Fri - Stress Relieving Air Purifier

Product / Industrial Design Porject / Ian Jia, Mar. – Jun. 2022

Background

Pic. Traffic Jam @Jacek Dylag

250 DAYS PER YEAR IN TRAFFIC JAMS IN CITIES.

Traffic congestion has become a symbol in big cities, because large cities would keep the population and financial flow and private cars are still at the centre of urban life.

POST TRAFFIC CONGESTION EFFECT.

Long traffic jams may cause a range of negative emotions such as anxiety and stress. People under traffic stress may also display negative attitudes and behaviours, such as neglecting work and family disputes.

Interview

'Think current solutions can not relieve mood.'

24%

'Wish there is a better way to get through traffic jams.'

60%

'Still irritable after getting through traffic jams.'

33%

'Think it is important to regulate mood in traffic jam.'

88%

The emotions drivers feel when they are stuck in a traffic jam

Anger 40%

Anxiety 85%

Irritability 73%

Helpless 87%

Peace 34%

At a loss 18%

187 drivers were interviewed by online questionnaires. Most drivers generally experience negative emotions in traffic jams. Meanwhile, they generally attach great importance to regulating their emotions in traffic jams and would like to have new ways to effectively relieve them.

Research

Pic. Five Senses @V. Koscina

EMOTION CAN BE MONITORED BY AI

AI can already work out a driver’s current emotion by tracking and measuring facial expressions and head movements.

TARGET USERS ARE MAINLY COMMUTERS

Due to the severity of the morning and evening rush hour, commuters are often most affected. In general, the negative emotions they expressed were not easily moderated by these relaxation techniques.

COMBINATION OF SENSES CAN BE USED TO RELIEVE EMOTIONS

By using Five Senses Theory, users would have a better experience and improve their engagement when using one product.

POLLUTION INSIDE CARS STUCK IN HEAVY TRAFFIC CAN BE 40% HIGHER THAN WHEN IT'S MOVING.

Cars take in emissions from surrounding vehicles and recirculate them, such as NO2, CO, etc., and heavy traffic always means heavy pollution.

"I want to design a product that would allow drivers to recognise and confront negative emotions and also have some daily functions."

Pic. Brainstorm

IDEATION & Storyboard

Pic. Ideation

Pic. Storyboard

PROTOTYPE

Several iterations of the prototypes, constantly updating the appearance and modifying the problem of oversizing.

Pic. Prototype 1

Pic. Prototype 2

Pic. Prototype 3

Pic. Final Prototype

NO LABELLING OF PRODUCTS.

Users should be considered as a “driver who wants to mitigate negative emotions” rather than a “patient with negative emotions”. This also means that the product should not be specialised, but should be a daily object in the car.

CLEAN AIR, CLEAR NEGATIVITY.

A car air purifier is a very daily and necessary product for the general public, and it also corresponds to its design goal of recognising emotional signals and alleviating negative emotions.

FREELY ADJUSTABLE ANGLE

The product can be freely angled to fit the emotion recognition camera. The bottom has an air inlet to ensure work efficiency and is equipped with several non-slip feet.

EMOTIONAL RECOGNITION

The Fri is equipped with a high-definition camera for emotion recognition and the time display function also goes some way to relieving the driver of the discomfort caused by the camera.

SIMPLE OPERATION

The water in the humidification module and the aromatherapy can be replaced by opening the sealed lid, and different types of aromatherapy can be obtained by accumulating “good driving” times.

Mountain (Peace, Land, Tree)

Wave (Focus, Water, Sky)

Cloud (Creative, Light, Snow)

All three colour themes have been chosen on the basis of colour psychology. In keeping with the stylistic theme of the product itself, all three colours provide a sense of calm and harmony. When seeing green, the brain automatically connects with memories of pleasant experiences related to nature, so it was chosen as the first colour theme.

UI DESIGN

Double touch on the product to automatically open the app, which provides detailed data on mood swings and a variety of relaxation features that can be customised by the user. There are also incentives in the app, uses can earn aromas by accumulating the number of “good drives”.