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Czero Reducing Viral Infections by Sophia Neill |
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FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
SN: This concept came about when in lockdown as Covid-19 entered New Zealand for the first time. I sat in my room puzzling how I could change behaviours to reduce the spread of the virus through our interactions with ourselves and other people.
FS: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
SN: My goal what to create a device that is something people want to wear rather than feel they have to. This concept is meant to look like any other piece of jewellery, however have the function like no other. The function of the ring is quite the opposite, it changes behaviours and tracks the health of the user, reducing the spread of viral infections.
FS: What are your future plans for this award winning design?
SN: I think this design has a huge potential for impact, especially with the virus not going away anytime soon. However, I am still studying my Masters and do not intend to produce this product for market unless a unique opportunity arrises.
FS: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?
SN: From start to finish, this concept took me around 3 months part time.
FS: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?
SN: This was a University assignment, where I was asked to change ones interactions or behaviours. I took the opportunity to focus this on the pandemic to make the assignment more worthwhile.
FS: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?
SN: I would be interested in selling the concept to be produced as it would be a shame to waste the opportunity, especially when it surrounds a very topical issue being the global pandemic.
FS: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?
SN: I was mentored by my lecturer, Prof. Edgar Rodriguez as this was a university assignment.
FS: Who is the target customer for his design?
SN: The people who have the privilege of traveling during a pandemic.
FS: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?
SN: Technology in rings has been done before but only for the purpose to track fitness. This ring changes behaviours and prevents a virus from spreading.
FS: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?
SN: Czero. 'C' meaning Covid/Corona. 'zero' meaning none of it. So 'No Covid'.
FS: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?
SN: I created this concept on a CAD program, Fusion 360.
FS: What is the most unique aspect of your design?
SN: The Czero ring has the power to save lives if you look at the larger impact of the function. The spread of viruses will always be a relevant issue when traveling which means this tiny device holds exponential power.
FS: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?
SN: Victoria University of Wellington, a design school that encourages design innovation.
FS: What is the role of technology in this particular design?
SN: The technology in this design offers the ability to collect information from the ring and transfer that to a phone which calculates ones health.
FS: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?
SN: All I researched for this design, was the capabilities of technology on this scale.
FS: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?
SN: It is a shame that I never made the concept in real life as this is a crucial part of design development. However, ironically I could not do this while in lockdown.
FS: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?
SN: I entered this award after receiving a nomination ticket from being a winner of the 'War on Virus' Design category, by A'Design. As a student, entering awards of such value like A'Design, is typically not within the student budget, so I am extremely grateful to have received this opportunity.
FS: Thank you for providing us with this opportunity to interview you.
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