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Personality and mass-manufacture: bridging the gap

26 Nov 2013 2min read

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During the medical product development process, we are challenged time and time again by the need to design personal and user orientated products while keeping as far as possible to a ‘one size fits all’ solution. We are all individuals, and the products we design are often a big part of an individual’s everyday life; how can we be sympathetic of this while still developing a product with a view to high volume manufacture and meeting regulatory requirements?

At Team we look outside the medical industry for inspiration on this subject and came across the ‘See Better to Learn Better’ project by fuseproject, who also designed the $100 laptop. The project was run in partnership with the Mexican government and Augen Optics and the result was Collección Escolar 2010 – a collection of customisable glasses for students aged between six and eighteen years old.

It manages to introduce personalisation whilst retaining a common product core. Interestingly, they go further to create a perception of individuality by designing a fun way for the children to choose their own glasses. Even though one child might have the same product as another, it still feels personal because they have chosen it themselves.

Image source: Fuseproject.com

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