2013年10月30日星期三

capstone


Introduction:


Issue: Sustainability of Baby products
The life cycle of baby product is usually not very long just because the fast growing of the baby, we need to update the products frequently in order to fit his or her new height or weight. So how to extend the life of cycle seems to be more signifying. But if the sustainability of baby items is really necessary? The answer is of course, yes.

As ABS shows that there were 309,582 births registered in Australia in 2012, and then a recent study out of Australia shows, the parents spent upwards of $7000 by the time their child had his or her first birthday. And most of this money is spend on high-ticket items like nursery furniture, strollers, high chair, and car seats.  By age two, parents are spending up to more than $8500 per year including changing high-ticket items. And 34% of baby items would be replaced by the time their child had his or her two birthdays just because the size or function is not suitable anymore.

So this proposal target will be the baby’s parent and baby.  The parent is looking for something, which will save their time and space, and also give them good value for money. And a sustainable design will also bring benefit to our living environment; cause reduced both material waste and financial waste. 



Approach
Why does this project suit for my interests?
l  My youngest brother is just 6 years old now, and I used to purchase baby product with my mum. So I was familiar with the common problems with baby product.
l  My elder sister is pregnant now, I went shopping with her recently and help her to choice most sustainable baby product. So I know that some of problems still exsiting.
l  I have personal desire to take care of others. especially the children, I used to choice working at Kindergarten as my working experience.
So, I want to focus on this topic and try to solve the exsiting problems by design a new solution.

What Is my method to ensure that I deeply understand my problem topic and my user?
l  I used some techniques from the IDEO Methods Card, such as: “Extreme User Interviews”, I asked my mum who is extremly familiar with baby products to evaluate her experience using them. And asked my brother-in-law who Is completely unfamiliar with baby product to evaluate his experience using the product my sister just bought home.
l  I did online research.






2013年10月21日星期一

Peer comments project 2

ping song

http://pings19.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/final.html?showComment=1382340121938#c8867960709657288866

zhaozhao li

http://lizhaozhao3329407.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/final.html?showComment=1382341904148#c5836217622752166291

chuming li

http://laichorming.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/pss-final.html?showComment=1382342862242#c1189056023000149845

ginny virginia kwok

http://ginnykwok.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/sense-pss-system-project.html?showComment=1382343354783#c1658441679148012847

Raymond Tingow

http://raymondtinyowides1031.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/product-service-system.html

2013年10月20日星期日

project 2 collaborative consumption.

“The Big Idea”
This product service system is designed for travelers. There were 6.1 million visitor arrivals for calendar year 2012.  The current research conducted that, travellers face to many dilemmas, which including they are not familiar with both local map and local public transport system. Their electronic charger plug doesn’t fit in local socket, and they can’t keep contact online with friends and family. So that I designed a Kit to solve all the commend dilemmas.

Different with existing products, the main advantages and benefits of this PSS are:
l   Get all travelers needs in on kit.
l   Rental and return do not have to be same spot.
l   Combine general GPS system with local Bus system, so that help you plan your trip.
l   Multilingual display system and voice input system for international travellers
l   Increase the electronic usage, so those travelers do have to purchase and just use short period of time. Less e-waste
l   Less car rental, less CO2 and harmful gas emitted. More Public transport, more heather environment..
l   Lower price than if purchase or rental them individually.
l   Use Wi-Fi to contact with friends, and share traveling experience and photos.
l   Convenience


Rental a car may make travelers trip easier. But in fact rental a car will cost more problems in crowded cities like Sydney. So this TRAkit- TAVEL ROUND AUSTRALIA kit will be the best option for them to traveling in city. It including a Personal pocket GPS Trip Planner, a portable WI-FI device, And an Australia standard Double USB power Adaptor. This processing of rental is that traveler can rental this kit by using a VISA CARD or AU$100 deposit fee.  And Pay daily rental fee while they are using them. The main elements in this system are Manufatures, company, Rental spot and traverller.  In this system Government also be a part of it.  government give support to company and help company to promot this kit.










2013年10月14日星期一

project 2 pre-final ppt











Tutor comment:  he suggest me to add a company into system map. he was thinking that manufacture is deliver products to company, the  company deliver to rental sopts. also he point out that the story board not interesting enough.at the end of this story i need to add a story of repair the product to make the whole system works together.

peer comments:

  • my system map looks so colorful,  maybe makes them into single color and make them more professional
  • in the story board, instead of putting three rental spot together, maybe i can pretend they rental from one spot then return to the other spot. that will make the story board more interesting.