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Client

Design capstone project cooperated with Canon

Supervisor

Designers from Canon.Inc

Hiroaki Ohashi / Harry Vermeulen

My Role 

UI Designer

User Researcher

Duration

Oct 2016 – present

Best Practice

Interview Technique

Iterative Design

Sketch

3D model development

UI Design

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

  • STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEW

CONCEPT

FUN + ABNORMAL PERSPECTIVE

  • “I always want  to capture FUN moments of my pets.“

  • ”Some perspective are difficult to get, I want to find ABNORMAL perspectives“

  • “I like take pictures of my pet. She is really funny.”

INTERACT WITH YOUR PETS

SEE THE WORLD FROM THE GROUND 

  • People also like to share funny moments of their pets on SNS

  • Cats like to fit themselves into narrow spaces or in the corner, which sometimes can not see from normal view

CHARACTERISTICS 

  • 21-year-old male 

  • has a cat and spends long time playing with it

  • always shares cat photos on Weibo and Wechat

  • always help stray animals / lost pets to find hosts fashion lover

  • high-tech explorer

  • photography amateur

PIN POINTS

  • shot cat's pictures from interesting  perspectives

  • interact with pets while taking pictures/videos

  • share cat's moments with friends conveniently

JAMES

MA

KEY FUNCTIONS

  • CAMERA FROM GROUND / ADJUSTABLE LENS ANGEL

  • SHAPES WHICH INTRIGUE PETS / REMOTE CONTROL

  • SOCIAL PLATFORM FOR PET-KEEPERS

  • SKETCH & MOCK UP

CAMERA

Universal wheels Double lenses (fish eye)

REMOTE CONTROL & UI DESIGN

Front Button: Lens control(rotate) + shutter (press)

Back Button: Light beam (designate the camera’s position)

  • USABILITY TEST

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

FIELD RESEARCH

FIELD RESEARCH

We interviewed 15 potential users including pet-keepers, game-lovers and both, and invited them to conduct usability test using prototype. Based on the result, we re-designed our product.

Iterative Design

Test Conclusion

DETAILED DESIGN

  • FUNCTION DESIGN

DETAILED DESIGN
  • UI DESIGN

  • BUSINESS MODE

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