| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺中科技大學 === 商業設計系碩士班 === 106 === Because of the rapid development of modern society and the improvement of living standard and medicine, the life of mankind become longer. However, most the elderly are suffering from the insomnia due to their mental degeneration and their living space which is decorated inappropriately. Especially, the most relevant factor which might cause insomnia in the living spaces is the bedroom. Although many hospitals have recently established insomnia clinics and sleep centers to provide patients with medical treatments, but many of them use drugs to treat the insomnia.
Actually, there are other ways to solve the insomnia like exercising, taking a bath, and relaxing, yet there are few researches about improving the living space to make the elderly free from the insomnia. If we can improve the the elderly’ living space to let them feel relaxed, we can improve their quality of sleep and reduce their sleeping problems like insomnia. This research begins with the living space of the the elderly and analyzes the living space in the bedroom which can help people to sleep better and user’s behavior.
The atmosphere which can help the the elderly to sleep and the design of the lamps with the experience of the five senses are discussed. This research is to observe the elderly daily life in the bedroom and their experience of using the lamps in order to analyze the atmospheric factors in their bedroom. In the initial stage, the sleeping problems, different kinds of lamps, and the ways those lamps are furnished are explored by interviewing the the elderly in their bedroom.
Based on the analysis, several lamp design features are defired and followed to implement three design proposals of which prototypes are actually made for furthen evaluation. The results of this research can provide the companies which produce lamps for the elderly with reference, so they can deeply understand the experience of the elderly so as to integrate the experience into their product development with a view to improving the living standard of the the elderly.
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