Fixaspine - Improve your posture every day

Sammanfattning

The project started out with professor Fredrik Nilsson reaching out to the school on the behalf of a company called Fixaspine. They were developing a product that aims to improve the neck posture and were interested in collaborating on improving the current iteration of their prototype. I reached out and a collaboration was made An initial meeting was conducted where it was concluded that usability, aesthetics and better information about neck problems was the focus of the project. Knowledge about the subject was obtained throught talking to physiotherapist Eva Ekesbo and conducting a literary research. Extensive user testing with the current prototype was done, including a phone interview with a patient and several in-person user testing sessions where observation and questions were asked. With that information considerations to the design was made and a new shape was developed and 3d printed. The result is a posture sensing necklace with improved ergonomics and usability. Accompanying the product is packaging that communicates the intent of the product, instructions that makes the product easy to use and the Fixaspine app that adds statistics and additional information about postural problems.