Camilla Lützhøft Stahlschmidt » BIID

BIID exam project

Camilla — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:34:33 +0000

Exercise is an important factor in order for elderly people to stay healthy and fit, but as we grow older many of us tend to become inactive, if nothing or no one encourage us to work out or get out.
This report describes the process and my reflections on the interaction design project “Elderly Men In Motion”. By interviewing an informant and analyzing his opinions and answers we came up with the idea for a portable travel guide called FINN, which has the purpose of helping elderly people to feel more safe and comfortable when using public transportation.
FINN is directed at healthy, elderly men who is already in good shape and likes to go out and experience new things. The purpose of the portable travel guide is to motivate the target group to use public transportation instead of travelling by car.

Our BIID exam project entitled FINN – Transportabel Rejseplan” can be found here

bilag 1: interview

bilag 2: brainstorm

bilag 3,4,5: storyboards

bilag 6: idétabel

bilag 7: sketch

bilag 8: vision

bilag 9: personas

bilag 10: prototype 1 – tegnefilm

bilag 11: prototype 2 – stop-motion

bilag 10: feedback

Bilag 1: Interview

Bilag 2: Brainstorm

Bilag 3: Storyboard1

Bilag 4: Storyboard2

Bilag 5: Storyboard3

Bilag 6: Idégenerering

Bilag 7: Sketch

Bilag 8: Vision

Bilag 9: Persona

Bilag 10: Prototype 1

Bilag 11: Prototype 2

Bilag 12: Feedback

Prototype presentation

Camilla — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:36:41 +0000

Today we presented our prototype in the design lab. We showed our animation of Jørgen using the device – you can watch it here

The foosball effect

Camilla — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:42:54 +0000

Today we worked with prototypes, and we wanted to develop the idea that we presented last week. We sat down in the scrollbar and tried to come up with something great, but our brains seemed to be pretty empty. To get some help we asked Anni to come and talk to us, and she suggested that we took a break and moved around for a while to clear our heads. So we decided to play a game of foosball, which turned out to be quite a success. When we got back to our sketches at the table, we were all full of energy and ideas.

To try something different we decided to take away the car from our sketch and ask ourselves the question: What would happen if Jørgen only had the bus to bring him to the opera house?

This would change the situation a lot. Jørgen told us at some point, that he doesn’t use public transportation as he finds it uncomfortable and complicated. We came up with a device that will help him take the bus and train without getting lost or being stressed. The assignment was to create a prototype, so we got some materials from the design lab to demonstrate the size and look of our product. I’m now working on a short Flash-movie, that will show how it all works, and we will present the idea next week.

Sketching

Camilla — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:51:35 +0000

Here is a video of our work in the design lab today. We worked with sketching and came up with ideas for our design regarding elderly people.

Personas

Camilla — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:07:46 +0000

Today we learned about personas and worked in the design lab.

Lene Nielsen was there to tell us about all the work she has done with personas in different companies, and after her lecture it was our turn to make up stories about people from our target group.

Vision

Camilla — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:37:36 +0000

Download our vision here

Hurdle Race 2.0

Camilla — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:31:20 +0000

Here are a couple of pictures from one of our first times working in the Design Lab. We worked with motion and built a model to demonstrate our ideas and concept.