Tag: innovation
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Diffusion
In the post-COVID era, cultural misunderstandings have become more common, affecting daily coexistence and urban safety. Hectic lifestyles and stress limit cultural exchanges, resulting in infrequent intercultural communication and the emergence of barriers. To address this, we need spaces where people can relax, enjoy leisurely conversations, reduce stress, and foster cultural understanding, promoting peaceful coexistence…
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The Nature’s Touch
The Nature’s Touch is a set of bathroom product. Inspired by nature, it is made of cork and utilizes various properties of this eco-friendly material, such as water resistance, friction, and flexibility. The Nature’s Touch includes an organizer, a bath mat, soap boxes, and a towel rack. While embracing the natural characteristics of cork, this…
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CMate
CMate (Climate Mate) is a weather app that helps individuals prepare for their day based on their health concerns. CMate applies the health concerns of its users to their current location and climate, to create personalized weather reminders and forecasts so that users can adapt to the rapidly changing climate, individually. Designed to be friendly…
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Wait…What Does Frenetic Mean?
Coming to a city near you, a social amenity which reimagines the streetscape to accommodate personal electric vehicles and RoboBins–trash collecting robots which will take the trash to a waste-energy plant. Electricity from the plant is used to power work-cafes which double as EV and RoboBin charging hubs. Through a system of power hubs and…
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Delta
DELTA is an intelligent campus street lamp that uses solar panels to provide clean energy and store it to cope with different weather conditions. It is also equipped with light and motion sensors that automatically adjust the lighting mode according to the surrounding brightness and pedestrian activity. These intelligent features help DELTA address issues such…
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Tomato’s Home
Tomatoes are a favorite fruit in Africa but are also a waste problem. This is particularly true in, Nigeria, the most populated country in Africa with the highest percentage of tomato waste. This waste can be greatly reduced by using interior design strategies in the post-harvest stage. School of Design | Graduate Interior Design Students:…
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Free to Talk!
School of Design | Graduate Interior DesignStudents: Tianli Gu, Yanya MeiFaculty: Caleb Crawford This GIF is a computational fluid dynamics simulation visualization of our design strategy A. With the addition of reflective surfaces on the walls, the three main sound sources diffuse less throughout the rest of the space after multiple reflections. The acoustical environment…
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POPO
School of Design | Graduate Interior DesignStudents: Ruiting HuFaculty: Deborah Schneiderman Use the least building consumables to achieve the most purpose. Combine with different time-use demands to maximize the use of site resources. Starbucks is starting to use straw straws. This leads to the obvious question: “Why shouldn’t interior and architectural designers start to use…
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During Unique Experiences
School of Design | Graduate Interior DesignStudents: Xinyue, Li, Nuo Li, Hanhui GuanFaculty: Michael Zuckerman The project proposes that to improve the lighting and acoustic conditions can greatly impact students’ human-comfort-related experience in the space. An axonometric diagram can better show the relationship between motion and space under new intervention. This intervention project is held…
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Acoustic Environment Modification of the Subway Corridor
School of Design | Graduate Interior DesignStudents: Yiming Zhang, He Xu, Yan HuangFaculty: Michael Zuckerman Since this space is fenced on both sides, there is no sound insulation, resulting in passers-by upstairs being able to hear the sound of the subway passing from downstairs, while passengers downstairs can hear the noise of the performers upstairs…