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Soappy Kätepuhastusprinter by Kai Li and Ran Zhang

Soappy Kätepuhastusprinter by Kai Li and Ran Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Pronksauhind A' Design Award in Beebi- ja lastetoodete disain Competition Category.


PronksBeebitooted· 2021

Soappy Kätepuhastusprinter

by Kai Li and Ran Zhang

Pronksauhind A' Design Award Winner in Beebitooted Category

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The Design

About Soappy Kätepuhastusprinter

Soappy on kätepuhastusprinter, mis on loodud selleks, et julgustada lapsi käsi pesema. Enamikule lastele ei meeldi käsi pesta igava ja tüütu kätepesuprotsessi tõttu. Soappy muudab kätepesu atraktiivseks mänguks, trükkides erinevaid kätepuhastusvahendite mustreid. Lapsed saavad valida oma lemmikmustrid ja lasta need oma kätele trükkida. Lisaks pakub Soappy erinevaid mustrite rühmi vastavalt sellele, kui määrdunud on käed, mis tähendab, et mida rohkem mustust ja mikroobe kätes on, seda keerulisemad on mustrid ja seda rohkem kätepuhastusvahendit need sisaldavad.

The Recognition

About the Pronksauhind A' Design Award

Soappy Kätepuhastusprinter on Pronksauhinna A' Design Award võitja, väga prestiižikas tunnustus, mis antakse silmapaistvatele disainidele, mida iseloomustavad loovus, leidlikkus ja teravmeelsus. Pronksvõitjad on küllaldaselt osavad ja tabavalt loovad teosed, mis kinnitavad oma disainerite laia kogemust, kujutlusvõimet ja leidlikkust. Soappy Kätepuhastusprinter peaks olema kõrgelt hinnatud, imetletud ja armastatud objekt, mis on märkimisväärselt professionaalne ja uuenduslik. See Pronksauhinna A' Design Award võidudisain ühendab parimaid tavasid kunstis, teaduses, disainis ja tehnoloogias ning on suurepärane oma detailidele pööratud tähelepanu poolest. Soappy Kätepuhastusprinter rahuldab suurepäraselt vajadusi, puudutab soove, võlub tundeid ja pakub huvi uudishimule.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Soappy is a hand sanitizer printer designed to encourage kids to wash their hands regularly in a playful way. Like playing with a toy, kids can choose sanitizer patterns they like on the screen of Soappy and get them printed on their hands. According to the level of how dirty their hands are, Soappy can provide different groups of patterns. When the hands are dirtier, the patterns in a group become more complex, which contain more hand sanitizer.
Dimensions & Packaging
130mm x 110mm x 220mm
Tags
hand washing, kids, play, interaction, education, hand sanitizer, basin, patterns, printing, product design
Production Technology
3D printing, bacteria detection technology, image recognition
Design Challenge
How to integrate all the complex printing and detecting components into a relatively small product dimension is a challenge.
Research
According to the research on kids and parents, children in many households don't like to wash hands, and it is a challenge for parents to lead their children to wash hands properly and help them foster a good habit of washing hands regularly. The bathrooms' environment in many homes is not attractive to kids in terms of colors and materials. Besides, the products designed for the procedures of washing hands in the market usually do not allow users to have playful engagements. The functionality of Soappy is realizable with the help of existing 3D printing technology, bacteria detection technology, and image recognition. From experiments on the patterns of different complexity on children's hands, the scale of the pattern was determined. By measuring the children's ergonomics and user testing, we arrived at a reasonable and comfortable interaction and product dimensions.
Inspiration
Hand washing is a good way to keep kids from getting sick and prevent the spread of germs in day-to-day life. However, because the procedures of washing hands are dull, kids tend to ignore or forget it when not being guided by their parents or teachers before they foster this habit. Getting hand sanitizer is a must part of these procedures of handwashing and is a behavior that kids have interaction with an object-the container of hand sanitizer. We aim to create a new experience to make this interaction more playful and appealing.
Project Duration
Changsha, China
Operation Flow
Firstly, the child awakens Soappy by touching the screen and then places his or her hands on either side of Soappy. The sensor detects how dirty the hands are and generates a corresponding group of patterns. (The dirtier the hands, the more complex the patterns.) The child selects the pattern he or she likes and puts his or her hand under the printing area in the middle and waits for the hand sanitizer pattern to be printed. Finally, when the hands have been washed thoroughly, the sensor can check if the hands are clean.
Team Members
Kai Li
Ran Zhang

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