Soappy Hand Sanitizer Printer by Kai Li and Ran Zhang

Soappy Hand Sanitizer Printer by Kai Li and Ran Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Producta Infantium Competition Category.

AesProducta Infantium· 2021

Soappy Hand Sanitizer Printer

by Kai Li and Ran Zhang

Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum Winner in Producta Infantium Category

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The Design

About Soappy Hand Sanitizer Printer

Soappy manus est sanitizer printer ad fovendos haedos ad habitum lavationis manus fovendum. Plerique haedos induant ' t ut manus abluant ob processum taediosum et longum handwashing. Soappy manus lavat ludum carum facit per exemplaria varias manus imprimendi sanitizer. Haedos eligere possunt exemplaria eorum gratissima et eas typis manibus acquirere. Praeterea Soappy varias formas formas praebet secundum quam manus sordidae sunt, quo magis sordes ac semina manus habent, eo magis implicata exemplaria sunt, et quo magis manus sanitizes continent.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum

Soappy Hand Sanitizer Printer victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur Soappy Hand Sanitizer Printer rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. Soappy Hand Sanitizer Printer necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.

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