Design of a pregnancy home support product

Design of a pregnancy home support product

Bunk, H.L.

Melles, M. (mentor)
Pasman, G.J. (mentor)

Industrial Design Engineering

Industrial Design

Integrated Product Design

2010-09-30

This master thesis shows the design process of Precimo, a product that supports pregnant women at home. Pregnancy is a special time and the bonding process between the expectant mother and the unborn are of vital importance. During the thesis project a literature research and contextmapping research were executed, followed by the conceptualization and finalization phase, both based on user-centred design. From the research can be concluded that pregnant women find it difficult to take time to be pro-actively engaged in the pregnancy and to share their pregnancy experiences with their loved ones. With the Precimo the user can capture precious memories and is visually reminded of the pregnancy. Precimo Online gives the option to follow the weekly developments of the unborn and share the collected memories with others via Internet. Precimo is a personal way of collecting memories during the pregnancy. It gives unexpected light feedback; a sensation that stimulates the user to think of the unborn.

pregnancy
design
contextmapping
Philips Research

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:17ba8cae-0eb3-43f5-85c4-aafc887c1412

2011-09-30

Campus only

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2010 Bunk, H.L.