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D345: INTEGRATING USER INSIGHTS IN DESIGN
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“P-Heroes”: designing a superhero family for pediatric urinary incontinence care 1Department of Product Development, Faculty of Design Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium; 2Department of Research and Development, Minze Health NV, Belgium; 3Department of Urotherapy, Psychology and Urology, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands; 4Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium; 5Department of Urology, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium; 6Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre (ASTARC), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium This study presents the “P-Heroes”, a superhero family designed through a Research through Design process to support children with urinary incontinence. Inspired by children’s own superhero drawings, expert input, and validation sessions with children, the design evolved through iterative prototyping. Each hero embodies traits such as persistence, comfort, emotional regulation, resilience and structure. Together, the "P-Heroes" reflect the diversity of children’s journeys toward continence and serve as a playful conversation starter to help them express their needs and experiences more openly. Determining the design dimensions of the conventional electrode fixation methods used in transcranial electrical stimulation 1University of Twente, The Netherlands; 2Koç University, Turkey The market for transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) expands. tDCS is a non-invasive technique that delivers a weak direct electrical current to the scalp via electrodes. It is used for enhancing cognitive functions and mood. Existing research addresses technical aspects; yet, understanding users’ perceptions and broader design issues are crucial for acceptance and usability. This paper investigates the perceptions of tDCS practitioners, volunteers, and designers on commonly used electrode fixation methods. It presents design dimensions and recommendations for novel tDCS designs. A parametric approach to mass customised hand wearable cooling products to improve clinical efficacy for CIPN 1Paxman, United Kingdom; 2School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, United Kingdom A parametric framework for personalised hand-wearable cooling devices is presented to optimise fluid and thermal performance using patient-specific anthropometrics. Iterative prototyping phases validated improved uniformity and efficacy. The approach bridges ergonomic customisation and thermal optimisation, enabling scalable, clinically effective wearable heat-exchangers for diverse patient populations. This study builds on prior work on personalised scalp cooling with Paxman, applying parametric principles to limb cooling for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy prevention. Enabling the coding of affordances based on the UX grammar 1Politecnico di Torino, Italy; 2CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay, France User-product-environment interaction is a dynamics reflected in the concept of affordance and, consequently, in the user experience. The study of these three concepts is indeed evidently interconnected and mutually dependent. Accordingly, this study presents a tool developed for coding the user experience, namely UX grammar (Dabouis et al., 2024a, 2024b), as a suitable framework for further capturing affordances and their characteristics. An application of the UX grammar model, along with affordances evaluations derived from the coding output, is presented to validate the proposed methodology. | ||
