PROJECT REPORT

AI

DESIGNING SHOES
THAT ENHANCES
WALKING EXPERIENCE
FOR ELDERLY

AAYUSH, ACHALA, SAHIL & ADITYA

 INDEX
* 3INTRODUCTION

* 4 PROCESS FOLLOWED

* 5RESEARCH

* 6 MIND MAPPING

* 7 SECONDARY RESEARCH

* 9 PRIMARY RESEARCH

* 12 KEY FINDINGS

* 13 IDEATION

* 16 PROTOTYPING

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 INTRODUCTION

The prompt that was handed to us was to „design for the elderly,“ which
istocreateproductsforseniorciDensd z inparDcuqarthoseagedrand
older. In light of the fact that this is such a broad subject, we followed a
predetermined procedure in order to select a problem statement for which
ew ouw qdbedeveqopingasoquDon:Thisprojectismorefocusedonuser
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producttesDngdwhichiscomparaDev tesDngdaprocessofmeasuringthe
properDesorperformanceoftheproduct:omparaD
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of this project.

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eqoping
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andpotenDaqavenuesthatneededfurtherresearch:qq A ofthestagesthat
we went through are broken down here in this report. More of an overview
of the procedure that was carried out in order to accomplish our design
objecDe:
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 P R O C E S S F O L LO W E D

THE PROCESS WE UNDERTOOK TO MAKE THE PRODUCT

SECONDARY PRIMARY FINAL

RESEARCH RESEARCH INSIGHTS

IDEATION PROTOTYPING FINAL

PRODUCT

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 RESEARCH

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 MIND MAPPING

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 K E Y F I N D I N G S : S E CO N D A R Y
RESEARCH

1. DISABILITY IN ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING (ADL)

(LIVING ALONE) (LIVING WITH A SPOUSE)

2. SEVERE ADL DISABILITY

1.9 % 2.9%

3. SEVERE IADL DISABILITY

4.6% 1.6%

4. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LINKED WITH 10/11 MENTAL

HEALTH WELL BEING INDICATORS.

5. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROTECTIVE AGAINST 9/12

CHRONIC CONDITIONS.

6. FORMULA FOR PREVENTING LIMITATION OF

FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
EXERCISE OF SUFFICIENT INTENSITY AND
FREQUENCY = REDUCTION IN RISK OF FUNCTIONAL
LIMITATIONS AND DISABILITY Y
B

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PRIMARY RESEARCH

1. What are the social factors

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 PRIMARY RESEARCH

THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE ENTIRE WEEK, WE

W E R E S U C C E S S F U L LY A B L E T O C O L L E C T s R E P L I E S
THE RESPONSE WERE:

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amountofinformaDonandstaDsDcs around parks.
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z more various responses we received from
quickly and easily. individuals into like-minded categories.
This shed light on the extent to
Simultaneously, we began the process which many people share the same
ofconducDnginterviews:Weere
w abqe beliefs, problems, and interests. We
to conduct a total of 13 interviews, separated the responses into a variety
including two with specialists ofcategoriesdsuchasmedicaDonsd
(physiotherapists) and eleven with morningrouDnesdandaqkingd
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included interviews, online surveys, and
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AGE RANGE
ENGAGEMENT IN
M . I . A . O F E L D E R LY
Synthesis
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amountofbothsecondaryandpri
maryresearchasofrightnow:en vE
sodaqqofthesepiecesofinformaDon
andkeypointsneedtobeincorpo
ratedintotheprocessofidenDfying
theprobqem8howeverdbeforeew can
dothatdew needtoorganiseevery
thing:
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understandingofourusersdew cre
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totheuserpersonasthatew deveq
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viewsandmakesomeadjustments
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ENGAGEMENT OF
E L D E R LY I N L I G H T P. A .
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D A I LY L I F E
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 KEY FINDINGS

KEY FINDINGS OF OUR PRIMARY RESEARCH

1. Doing
acDvity , it may cause more harm to the body due to lack of
mobility and holding same posture for a while.

2. Many , also yoga was a popular

3.
geDcafterpracDcingoga
y

4. People with higherphysicaqacDvityqeveqs were more likely

seen as .

5. Some keymoDaDv ons were observed such as

oneseqfheaqthyddreamsFgoaqsoftraveqqing -
ce of social circles played a part for engaging into physical

Sonowew haveourtopinsightsandhowmightew quesDon

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IDEATION
TIIDEA ASENGB DONPREVIOUSSTEPS
Now that we have a variety of
problem statements, we can
moveontoideaDng:ivG enthe
ast
v numberofpossibiqiDesd
we considered coming up
with ideas using a variety of
approaches:Thefirstthingthat
ew attemptedas
w caqqedcrazy
8. Now, everyone has eight
minutes to sketch out or write
downeightdifferentideason
oneparDcuqartopicreqatedto
how might. We did this a total
offiveDmeswithourtop
how might we, which resulted
in us coming up with a hundred
differentideasbytheendofthe
day:fter
A thatdew separated
themaccordingtothedifferent
sectors that the problem is
addressing, as well as sorted
out the ones that had been
repeated
Following that, we proceeded
to the next method of idea
generaDondwhichas w
called “reverse thinking.”
Here, rather than thinking
aboutdirectsoquDonstoa
problem, we engage in reverse
brainstorming, which involves
idenDfyingayw sinwhichew
could worsen the problem.
fter
A thatdew flipthoseideas
aroundinordertofindanswers
in a manner that we haven’t
considered previously.
Using this approach, we weren’t
able to come up with many
ideasorsoquDons:
rain
B aqking
w as
w thenext
acDvityinourseriesof
brainstorming sessions. This was the user and toward a certain
the part of the project in which typeofphysicaqexercise:fter
we were paired up with another reviewing our previous work,
teamandtaskedwithassisDng
oneanotherinthegeneraDon
of new ideas. Here, we begin
byjoDfingdownaconcept
inaflipchartdandtheother
parDcipantsfurtherexpandthe
idea, providing us with a new
perspecDev onouroriginaqidea
in the process.
fter
A compqeDngthefirst
stageoftheideaDonprocessd
itas
w Dmetocompiqeaqqof
our thoughts into a single
document. To accomplish this,
ew usedthefigmaapp:As
afirststeptowardreducing
thenumberofpossibiqiDesd
we assigned each one of the
categories represented by
aparDcuqarcoqour:eDG fing
rid of the basic concepts or
strategies that aren’t working
inoursituaDon:fter
A thatd
we compiled a list of our best
ideasandfurtherwhittqed
itdowntoourtopideas:a
small number of which were
combinaDonsoffewideas
Following the feedback we
havegottenfromourmentorsd
we came to the conclusion
that our problem statement
needed to be revised in order
to be more targeted toward
A
ew discoveredthatasignificant
number of individuals engage
intheacDviDesofaqking w
and yoga as a kind of physical
acDvity:Asaresuqtdew settqed
on walking because it is one of
the least complicated yet most
beneficiaqacDviDesdespeciaqqy
forseniorciDens: z
Soafteranaqysingeverythingew
cametoseqectourfinaqprobqem
statement that is how might
we create an enhanced walking
experience for the elderly
Since we are now aware that
our understanding needs to be
more narrowly focused on the
physicaqacDvityJaqking
w
We chose the one that was
parDcuqarqygearedtoward
walking and immediately began
working on it, revising the
featuresandidenDfyingthe
benefitsanddrawbacksofthe
product or service. As a result
oftheseeffortsdew erew abqe
togenerateourtopfiveideas
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 IDEATION

AFTER DISCUSSING THE MATTER WITH OUR MENTORS, WE WERE

A B L E TO N A R R O W T H E F I E L D E V E N F U RT H E R A N D C H O O S E O U R
TOP THREE CONCEPTS, WHICH WERE AS FOLLOWS:

Wearabtebottte GO-FIT shoes amified

G treadmitt
ater
w A bottqethatcanbeorn
w around buA sinessthatspeciaqisesincreaDng treadmiqq
A thatisbothinteracDev and
the neck. custom walking and jogging shoes for se- displays a variety of games that can be
niorciDens8
z eachshoeispersonaqisedto pqayedPegJpianoDqesQ
The user will feel an increasing sense of providethemostcomfortabqefitpossibqe
warmth as they get closer to their goal.+- for the wearer.
towel skin which could be removed and
insterted back fter
A traveqqingacertaindistancedthe
colour of the shoes will change.

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 E VA LUAT I N G I D E A S

fter
A coqqecDngaqqthreeideasdew proceedtoevaquateeachoneingreaterdetaiqbynoDngthespecifics
of how it operates, sketching out a few concepts in order to provide a visual, and developing a user jour-
ney map in order to comprehend how our customers will engage with the product.

Now, in order to select the one that we will work on further, we made a table of desirability, which is the
quaqityofbeingdesired:exN tdew qistedviabiqitydwhichisthecapacitytoork
w successfuqqydandfinaqqydew
listed feasibility, which is the state or degree of being easily or conveniently done.


 P R OTOT Y P I N G

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futureheaqthrisksoccuringwithoqdage:
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tongue rolls back a bit further and is res-
tri1tedbt_eta1esrta1ed=romretra1m]
further. The rolled back tongue creates more
space for the feet to slip in the shoe. As the
feet slips deeper in the shoe the slap band
issrrossedtostrai]_temr]_temim]t_e
shoe. While removing the shoe due to ad-
ded pressure on the tongue since the heel is
ti[edtoremoet_e=eet=romt_es_oedt_e
tom]erottsba1h:"taim]t_ata1ream]
bigger space for the feet to slip in.
aited
F ideas
e_adrtammedamasre1to=]amifi1aomto
the shoe as well, which was also a part of the
prototype, later on discarded.
the brief idea was to add lights to the shoe,
t_at]todi@eremt1otorsast_eseraths
di@eremtdistam1es:$_e1om1ertasto1reate
social proof by means of the light. Where
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