblage of a piece ofChinese furniture depends upon the interlocking joints for stability. The top is not glued up, followed by the legs being glued on etc. The frame holds the top boards, the legs then anchor the frame, and the dovetail wedges anchor the whole lot together.”

The article is not bad, though the best part is the excellent diagrams illustrating some of the standard Chinese joinery techniques used in Chinese furniture making.

#wood joint

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