基于用户研究的老年家居产品设计探究

Research on Design of Old-age Home Products Based on User Research

用户研究是产品研发过程不可或缺的环节,是设计寻找创新的有效途径。关注老年群体在时代语境变化下居家养老的潜在需求,将用户为中心的设计理念及研究方法扩展到老年家居产品创新设计领域,可以提升我国家庭养老生活质量。阐述用户研究在产品创新设计上的重要性与应用方式,其中行为观察法是能全面了解人、机、环境之间的错综关系,直接搜集发现用户使用产品自然状态下真实需求的研究方法。并结合老年洗衣活动的调研过程案例,为相关领域的适老家居产品设计研发提供行动参考。

User research is an indispensable part of the product development process and an effective way to design and find innovation. Pay attention to the potential demand of the elderly group to stay at home under the changing context of the times, and extend the user-centered design concept and research method to the field of innovative design of elderly household products to improve the quality of family pension in China. Explain the importance and application of user research in product innovation design. The behavior observation method is to comprehensively understand the intricate relationship between people, machines and environment, and directly collect research methods that discover the real needs of users in the natural state of products. Combined with the case study of the elderly laundry activities, it provides a reference for the design and development of suitable home products in related fields.