Soappy Hand Sanitizer Drécker by Kai Li and Ran Zhang

Soappy Hand Sanitizer Drécker by Kai Li and Ran Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award an Bronze in Baby, Kanner a Kannerprodukter Design Competition Category.

BronzeBabyprodukter· 2021

Soappy Hand Sanitizer Drécker

by Kai Li and Ran Zhang

A' Design Award an Bronze Winner in Babyprodukter Category

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The Design

About Soappy Hand Sanitizer Drécker

Soappy ass en Hand Sanitizer Drécker entwéckelt fir Kanner ze encouragéieren d'Gewunnecht d'Hänn ze wäschen. Déi meescht Kanner wäschen hir Hänn net gär wéinst dem langweilegen an langweilegen Handwäschprozess. Soappy mécht Handwäschen en attraktivt Spill andeems Dir verschidde Hand Sanitizer Mustere dréckt. D'Kanner kënnen hir Liiblingsmuster wielen an se op hir Hänn gedréckt kréien. Ausserdeem liwwert Soappy verschidde Gruppe vu Mustere no wéi dreckeg d'Hänn sinn, dat heescht wat méi Dreck a Keimen d'Hänn hunn, wat méi komplex d'Muster sinn, a wat méi Hand Sanitizer si enthalen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award an Bronze

Soappy Hand Sanitizer Drécker ass e Gewënner vum A' Design Award an Bronze, enger héich prestigiéiser Unerkennung, déi un erausragend Designe vergi gëtt, déi sech duerch Kreativitéit, Erfindungsgab a Schlauheet ausgezeechnen. Bronze-Gewënner si voll Fäegkeet a opfälleg kreativ Wierker, déi déi grouss Erfahrung, d'Fantasie an d'Ressourceréichtum vun hire Designer bestätegen. Et gëtt erwaart, datt Soappy Hand Sanitizer Drécker e héich geschätzt, bewonnert a beléifte Géigestand ass, bemierkenswäert professionell an innovativ. Dëst mam Bronze ausgezeechent Design integréiert déi beschte Praktike vun der Konscht, der Wëssenschaft, vum Design an der Technologie an zeechent sech duerch Opmierksamkeet fir Detailer aus. Soappy Hand Sanitizer Drécker erfëllt Bedierfnesser exzellent, beréiert Wënsch, bezauberet Gefiller an erweckt Neigierecht.

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