Bachelor Assignment

This graduation assignment intends to find a design solution for a posture aid device with comfort and user-friendliness complaints. Previous prototypes were tested to find the exact problem: comfort, but also usability. After that, the literature showed that not only design can influence discomfort, but in great measure: material. Therefore, design and material requirements were defined. Although the material could not be tested, it resulted in recommendations for further research. Design requirements were used to create a design proposal that was possible to turn into a physical prototype and be tested. Results from testing were less optimistic than expected: only half of the problems could be solved. However, this insightful information was turned into design guides and recommendations for later work on the topic.