Diamond
Digital pen design for artsy students
Overview
Client
Lenovo
​Introduction
This project is initiated by Lenovo in cooperation with Tongji University. As industry mentor, Lenovo taught us their user research methodology. In this project we practiced lots of quantitative & qualitative research about user experience with computers and peripheral devices.
Task Brief
Our task was to seek key pain points of university students when they use computers and peripheral devices in their daily life, then propose a design concept as a solution.
Research
At early stage each of us found 5 participants in target user group, and tracked users’ daily use case and context with 1-week user diaries. Then, after the first information-sharing meeting, each of us chose 2 typical users and confirmed further interviews. Finally we classified 6 personas in the second meeting.
During the next stage of research, each of us chose one persona to for further conception. My choice was Artsy Students. Subsequently, we brainstormed the context of use on weekdays and weekends of the chosen persona based on data from our initial user research.
Ideation
Concept Sketch
Problems or Needs
During initial ideation phase, we firstly highlighted problems or needs from user research. Then I chose 3 main issues, and drew as many sketches as I could, which could fix these design expectations.
Filtered Idea
Through discussion and user’s feedback, limited space for design ideation is the key problem for target group. Hence after I filtered my sketches, digital drawing tools without tablet was the next direction for concept development.
Balancing Ergonomics & Aesthetics
In this stage I 3d-printed several rough models to test whether it is comfortable when I use it in different shapes.
Consequently I found, building a shape similar as diamond, pentagon is also comfortable for fingers. Pentagon in a circumcircle (R=5mm) makes the pen comfortable to use. However, integrating feasibility, pentagon in a circumcircle (R=7mm) guarantees a space for AAA battery (R=5mm) and embedded electronic circuit.
Final Concept
Size
How to Use
