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My name is Zhu Shaoyan, and you can also call me Angel. I wish to apply for the major of fashion design because I have always loved hands-on activities. For instance, I enjoyed playing with Lego in my childhood, and when I grew up, I tried making pottery and knitting scarves. During middle school, I took courses in woodworking and fashion design, and found myself more interested in clothing production. This is because it not only involves cutting and combining fabrics, but also incorporates elements from other majors such as graphic design and installation art, allowing me to integrate whatever elements I want—like shaping with epoxy resin or designing printed patterns.

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Hello, teacher！My name is WuDao, also called Susan. I'm from HangZhou, a famous beautiful city known for West Lake and silk. I'm cheerful, love traveling to explore new places, and enjoy cooking—especially sharing homemade dishes with family, which makes me cherish quiet family moments.

I'm fond of handicrafts, especially sewing. Turning fabric into unique items like clothes or bags brings me great satisfaction. This passion leads me to want to study women's clothing and textiles. Influenced by HangZhou's silk culture, I'm eager to learn about fabric design and sustainable fashion.

Thank you teacher！

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My name is Tu Xinyi (Athena), and I'm passionate about art and design. In my free time, I enjoy listening to music and reading books, which constantly inspire my creativity. My favorite movie is The Tailor and the Needle of Time—it made me realize that fashion, like cinema, is an art of storytelling.

I'm currently studying men's fashion design, and my greatest inspiration is Walter Van Beirendonck. His bold, avant-garde style has deeply influenced me, teaching me to express individuality and attitude through clothing. In the future, I hope to establish my own brand, finding the perfect balance between tradition and innovation.

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Speculative Design is a kind of design created by humans based on their imagination and speculation about the future. For instance, the high-tech equipment or future worlds in science fiction movies are not completely wild fantasies. Instead, they are bold assumptions built on the foundation of current science, which are both reasonable and highly creative. This kind of design requires not only solid knowledge but also rich imagination, making the future more possible.

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My name is Eleanor, and I’m eager to study costume design—a field that combines my two greatest passions: fashion and storytelling through film.

Fashion has always been my way of expressing myself. My daily style is ever-changing: one day, I might wear bold vintage pieces with vibrant patterns, and the next, minimalist modern outfits in neutral tones. This experimentation taught me how clothing can convey personality and emotion.

What truly inspired me to pursue costume design is my love for films with unique characters and imaginative worlds, where costumes play a key role in bringing stories to life. Two designers stand out as my biggest influences.

Colleen Atwood’s work in Alice in Wonderland and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them amazes me. In Alice, her designs—like the Red Queen’s over-the-top dresses or Alice’s evolving wardrobe—perfectly reflect each character’s traits and journey. In Fantastic Beasts, she blends 1920s style with magic, making Newt’s practical suits or Tina’s elegant dresses feel both historical and otherworldly.

Milena Canonero is another inspiration, especially her work in The Shining. Her costumes, though it looks simple,also  add depth to the story。I admire her ability to balance everyday realism with dramatic impact.

For me, costume design is about using clothes to tell stories and define characters. Studying this field will let me turn this passion into skill, and I can’t wait to contribute to the magic of film through design.My name is Eleanor, and I’m eager to study costume design—a field that combines my two greatest passions: fashion and storytelling through film.

Fashion has always been my way of expressing myself. My daily style is ever-changing: one day, I might wear bold vintage pieces with vibrant patterns, and the next, minimalist modern outfits in neutral tones. This experimentation taught me how clothing can convey personality and emotion.

What truly inspired me to pursue costume design is my love for films with unique characters and imaginative worlds, where costumes play a key role in bringing stories to life. Two designers stand out as my biggest influences.

Colleen Atwood’s work in Alice in Wonderland and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them amazes me. In Alice, her designs—like the Red Queen’s over-the-top dresses or Alice’s evolving wardrobe—perfectly reflect each character’s traits and journey. In Fantastic Beasts, she blends 1920s style with magic, making Newt’s practical suits or Tina’s elegant dresses feel both historical and otherworldly.

Milena Canonero is another inspiration, especially her work in The Shining. Her costumes, though it looks simple,also  add depth to the story.I admire her ability to balance everyday realism with dramatic impact.

For me, costume design is about using clothes to tell stories and define characters. Studying this field will let me turn this passion into skill, and I can’t wait to contribute to the magic of film through design.

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The theme I want to discuss is Harvest energy from your own body.

There are two words on the Internet, called "low-energy" people and "high-energy people", which are used to describe people's different tendencies in mental state, mobility and social interaction.

Low-energy people are often prone to fatigue and need more solitary recovery to recover their physical strength. They feel that excessive socializing consumes energy, so the social circle is very small. Adapt to slow changes and often avoid risks. Most of them are highly sensitive to detail control, and it is very easy to overthink internal consumption. They will often delay, avoid, reduce conflicts, and often compromise. According to my research, the causes of low-energy people may be physiological (disease, insomnia), personality (introvert), psychological (anxiety), environmental (high pressure) and other stress or diseases.

High-energy people are characterized by high vitality and continuous mobility, which is easy to recover quickly. Use socializing to recharge yourself, be good at driving the atmosphere when there are many people, and have less internal reflection. He is a dominant character who is easy to make decisions quickly, but easy to ignore risks and the feelings of others, and is impulsive. Execute things efficiently, and be relatively impatient. Enthusiastic and talkative, love to try new things, and occasionally show strength. They are characterized by outgoing nature, healthy routine, positive attitude, and clear goals.

I belong to the high-energy group of these two groups. The topic I will discuss is: If clothes can change people's energy state, what will happen to the world?

If clothes can regulate people's energy state in real time, daily life will be completely restructured.

For example, the T-shirt worn on a date can balance dopamine secretion, so that shy people can also talk fluently. The party dress comes with its own "peach blossom luck" to attract others to take the initiative to pick up.

Pajamas begin to release melatonin 1 hour before going to bed, and gradually warm up to the best sleeping temperature for the human body. The smart eye mask adjusts the blocking rate according to the brain waves to ensure deep sleep.

If this theme comes true in the future, the energy caste system may be formed. Clothing performance is divided into three social levels: α (super energy), β (high energy) and γ (basic).

There is a "energy gene selection" matching service in the marriage and love market.

There will be a new addiction phenomenon.

Young brains don't know that teenagers are addicted to "dopamine surfing" and maintain a state of excitement for 72 hours in a row. The withdrawal center of "energy fasting" has sent teenagers to withdrawal.

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My name is Hu Junhao, my English name is Henry, I am a 16-year-old student of Tianyuan Public School, I love to play badminton and have played the piano. My dad started a clothing company, and after being educated, I gradually developed a strong interest in the clothing field. Therefore, in the future, I plan to systematically study the fashion major, hoping to find my own path. I also like to watch the anime Jojo, and I was fascinated by the character costume design in it.

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My name is XuGuo，I want to apply Fashion Marketing major.

I want to challenge myself in an interdisciplinary field and learn how to transform creativity into business outcomes. It not only requires a perception of fashion elements, but also skills in business analysis, teamwork, marketing and other aspects.

I hope to enter a company related to fashion media and engage in work such as planning and fashion buying.

I participated in art charity auctions, balloon release psychological activities, and helped with dental examinations for children with autism. These activities might help improve my planning ability.

The independently completed research report is titled "How Brands Attract Consumers through Pop-up Stores". It selected pop-up store cases of Prada, LV, and BV respectively, conducted questionnaires, analyzed and proposed improvement plans for pop-up stores, and studied the changes, consumption preferences, and consumer psychology of Generation z consumers. This made me more interested in fashion management.

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Hello teacher! I'm Wu Shan (Wendy). My passion lies in fashion design, particularly dyeing and weaving. I've practiced creating patterns and experimenting with natural dyes. William Morris is my design idol - his botanical motifs and artisanal approach deeply inspire me. Beyond textiles, I express creativity through photography，unwind by playing guitar，and stay active with badminton.These diverse interests all fuel my design perspective. Excited to grow my skills further!

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I believe that speculative design is a departure from traditional design. It does not limit itself to commercial and product service aspects, but rather serves as a way to envision ideas and innovate products for the future. Therefore, its design scope encompasses both thoughts for the future and reflections on current life. For instance, many stores nowadays use pre-prepared dishes for sale. This has both advantages and disadvantages. It provides convenience and efficiency for chefs and managers. However, pre-prepared dishes also easily evoke concerns about hygiene issues, packaging waste, or taste, which are precisely what people are worried about. But speculative design has a more beneficial impact on pre-prepared dishes, which is conducive to their development. It enables the industry and consumers to accept their convenience while being vigilant about potential cultural, environmental, or ethical risks, ultimately driving pre-prepared dishes towards a more balanced and more humanistic direction. (This is an example I gave, I'm not sure if it's correct.)

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My name is Susie.I am 16 years old.I come from Hangzhou.Which is a beautiful city. I am a student .In my free time, I like photography.

For example, I enjoy watching movies , listening to music, and playing sports. These hobbies not only enrich my life, but also help me relax.

I am an optimistic and positive person. I don't know much about fashion design, but through my teacher's introduction, I think I am more interested in the print section of women's clothing and textile design. Also, I like Korean-style clothes and I want to study them.

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I believe that speculative design is a way to use design to help avoid undesirable outcomes in the future world through better means.

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I think the reasoning design is:

Study those things in history that were once regarded as "future" but have now been realized, and understand how they have evolved to the present day.

Observe the current technological, social and cultural trends, speculate on the recent changes they may bring, extend these trends, build possible future scenarios, and make them perceptible through design.

For me, reasoning design is not to accurately predict the future, but to make people think through concrete works.

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I think speculative design is a design approach that provokes people to think differently by imagining what is possible in the future. It is not limited to solving the problem of the moment, but focuses on the "what if...... What will happen", through imagination, prompting people to reflect on the possible changes in technological development and the potential risks.

For example, one might imagine "what would happen to the way humans live if AI took over the household completely" and describe this possibility, which in turn would spark a public discussion about the relationship between technology and humans.

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My name is Olivia. My favorite fashion blogger is Jissuuseo and my favorite designer is Glenn Martens. My hobby is exploring new clothing styles. I want to study fashion management in the future because I plan to start my own women's clothing brand that focuses on individuality and self-expression, with a unique design style.

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I think speculative design means thinking in the present about what might be popular and evolving in the future. It is not limited to the immediate future, but rather, it is a way of thinking and designing through hypothetical future scenarios and substituting future perspectives. By hypothesizing and projecting the future of society, technology, culture, environment and many other variables, it is possible to conceptualize the trends and forms that may become popular and develop in the future.

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Harvest energy from your own body，I chose this topic because I am quite interested in supernatural things, such as tarot cards and fortune-telling. There are some claims that these use ordinary items with symbolic meanings as mediums, exchanging their own energy fields to predict others' destinies and futures. My thoughts on this topic are that I believe such claims exist, and I think these methods of predicting are feasible and useful.

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Mind swapping: When I was a child, I enjoyed observing other people's lives. For instance, I would imagine what the people at the next table would do after they left the restaurant. So, if there were mind swapping, we could understand the lives of different people and how their personalities were formed. This is very interesting to me. It can help us explore the diversity of the world. When comforting a friend, we could also put ourselves in his shoes and consider things from his perspective.

Branded humans: I think this is a very bad phenomenon. When humans have brands, each person will have a price, with distinctions of high and low, noble and humble. Humans will lose their human rights. The noble ones can control the lowly ones, and there will be major problems in society.

Clothing that indicates mood: Many people do not want to express or are unable to convey their emotions, leaving their friends and family to guess their feelings. With clothes that can show emotions, communication among people will be much easier and help them express themselves.

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I have chosen "Branded Humans" as my research topic. Firstly, from a sociological perspective, the phenomenon of personal branding reflects a new paradigm in contemporary social identity construction. In the context of digital existence, individuals present themselves through carefully designed labels and images, a trend that deserves in-depth exploration. Secondly, from a communication studies perspective, I am particularly interested in the potential social changes brought about by visual personal branding. Imagine a social scenario supported by AR technology where an individual's brand identity can be displayed in real time, which will restructure the matching efficiency of social interactions among strangers. Finally, from the dimensions of aesthetics and social norms, the universal branding of individuals may drive an upgrade in social image. When personal image management becomes a common consensus, the visual order of public spaces may reach a new level. This potential social impact is especially exciting.

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• Eliminate the gap between the rich and the poor

•Weaken material desires

•Abuse of power

•Low efficiency of social collaboration

•Inequitable distribution of resources

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Branded humans

Celebrities nowadays endorse brands, which shows that people are bound to brands. If a group were to represent a brand in the future, how would they influence each other? Would the brand be completely guided by the characteristics of this group. Or human identity is bound by a specific brand. Will the sense of self-identity be covered by the brand and reduce the diversity of society?

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"Body parts can be rented or bought", I am more interested in this theme because there are some very contradictory points in the buying and selling of body tissue. If technology develops to the point where it can "buy and sell body parts", it can not only save people's lives by buying and selling organs, but it will also lead to some questions: 1: Will the poor be forced to "sell parts" in order to survive? 2: Will the gap between people and people be widened because "you can afford a better body"? …… This kind of question is very sci-fi.

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1. What would life look like?

People can purchase extension parts according to their needs, such as legs specifically designed for running and more powerful arms. However, it may also evolve into a luxury item, with extension parts emerging to meet people's endless demands. In society, people enjoy extraordinary abilities while being trapped in anxiety about the obsolescence of their original bodies.

2. How would you use these prompts in real life?

Because people use different forms of extension parts, the shape of the clothes themselves will change. Clothes that originally fit the body will no longer be suitable, such as sleeves that are burst by thick mechanical arms, pants that cannot accommodate long tails, and skirts that are lifted up. The original clothes need to be modified to fit various body parts of different sizes.

3. What would society look like... if these prompts were real?

The rich can constantly purchase high-end components, while the poor can only rely on their original bodies to work.

4. Why chosen & attraction?

The attraction lies in whether the human body can be reconfigured and transformed according to one's own will.

5. Knowledge needed

How does the body change and what will the society be like after the change?

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I think the use of clothing to express emotions is a good attempt. It enables the wearer to more directly convey their inner feelings and opens up new possibilities for fashion design. However, emotions are inherently changeable, and a piece of clothing might suit a person's happy mood in the morning but clash with their sudden low mood in the afternoon. Although such clothing can enhance self-expression, it may also trap the wearer in a predicament where emotions define them, and they might feel uneasy due to the clothing revealing their inner thoughts. Additionally, there are challenges in the technical implementation of emotional clothing. How to accurately capture and present complex and variable emotional states while ensuring comfort remains to be explored.

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Exploring future possibilities, conceiving the development of future societies and the world, we can make different assumptions to discover various potentials, reflect on problems or phenomena that may arise in the future, use existing ideas to contemplate the future, and break free from the constraints of current society.

Example：Digitalization of memory, Unlimited lifespan

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1. What would life look like?

The existing methods in modern society for writing novels include inputting specific tags and then the algorithm automatically generates the plot; AI can create images, and by uploading the style and description of the picture, the image can be produced. If human creativity is replaced by algorithms, the artistic works in society will lose their innovation.

2. How would you use these prompts in real life?

The algorithm may encounter problems, produce errors, and create some imperfect patterns.

3. What would society look like... if these prompts were real?

All cultural products in society have highly similar patterns, and aesthetics are standardized by algorithmic models.

4. Why chosen & attraction?

The attraction lies in the collision between the human self's creativity and the database of algorithms. People might run out of inspiration and not know how to produce anything, while the algorithms might also produce highly similar ideas due to their algorithmic uniformity or high similarity. How can the algorithms and human ideas be balanced? The algorithms are constantly improving. Will the complete algorithms eventually replace humans in the future?

5. Knowledge needed

How to Find Unique Ideas

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My favorite part of the book is "the ability to change your identity throughout your life". Normal people can only play one identity in their life, if it is possible to change identities and a person can experience many different identities, then our daily life will become more interesting. People are not limited to a boring life, if they are tired of their current identity they can change to a new one and experience a different life. In this way, people won't feel bored with their current life.

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If Branded Humans became a reality, life would become more refined, with everyone holding certain standards for themselves and their living conditions, significantly elevating societal living standards. In real life, I would apply this concept to make myself more polished and personalized. If this theme were realized, society would become immaculate—everyone would care deeply about their image, and no one would litter, as it would harm their reputation.

What attracts me to this concept is my ideal society—one where no one is sloppy, and everyone maintains cleanliness. I genuinely dislike encountering untidy individuals. The intriguing aspect of this theme for me is the potential for visual personal branding. Using AR technology, everything could become visible: individual interests, values, and even aesthetic preferences could be displayed in real-time dynamic tags. For example, AR glasses could recognize strangers' brand labels, instantly matching like-minded individuals, enhancing both the efficiency and depth of social interactions.

To explore this theme, I believe we would need theories related to personal branding, marketing and brand strategy, psychology and behavioral science, digital media and technology, among others. My initial idea for this concept is to design something like AR-frame glasses.

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If mind swapping existed, whenever someone acted in a low-EQ way and made me uncomfortable, I could swap minds with them to let them experience how it feels firsthand. That way, there would be no more low-EQ people in life. In my daily life, the moment someone made me uncomfortable, I’d immediately mind swap so they could feel what it's like to be treated that way.

If this concept became reality, everyone in the world would be polite, highly empathetic, and skilled at seeing things from others' perspectives. There would be no more emotionally insensitive people, and society would become incredibly harmonious. The number of people with mental illnesses would drastically decrease because everyone would respect each other, practice empathy, and avoid hurtful words or actions. Crime rates would also drop significantly.

What attracts me to this theme is my desire for low-EQ people to disappear. I’ve been worn down by too many emotionally insensitive individuals—and I’m not even a particularly sensitive person. I can’t imagine how highly sensitive people cope with them. That’s why I wish low-EQ people could just vanish.

The most interesting part of this concept for me is observing how people would think and feel after a mind swap. To explore this idea, we’d need knowledge in computer science & AI, cognitive science, psychology & behavioral science, medicine & life sciences, and more.

My initial idea for this theme is to create some kind of headset or mask that enables the mind-swapping experience.

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If clothing that indicates mood existed, life would become much more straightforward—people would instantly know when someone is upset and stop the conversation. In my daily life, I’d speak my mind freely since my emotions would already be visible on my clothes, impossible to hide. If I felt like getting angry, I would—after all, suppressing emotions is bad for health.

If this concept became reality, far fewer people would suffer from stress-induced illnesses like thyroid nodules, breast hyperplasia, or heart disease. What attracts me to this theme is how it could simplify society—interpersonal interactions would become effortless since emotions are displayed openly. No more guessing whether someone is secretly annoyed; their outfit would make it obvious.

The most intriguing part for me is the novelty of visualizing emotions. To bring this idea to life, we’d need expertise in biosensing technology, psychology, and fashion design.

My initial concept is to design emotion-reactive bracelets or necklaces that change color or pattern based on the wearer’s mood.

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1. What would life look like?

Humans are bound to brands from birth. A brand represents a group of people, and all the characteristics of this group are consistent with the brand culture. Individual identity is completely submerged by brand symbols.

2. How would you use these prompts in real life?

Modify and create using brand logos; conduct research and summarize a person's character traits, with all design elements centered around them, so that brands do not define humans, but rather humans define brands.

3. What would society look like... if these prompts were real?

Society would become a world composed of different brands, all social rules would change, and humans would be completely reduced to walking brand advertisements.

4. Why chosen & attraction?

The attraction lies in the "alienation of identity" — brands, originally symbols of commodities, have instead come to define human value. It explores how brands reshape relationships between people and individuals' perception of themselves.

5. Knowledge needed

Identity recognition

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Speculative design is another way of imagining the development of things. It allows us to ignore or change the existing conditions, set up a new situation, and create a new story. This can make new designs more conducive to human life and development, or better protect the environment. It can also help us plan for the future, and perhaps one day in the future, it will be realized.

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Prosthetic limb rental and sale ——Siyu Ye_Susie

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Scarf that changes color according to mood - gives temperature to invisible emotions-Dao Wu_Susan

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V&A Exhibition on now- https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/design-and-disability

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Gains

The benefits of things going well with a successful product.

• Provide a more suitable, flexible and personalized prosthetic plan for the disabled, with more targeted functions and more diversified appearance; create unique decorative peripherals for normal people to meet the personality expression and creative display.

How would it change people's lives?

• In the life of the disabled, they can adapt to different scenes (such as daily life, sports, work) by flexibly replacing parts, reducing the restrictions caused by the inconvenience of prosthetic limbs; in the life of normal people, it becomes a fashion and creative carrier, used to social display personality, or enhance artistic sense in specific activities (art exhibitions, theme parties)

Feelings?

• When disabled people use it, because it can be customized and replaceable, they can feel higher adaptability and comfort; normal people will feel novel and interesting when using it, satisfying the pleasure of exploring self-expression.

What would be easier?

• For the disabled, there is no need to frequently replace the whole set of prostheses due to single function, wear and tear, etc., and it is more economical and efficient to change parts on demand; for normal people, they can change the decorative parts at any time to switch their style, and they are not limited by the wearing of traditional accessories. The matching is more free and has more possibilities of matching.

Values

What type of this product stand for?

• Representing the type of "customizable human body expansion equipment", it combines medical auxiliary products and fashion ideas.

Where and how does it sit in the world?

• For the disabled, break the pattern of relatively fixed and difficult personalized adjustment of traditional prostheses, provide more flexible solutions that meet the needs of users, and reduce the economic burden of low-income people by splitting design; for normal people, upgrade the body decoration from conventional accessories to customizable and replaceable "expansion parts" , open up a new track for people who pursue personality expression.

Goals

What is the overall goal of the product?

• Overall goal: Target group: disabled people, normal people who pursue personality, target role: functional, creative and customized body expansion parts, so that everyone can flexibly expand their bodies according to their own needs.

What will be fulfilled?

• Provide a better prosthetic use plan for people with disabilities that is more suitable for life scenes, improve the quality of life and flexibility, and reduce the economic burden at the same time; provide another possibility of creative expression for normal people, through customized body expansion decoration, stimulate the public's enthusiasm for the exploration of body personalization extension, and promote this field. The design development integrates human body assistance and fashion.

Pain

What's the problem?

• If the scale of customized production is small, it is difficult to reduce the cost, which may make it difficult for some low-income people to afford, resulting in the inability to experience customized services.

• The decorative expansion components of normal people may face social disputes about "human body modification" and "excessive decoration"

• Different styles of expanding parts require specific styles of clothes to accommodate

Who experiences it (animal, plant, human or all of

Them)?

• Disabled people, normal people

And in what way?

• People with disabilities are hindered from improving the convenience of life due to cost problems, and may have lost emotions due to the inability to obtain ideal prosthetic limbs; normal people have conflicts between personality expression and social routine.