What inspired?
Earlier project: Tip tap
Personal interest in User comfort & ergonomics
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Peers working in a similar industry
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Availability of resources during the Pandemic situation
Graduation thesis document
The Document inquires about foot comfort and how everyday footwear affects the user’s gait cycle, posture and stance. During pregnancy, each woman experiences increased body weight and a change in hormonal structure which makes the bones of the body softer. This also affects the bone structure of the foot and changes the shape and gait of the person. This Document captures the design process through a product design lens focusing on research, experimenting with material, form study, ergonomic considerations, concept building prototyping and user-specific design solutions. The final product (and the combination of products) provides additional comfort to foot muscles, support and improvement in foot shape, and relaxation of muscles. The aim was to create a product which is a familiar solution for easy adaptation by the user group - a product which does not require any external help for usage.
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Focus Points:
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Additional comfort to foot (or the entire leg) muscles
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Support and improvement of foot shape
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Relaxation of muscles
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May/Maynot be an improvement of existing product
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A familiar solution for easy adaptation by the user-group
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User should not seek for external help to use the product
Design direction:
A footwear solution that fits the individual’s foot perfectly and provides comfort to back of foot area during the last trimester of pregnancy.
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To provide comfort through custom design solutions
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To make sure the Gait cycles & mobility for pregnant
women is not changed. -
To make a product that can be used by pregnant
women independently. -
Reduce material layering in footwear manufacturing,
for possible recycling process.
Separating the
two products
in individual
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To increase sale of individual product
Mono-material is easier to recycle/repurpose
Enhancing product value
video shows the working of product with the help of LED color change
Charging pod detailed view
Please send an email if you are interested to read the entire document in detail. I will get back to you as soon as possible!