The Good Innovation International Design Exhibition presents meaningful innovation in three themes: Design for well-being; Design for transformation; and Design with intelligence. We showcase the possibility of a good life with intelligence – from wearable products and its future in smart fabrics; to identify our future in data-driven design. 

The exhibition brings together the innovative designs from the US, UK and Europe with an integration of products and services from outstanding designers in the industries towards radical concepts depicted by design researcher from academic settings. We visualize with the audience the possibilities to connect our individual needs at the community-level towards a better future collectively.

Good innovation is not just about technology – it is an empathetic understanding of ideally a cultural-oriented ecosystem of products and services supported by a sustainable business model activated by community’s creativity. Whether or not the design is a beautiful product, or new technology, or a useful innovation – they are created to make our lives easier and happier.

Below is a short introduction about some of the exhibits, to learn all the detaills about all the exhibits, please come to the exhibition at F518 Idea Land Exhibition Center. Click for transportation guide. (The exhibition will be closed from 19th Dec to 25th Dec due to internal activity.)

Short Introduction about Some of the Exhibits

Design for well-being

The HemoLink

The HemoLinkTM revolutionizes the collection process and removes many of today’s challenges. Instead of making appointments and traveling to the clinic, patients receive a self-testing kit at home. Instead of painful and traumatic collection procedures, patients place a friendly device on their upper arm and simply press a large button to collect a sample. Most importantly, the collection is nearly pain-free, with patients routinely rating HemoLink as the least painful option when compared to finger sticks and venipuncture.

More Info: tassoinc.com

Owlet Smartsock

The Owlet Smartsock uses the same pulse-oximetry technology long used in hospitals to monitor vital signs. The sock is wirelessly connected to a base station and the user's Apple device and immediately sends out an alert when vital signs fluctuate.

The 3D Printed Scoliosis Brace addresses the vital social and emotional component to the function of the brace. It was designed with fashion in the forefront, complementing the patient’s sense of taste and style. Due to the clean form, the brace disappears beneath clothing, allowing discretion. The lace pattern – chosen by the patient - allows the skin to breathe, improving comfort.

Because the patient remains more comfortable discrete when desired, and beautiful when viewed, the patient willingly wears the brace over a longer duration, and therefore improves the chance of successful treatment.

Good design + new technology = improved medical outcomes.

More Info: summitid.com

Prosthetic Fairings

Prosthetic limbs solve the human mechanical challenge of limb loss by re-enabling a person to walk, run, and stand. But because they are often mechanical and utilitarian by design, they neglect another human component : to feel comfortable with one’s body.  As a result, amputees often hide or disguise their prosthetic limb, avoiding the incongruity of its appearance in the context of the human body.

Fairings address the human need to feel natural, normal by recreating symmetry in the body. But, by demonstrating a deliberately designed appearance, they never express shame or disguise, but confidence and acceptance of the user’s body. They transform a mechanical solution into something akin to jewelry or fashion, intending to be seen, appreciated, admired and accepted.

More Info: summitid.com

Design with intelligence

Cybele:An Artificial Asexual Womb

Cybele, an interchangeable asexual incubator, envisions an artificial womb as a new mode of reproduction where families take equal part in growing a fetus. With Cybele, parents are able to create and incubate their children on shift without sexual interaction or restrictions of gender. And also, there are possibilities to share carrying the baby responsibility with other partners in an easy way.

More Info: cybelebdc.wordpress.com

Olfact: : Sensory Communication Through Olfactory Genius

Olfact is a project produced as part of the Biodesign Challenge at the University of Edinburgh.  The project's aim is to investigate alternate forms of communication through olfaction, to bring a new dimension to social relationships. Olfact proposes 'self-manifestation' in the form of human scent to evolve human relationships, rituals and customs.

More Info: biodesign.eca.ed.ac.uk/olfact-sensory-communication-through-olfactory-genius/

Smart Textiles – Wearable Services

The exhibition presents prototypes, which are contributing to the field of health care, fashion and interior. To develop these complex Product Service Systems, textile producers teamed up with software and hardware engineering companies, service providers, designers, research institutions and creative hubs.

The works shown are part of the Smart Textile Services project, a subdivision of the Creative Industry Scientific Program (CRISP). CRISP was established to develop a knowledge infrastructure that stimulates the continued growth of the Dutch design sector and creative industries. Smart Textiles Services had the goal to develop an inspirational test-bed, enabling textile developers to understand the multi-disciplinary opportunities and challenges of creating Smart Textile Product Service Systems.

There are 11 projects of wearable services shown at this exhibition. Below are some of them:

 BB. Suit

 Print Dress

Unlace

Thermo Dance

Vibe-ing

Vigour

Design for transformation

Floating Modernity

Floating Modernity is an exhibition that offers innovative experience of the New World through a slow, immersive, unique outlook on its complexity.

Short Introduction about the Curators

Dr Priscilla Chueng-Nainby

Dr Priscilla Chueng-Nainby is a social innovator and researcher with intercultural and interdisciplinary design practices. Based at the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, she has worked at top design schools such as the Royal College of Art, TU Delft, London University of the Arts, the Glasgow School of Art, Jiangnan University, Tsinghua University and the China Art Academy.  An interaction designer with a degree in Computer Science and wrote a PhD thesis on the topic of cross-cultural design thinking, Priscilla experiments with low-fi co-design tools to envision and enact communities’ collective imagery to empower societal transformation. Co-Design Tools such as community art installation and improvisational theatre form her practice which informs her research in data-driven service innovation with marginalised communities for causes such as village regeneration, heritage service innovation, poverty elevation, smart mobility and community care. She is currently investigating the ontological structure of collective intelligence to inform the autopoietic physical-digital human-centred design. Her work involves bringing the governments, the NGOs and the industries, to collaborate directly with local communities, such as the village regeneration at Inner Mongolia, Turkey and south China, as well as heritage museum service design in China, UK and USA. Visuals of the forty over engagements can be seen at www.priscilla.me.uk.

Treasure Hinds - Anvil Studios

Anvil Studios is a product design firm for the real world.

Anvil is Treasure Hinds and Greg Janky. We’ve been friends since design school, and our passion for great design is the foundation of our collaborative partnership. Together we create elegant, iconic, and manufacturable products that people love to touch and use.

We have experience in diverse industries, from housewares, consumer electronics and professional equipment, to fitness and furniture, designing for world-class brands, such as Starbucks, Microsoft, Siemens and Oster. We’ve worked for in-house teams as well as for design consultancies. We partner closely with marketers, product managers, internal design teams and engineers. We take a flexible approach to our process so that you get great solutions within your constraints.

 More Info:anvil-studios.com

Martijn ten Bhömer 

Dutch designer Martijn ten Bhömer creates smart textiles for multi-disciplinary contexts, particularly healthcare and well-being. During his PhD research at the Eindhoven University of Technology, Martijn investigated how an embodied approach to technology can underpin the design of products and services. Martijn worked with companies such as OMsignal, Deutsche Telekom, Microsoft Research and Bambi Medical to develop smart textile services for a wide range of specialist products. Currently, he teaches and conducts research about smart textiles and wearables at the Industrial Design Department of Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou. Martijn’s designs have been exhibited internationally, while his research has been published in academic journals and presented at conferences around the world.

Francesca Valsecchi 魏佛兰

Francesca is a researcher and practitioner in communication, interaction, and social design. She currently serves as Assistant Professor at College of Design & Innovation, Tongji University; her research interests cover the area of information and data visualization, digital social innovation, open design, design and cultures. Of Italian origin, she has been in Asia for more than a decade, enjoying the trans-cultural lifestyle, and the thrilling mix of international environment with traditional heritage. Her recent projects include documenting and mapping Shanghai streetfood culture and places, experimenting with opendata and well-being public services, and engaging citizens in workshops to envision beauty-driven urban scenarios. She uses arts as a spare-time activity to improvise spontaneous interactive playground with the humans, the creatures, and the environment.

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