Fitnesstuin
A project executed with 2 other students, for the company ‘Fitnesstuin’ that develops playgrounds for elderly, these are used by the rapists to stimulate movement, vital for their physical and mental health. After interviewing the client, we framed the goal of the project Facilitate elders (65+) with low threshold, fun and social solutions that increase motivation to exercise.
We divided the project in four phases:
1. Analyses
The analyses cover market research, user analyses, a pain point assessment, several interviews with therapist, healthcare professionals and surveys among elders. These analyses give insights in preferred trainings and movements, what elders experience as thresholds and motivations to exercise and how cognitive aspects impacts their behavior.
2. Ideation
We developed a framework based on our insights around t hresholds, opportunities and trends for a brainstorm session. This was used for 2 sessions, one with our internal group, the other was executed with an external group. This gener ated a large amount of ideas with 10 potential follow up directions.
3.Concept development
These 10 idea sketches where then simulated with quick and dirty models to test their principals. The models where constantly refined with fixed go/no go moments that must exclude 2 concept directions until 1 concept direction per team member remained. This way of working allowed us to focus on the system and focus mainly on the way of working and feeling of the design. By canceling 2 directions per fixed moment meant that we spend more time refining promising directions.
4.Refinement
After finalizing the CAD model, technical drawings and renders where pro
duced to give the client a good impression of the idea and implication of the developed concepts.
The concept:
UVO is a piece of equipment people can use to train their core stability. The product rests on the lap of the user and contains a weighted ball that can vary in weight. The product is used by circling the UVO around making the ball rotate along the side. T his requires cognitive focus and engages muscles in the chest, back, belly, shoulders and arms. UVO can be used sitting but is more challenging while standing, as the revolving weight challenges all muscles in the body to keep balance and to train the body weight challenges all muscles in the body to keep balance and to train the body to compensate for imbalance.