C-IDEA Design Award
April 08, 2020
Pain't App selected in the top 200 projects from around the world in the category Intelligent Interaction.
A Self-Expression app for an efficient diagnosis. Pain't is an app that allows patients to document and describe their symptoms using more than just words. With the app, patients can illustrate their pain in real time by scribbling on or marking relevant areas on a silhouette of a human body. This app allows patients to specify the duration and intensity of their symptoms.
An aggregation of these entries helps patients create their own "PainScape," which shows where their pain is manifesting. The app provides a summary of the patient's predominant and minute pain areas, making it easier for doctors to understand the patient's experience. The PainScape not only helps the patient effectively communicate their pain to others; it also helps the patient understand their own pain. The concept and design of this digital product thoroughly relied on insights provided by various stakeholders, including female patients, healthcare providers, medical students, and therapists.
Here is a link to the full presentation of the thesis: https://vimeo.com/339468764
Products of Design Students at Global Grad Show 2019 in Dubai
November 08, 2019
MFA Products of Design was once again invited to participate at the Global Grad Show as part of Dubai Design Week this year, and three students made the trip to exhibit their thesis work: Rhea Bhandari, Smruti Adya, and Antya Waegeman. The exhibition included 150 projects from universities in over 45 countries around the world—representing the best of design for social impact.
July 19, 2019
Faculty member Becky Stern has written an article featured in Make Magazine (vol 64) that focuses on IF THIS THEN THAT (IFTTT), highlighting student examples from her Making Studio class.
May 11, 2019
On Monday, PoD students Antya Waegemann and Rhea Bhandari will present their theses at the NYCxDesign Student Showcase at Parsons School of Design. They will talk about redesigning rape kits and designing to counter the gaslighting of women in healthcare.
February 12, 2018
RACKET aims to remove the taboo surrounding menstruation in our culture. The more openly we talk about it, the less room there is for shame to play a role. In these videos, we imagine a world where if you love her, you #KnowTheFlow. For the videos, the students created all of the props—including the flower bouquets, logos, brands, and apparel.
February 12, 2018
RACKET aims to remove the taboo surrounding menstruation in our culture. The more openly we talk about it, the less room there is for shame to play a role. In these videos, we imagine a world where if you love her, you #KnowTheFlow. For the videos, the students created all of the props—including the flower bouquets, logos, brands, and apparel.
August 07, 2017
This week we were at Goldmsiths, University of London catching up with student Rhea Bhandari. In this interview Rhea talks about what inspired her to study Design in London, her advice for other Indian students wanting to study in London, her thesis project and her aspirations for the future.
January 29, 2018
Raisins and Grapes - A guide to mental health concerns is a project for the client - Brain Food Garden Project.
It is a booklet designed for friends and family members of people with mental health issues.
These help start conversations about stigma across cultural lines, find a greater understanding of how mental health affects their loved ones and allows for a safe space to start conversations within individual communities to both inform and heal. The booklet takes us on this journey with the help of a two food characters that albeit from the same source are distinctly different in their individuality and both delicious in that uniqueness…the grape and the raisin.
December 12, 2017
Angry Aunty: a motion sensor based anti-procrastination tool that uses customized aggressive alarms
to get the job done as soon as you get to the workplace.