TradeNote
TradeNote
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TradeNote is a PPE glove for tradespeople that integrates erasable and magnetic note taking surface and glasses clip to house a writing tool to encourage compliance with PPE and improve on-site efficiency.
TradeNote is a PPE glove for tradespeople that integrates erasable and magnetic note taking surface and glasses clip to house a writing tool to encourage compliance with PPE and improve on-site efficiency.
This project was developed as part of the Bolton Trust Enterprise Competition where it reached the semi-final round.
This project was developed as part of the Bolton Trust Enterprise Competition where it reached the semi-final round.
Final prototypes showing the writing surface and glasses clip, tested in on-site conditions to ensure usability.
Final prototypes showing the writing surface and glasses clip, tested in on-site conditions to ensure usability.
What's the Problem?
What's the Problem?
Tradespeople often forget or remove PPE due to discomfort and inconvenience when working.
Notes and measurements are often written on the body, scraps, or remembered by the user.
Functionality often comes before safety for many tradespeople.
Trades people often do not have a writing tool on their person - having to stop what they are doing to find one.
How do we solve it?
How do we solve it?
Integrating a magnetic writing surface built directly into the glove which can be erased by friction with the users finger.
Create a place for a writing tool so the user always has one on them.
Why does it work?
Why does it work?
No new tools or training needs to be introduced.
Adds value to the PPE rather than enforcing compliance on-site.
Fits into existing workflows and improves efficiency and downtime.
Tested on users to ensure the product added value to real potential users.
The Process
The Process
The process for this project can be seen below in the process map. This map highlights the steps that were taken in order to achieve the design outcome of this project. Feel free to make contact to ask for a more detailed process for this project.
Role in the Team
Role in the Team
TradeNote was a project completed in a team of four, myself and three classmates during semester one of third year in the Product Design course at Technological University Dublin.
Each part of this project was split between the four members of the team with some smaller parts being left to individual work. This includes research (primary and secondary), concept ideation and development sketching and prototyping, user testing and final prototype development.
My main individual responsibilities in this project consisted of the overall design of the glasses clip and the material for the notepad.
Key Learning Outcomes
Key Learning Outcomes
Designing PPE products requires functional value rather than just encouraging safety. Users are much more likely to change their behaviour if it adds benefit to their workflow.
Early user testing and prototyping lead to discoveries that were not considered or obvious at first.
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