About the Project
The intent of the project was to redesign the typical first aid kit to make it more intuitive and functional. The focus for this project was mostly on its usage in the context of home, where its used by non-medical practitioners.
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The redesigned first aid kit acts as an organiser for the user. It not only helps you keep the content of the first aid but also reminds you when you don’t have it in your first aid kit.
It is a lightweight, travel-friendly and user-friendly first aid kit with the satisfactory user experience.
Timeline: 6 weeks
Project type: Classroom project
Tools: User Research, Personas, Ideation/Sketching, Paper Prototyping, Hi-Fi Mockups, User testing
My Role: Product Designer
The Process
The design process started with discovering the pain points with the existing first aid kits, taking insights from the market study and then iterating-testing the concepts to reach the final solution.
The Concept
The concept was to compel the user to use the first aid in the way that its hygienic and also make user learn the process of using the first kit.
Lays Flat: The first - aid kit lays flat, its easy to find the required item at one glance, and tells you in which way to use it, the front - most panel of the first aid kit has the slot to keep the disposable gloves, so that user wear the gloves, before proceeding for giving himself or herself, the first - aid.
Shows direction to use: The shape of the first aid kit is in the way that it tells you the direction, in which way to use it.
Content is sectioned: The first aid kit is distributed into three sections, first one is for cleaning, the second one for the solutions, we apply after cleaning and the third one for the bandages.
Spread it and use it !
First aid kit cum organiser
The first aid kit acts as an organiser for the user. It not only helps you keep the content of the first aid but also reminds you when you don’t have it in your first aid kit because there is a specified place for every item of the first aid kit in it.
First aid organiser without the printed visuals
Visuals of the kit
The visuals of the first aid help the user have a better experience and directions while using the product. The visual of a growing tree in the three panels show the steps of the process of using the first aid kit.
Also, why nature because some scientific studies have shown that when you around nature, You are calm. So, at the time of panic, this first aid kit will not only provide you with the content to use when you need it but also help you calm down mentally while using it.
Prototyping the final concept
After finalising the concept for the first aid kit, the mockups were made in order to get user feedback to improve the final concept. The actual dimensions of the content were used in the mockup to understand the scale and the interaction of the user with the product.
THE MATERIAL:
The material, that I finalised for the first aid kit was the polypropylene sheet. The material I required for the concept should be light, reusable and durable.
Polypropylene (PP) is a thermoplastic “addition polymer” made from the combination of propylene monomers. It is used in a variety of applications to include packaging for consumer products, plastic parts for various industries including the automotive industry, special devices like living hinges, and textiles.
THE PROCESS OF MAKING:
Following are the steps involved while making the prototype of the concept/ product:
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The plan of the first aid kit was made and was laser cut on the polypropylene sheet.
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After the plan was cut out, living hinges were given by scoring the material.
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After giving the hinges, the elastic was fixed with adhesive at the places where the content needs to put.
