Research On Design Of Multi-functional Wheelchair For The Elderly Based On User Experience

With the increasing ageing,the market demand for elderly products will gradually expand,and multifunctional wheelchairs for the elderly are an important part of this market,but it has three very prominent problems: "ambiguous target user positioning","full function but useless","poor design but no dignity","The deep-rooted problem of poor user experience caused by these problems has existed for years without being well addressed.So the designer has proposed some countermeasures and a set of reasonable solutions after market research,as follows:Measures:(1)Refine the multifunctional wheelchair market and precisely target the design service targets to give users a sense of personal customisation and exclusivity;(2)Carry out integrated design,retaining functional modules with high frequency of use and discarding those with low frequency of use,to increase the overall use rate of wheelchairs,enhance the sense of user experience and reduce production costs;(3)Enhancing the design of the wheelchair to weaken the negative aspects of the wheelchair and enhance the user’s sense of dignity.Solution: This solution revolves around the topic of "User Experience-based Multifunctional Wheelchair Design for the Elderly" and requires four steps to complete.In the first step,it should start with the background,purpose and value of the research on this topic,then collate and analyse the current situation of the research on multifunctional wheelchairs for the elderly at home and abroad,and finally establish the research content,methods and ideas of this topic;The second step is to first introduce the concepts of the elderly,multi-functional wheelchairs,user experience and five-dimensional experience to different degrees,then briefly describe the specific application of user experience in product design,and finally conduct market research on the development status of the multi-functional wheelchairs for the elderly and analyze its competing products,needs,user experience levels and design elements to find the real users and design pain points of the wheelchair.Provide theoretical support,design orientation and innovative ideas for the following design practice;In the third step,designers carry out design practice activities by means of criss-cross methods,and display design works in front of users in an all-round way through design sketches,three-dimensional modeling,overall effect drawing,local effect drawing,logo design,interface design,scene drawing,color matching drawing,and interaction drawing at the vertical level,clearly expressing the designer’s design creativity.To meet the personalized needs of users;In the fourth step,the designer makes the user understand the advantages of this design work at the horizontal level through the way of competitive products,so as to achieve the purpose of presenting the design work from multiple angles.At the same time,a design optimization link is introduced in the design process,and the design works are constantly tempered in the design,proofing,experience and optimization of the design closed-loop,and finally become a good work.