W-3E Mask Ekspressive Emoasje by Shengtao Ma

W-3E Mask Ekspressive Emoasje by Shengtao Ma is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award yn Brûns in Futuristysk Ûntwerp Competition Category.

BrûnsFuturistysk· 2021

W-3E Mask Ekspressive Emoasje

by Shengtao Ma

Client: Qingdao Thousand Wood Industrial Design Company Limited

A' Design Award yn Brûns Winner in Futuristysk Category

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The Design

About W-3E Mask Ekspressive Emoasje

Tidens de epidemy drage minsken maskers dy't de gesichten fan minsken bedekke en de effektiviteit fan kommunikaasje ferminderje. It W-3E-masker brûkt gesichtsherkenning en in ynterne projektor om oerienkommende útdrukkingspatroanen te projektearjen. It ferfangbere filterelemint fermindert de fergriemerij fan boarnen, de radiatoren oan beide kanten meitsje de loft nofliker, en it eksterne skerm werjaan de fysike tastân fan 'e brûker yn realtime.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Brûns

W-3E Mask Ekspressive Emoasje is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Brûns, in heech prestisjeuze erkenning foar treflike ûntwerpen dy't har ûnderskiede troch kreativiteit, fernuft en tûkens. Brûnswinners binne tige feardige en opfallend kreative artefakten dy't de grutte ûnderfining, ferbylding en betochtsumens fan har ûntwerpers befêstigje. Fan W-3E Mask Ekspressive Emoasje wurdt ferwachte dat it in tige heech achte, bewûndere en dierber objekt is dat opmerklik profesjoneel en ynnovatyf is. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Brûns yntegrearret de bêste praktiken yn keunst, wittenskip, ûntwerp en technology en is treflik om syn omtinken foar detail. W-3E Mask Ekspressive Emoasje foldocht behoeften prachtich, reitsjet winsken, betsjoeveret gefoelens en sprekt nijsgjirrigens oan.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Built in small projector, through facial recognition and voice tone to generate expression patterns, It can be closed to make the mask completely transparent.

Filter fans and loudspeakers are installed on both sides to solve the problems of dyspnea and communication, and the filter elements on both sides can be replaced as needed.

There are basic control buttons and body status display screen on both sides of the rear, which is convenient for users to know their body status in real time.
Dimensions & Packaging: Larger than the normal N95 mask, in line with human engineering, the size fits the skin. Width 170mm x depth 180mm x height 100mm
Tags: Safety，technology，personality， fun， comfort
Production Technology: The front baffle of the mask is made of transparent material, the rubber material is all around, the silicone material is in contact with the skin inside, the built-in small projector, the leather material is at the back neck, and the transparent elastic rubber material is at the top adjustment band.
Design Challenge: At the beginning, we planned to add a display screen inside the mask, but the curved screen cost is too high, which is not suitable for the public. Inspired by the cinema projector, we added a small projector inside the mask, and the shell edited the expression pattern through the mobile phone, projected it into the mask, so as to realize the personalized experience of young people.
Research: The project is an industrial design, hoping to solve the problem that it is difficult to transmit facial expression when wearing the mask during the epidemic period and the problem that the mask is stuffy and breathing is not smooth. Through the inspiration of the projector when watching the movie, we hope to project the expression into the mask to solve the problem. And through the network data to understand the consumption of masks, hoping to change the disposable, so as to achieve more low-carbon environmental protection.
Inspiration: During the epidemic period, masks sealed people's emotions, making the already depressed life even colder. I hope that even wearing a mask can convey the feelings of each of us and make you and me warm in the cold epidemic.

Disposable masks waste resources. Hope that the mask can replace the filter element for reuse, environmental protection and energy saving.
Project Duration: The project started in Anhui in June 2020 and completed in Qingdao University of technology in February 2021
Operation Flow: Facial recognition and the voice tone of the user can generate the same expression pattern as the user's emotion.
The filter fans on both sides are simply controlled by pressing the button, and the filter element can be replaced.
Team Members: Instructor：Ping Ai