Since my major is mechanical engineering, I have been longing to use it in
. In my sophomore year, I had my
tryout of utilizing both engineering and
in a project. Teaming up with some of my classmates, we joined our
Entrepreneur Day’s competition.The comfort of passengers
and shoulder during commuting is the problem we would like to solve. Rather than designing a
pillow right away, we looked at the essence of
problem and a
nalyzed examined carefully and methodically; broken down for consideration of constituent parts
the drawback of existing products. S
providing support to users’
is the only goal, we started to a
nalyze consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
the mechanics lay behind by applying what we had learnt at that time. We ended up designing a concept Scarf X, a scarf-like-
-pillow, which is 65% lighter and 86% smaller than the average
pillow on the market. After the competition I didn’t stop right there. In my portfolio I
give out some other examples of these kinds of fusion between engineering and
.
is about creating a better life. I am very lucky to be the founding member of the most influential campus news media, NTHU InstaNews. Before NTHU InstaNews existed, all kinds of information from our
filled our email inbox. So disorganized that half of the students on campus wouldn’t even check the mails from
.
,
, students will not only miss important messages but
inspiring events.
, we decided to start an organization making sure that all crucial information is properly delivered. Starting with limited followers, NTHU InstaNews eventually becomes the most popular campus news media, and actually changes the b
ehavior manner of acting or controlling yourself
of students. As the art editor I spent quite some time trying to figure out a template that helped me working with higher efficiency without compromising the user experience, and
was achieved by a series of both public and private t
estings.a small amount (especially of food or wine)
Even now we are still improving the overall experience as our missions grow continuously.
the experiences on campus, I want to examine my
on the market.
, I became a freelance graphic designer. The collaboration with the coffee and tea shop SUNNY M is especially worth mentioning. After designing the logo for them, the client returned to me and asked me to
the packaging.
task is different from all the work that I have done before. Without effective and efficient communication, I couldn’t have a clear picture of the process of making tea and coffee, and
it would be impossible for me to create any understandable graphic. Listening is the key element of good communication and the best way to understand the customers thoroughly. After dozens of
, I was able to accomplish
mission. The result is a not only a
user-friendly packaging, with simple and clear illustrations of every step. All of these can be possible because of communication.
, even with all these experiences,
is not the end. I want to test the limits and break through. Attending graduate
is a perfect opportunity to help me integrate all my skills better. As we all know the collaboration of multiple disciplines is of vital importance to
, and
I believe that join Media Lab would be the ideal path. During my master study I am particularly interested in tangible media, city science and affective computing. The belief of connecting the physical world and the cyber world is the future of HCI is the reason that I choose tangible media. In city science I believe it’s a place where I can have a glimpse of the future cities. The l
neglecting of h
emotional wellbeing is a growing problem, with affective computing I sure can understand human brain better and make lives better. To shape the future one must be at the frontier. With my abilities and Media Lab’s environment I can certainly succeed in these fields.
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