My project consisted of the development of a wearable device for Pampers. The first step of my project required me to discover and synthesize consumer insights. This was done by carrying out different consumer research task including moderating Consumer interviews, setting up Focus groups, organising ideation sessions with my team and the planning and execution of one Consumer Study.
In brief, the 4-day Consumer Study was carried out remotely in the US with Pamper’s Expert Panel to get real consumer feedback on my MVPs, performing data collection, Data processing and analysis to evaluate the impact of different use cases on the accuracy of an existing Machine Learning algorithm.
The learnings from this Discovery and Definition phase were converted into concept exploration sketches and prototypes, which were evaluated by different groups of experts in Industrial Design, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, Products Safety and Business Model to converge to a final concept.
Through a three-month long Development phase over 25 MVPs were modelled, built with different additive manufacturing technologies, tested through FEM Simulations and in the lab using a test bench and shown to consumers for feedback.
One highlight was evaluating the final design using the Cambridge Exclusion Calculator as part of the Inclusive Design Toolkit. Implementing this Human-Centred metric allowed me to improve the accessibility of the product by getting first-hand experience on the usage and assembly of the parts when being limited in visual, dexterous, or cognitive abilities.
Finally in the Delivery phase samples were ordered through establishing relationships with external suppliers in China and Italy. These parts will be used by the team who will take on the project after my internship.
