Huali Qu
- Evocative Product Design Storyteller -
- Evocative Product Design Storyteller -
Focused on Sustainability and User Experience Design
designed by Huali Qu & Lucy Hui
14 Week Project - Aug. 2021 - Oct. 2021
Sustainability / Wearable Design/ User Experience Design
Due to covid-19, this class was met online.
"Going Back to the Ocean" is a solution project designed to improve the snorkeling experience while promoting sustainability. Through extensive research on current snorkel brands and in-depth user interviews, combined with an extensive search for sustainable materials, we have discovered algae-based materials. These materials have been applied to our new designs for snorkels, fins, masks, and wetsuits.
The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), process tree analysis, and Impact Matrix solidly prove the improvement in sustainability achieved by AquaRevive.
The overall snorkeling experience is from the sea, of the sea, by the sea, and for the sea.
Personal Conclusion:
1. The amount of waste is impactful: the size of the waste produced in a month islarger than oneself. Taking into account of people and time, how we are greatlyimpacting the environment in our daily life?
2. Waste is ugly and disgusting. However, it can be pretty when it’s well organized. Most materials has such a short “being-used”life period and beingwasted with different kinds of waste together.
3. Most of the waste is from delivery packaging and take-away food packaging.
Limit oil use
Use byproducts
Eliminate harmful plastics
Use recycled materials
Dematerialize the set
Renewable resources
Eliminate single-use plastics
Return and reuse system
Design for disassembly
Above all, the fins perform very well. The only pain point is that they are too big and somewhat difficult to carry away. Additionally, they are quite rigid, making it challenging for me to change directions (although this difficulty may be attributed to my lack of expertise).The mask presents several issues. Firstly, it sometimes shifts on my face, allowing water to enter my eyes. Furthermore, occasionally, I struggle to breathe through the snorkel tube, which can be dangerous, requiring me to readjust it frequently. Additionally, putting on the mask is also somewhat difficult, as I need to use my hand to adjust my hair to ensure a tight fit.Considering the process, the fins are very large and long, increasing the likelihood of accidentally colliding with others or marine life. In the actual sea, the situation becomes even more complex. Snorkeling has a higher fatality rate compared to diving due to various reasons, including incomplete teaching systems and individuals being more prone to snorkeling alone rather than diving alone.
"I didn;t know how to attach the snorkel to the mask."
"It's hard to clear out the water, or the snorkel gets jangly - there's always something wrong."
"Fins are only convenient when swimming, but walking is a burden."
"The fins are heavy - I don't need it in the short term. Very infilexible when treading water."
"It made me realize that fish are more than just a kind of food."
"The fins are heavy - I don't need it in the short term. Very infilexible when treading water."
Splash Guards, Frame, Zipper
Fins, Snorkel Tubes
Packaging
Goggle Lens
Mouthpiece, Keeper, Skirt
A snorkel set for enjoying the sea that comes from the sea.
Speedo Adult Snorkel Set
AquaRevive Snorkel Set
Decrease in Impact
“I didn’t know how to attach the snorkel to the mask.”
“It's hard to clear out the water,or the snorkel gets jangly - there’s always something wrong”
“Fins are only convenient when swimming, but walking is a burden.”
“The fins are heavy - I don’t needit in the short term. Very inflexible when treading water.”
“It made me realize that fish are more than just a kind of food.”
“The marine life all have their ownecological environment, don't disturb their lives.”
7 different plastics,
9 different plastics,
3800.3 lbs of CO2,
For just one snorkel set.