HEMOR (Sustainable Herbal Mosquito Lamp Repellent)

Sulaiman, Ruhaizin and Tee, Kai Xin (2012) HEMOR (Sustainable Herbal Mosquito Lamp Repellent). Sustainable Tropical Environmental Design Exhibition 2012, 4. pp. 212-213. ISSN 2180-0685

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Abstract

One of the most serious and deadly infected diseases in Malaysia is dengue fever. This disease is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. It is a flu-like viral disease which spreads from one person to another via a bite from an infected Aedes mosquitoes. Sudden dengue haemorrhagic fever usually starts with a high fever, rashes, severe headaches, joint pains and could lead to death within two weeks after being infected if not treated. Although Local Authorities and Ministry of Health have increased efforts in controlling the Aedes population, designers could also assist in mitigating this national issue. For this reason, HEMOR is designed based on a guided research conducted earlier before the ideation process started. The product uses the facts that mosquitoes could be repelled by yellow lighting, herbal odour and others. Besides its main aim to protect lives, this artifact could also function as a decorative product to enhance the interior of a house or space. The conceptual design is the most vital stage of the product creation. Since it defines the success or failure of the product usability, many ideas have been generated and expanded based on the data and design criteria that included forms and shapes. After a number of critique sessions, many issues such as function, usability, commercial value, pros and cons of each idea, styling and so forth were explored. Concept 6 was selected as it fulfilled the criteria and deemed as the best design. This was followed by building a few mockups to measure the appropriateness of the concepts with the product criteria. Detailed design was next producing technical drawings, exploded views and renderings. The final process, which was the most challenging step, was transforming a 2D drawing into the fabrication of a 3D full size prototype.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	UNSPECIFIED
Divisions:	Faculty of Architecture and Design > Department of Industrial Design
Date Deposited:	22 Dec 2012 01:10
Last Modified:	22 Dec 2012 01:10
URI:	http://stedex.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/181