SWFT ARTHRITIS MOBILITY CANE
PERSONAL WORK: Senior Year
In my last semester at ASU I learned a lot about design research and how much empathy dramatically plays into designing a solution to a difficult problem. For my senior project I decided to focus on increasing mobility for individuals that have arthritis.
Check out my research and my design language development below:
DISCIPLINES
Industrial Design, Visualization, Sketching, Model-Making
As it turns out the shape to give enough surface area for evaporation to be most efficient is a tetrahedron or a cylinder that is as tall as it is wide. With most of the bear canister market using a cylinder as a base for the form, it was the practical way to go.
The locking device is similar to that of a pill bottle. When opposite sides are pushed together it allows the top to unscrew.
The user opens the container, soaks the microfiber pads with water, lines them along the inside between the dividers, places the rubber gaskets on each end of the aluminum insert for an airtight seal, puts the insert into the ribs of the dividers, places the food inside, and finally screws the lid back on until they hear repeated clicks. At that point evaporation will begin to take place and the aluminum insert will conduct the cold feeling of the evaporation to the food preserving it for a longer period of time.
If you want some more juicy details about the research and development of this project head over to: Portres Research