During the research stage, different parks in the Toronto and Mississauga area were investigated to learn how safe people would review them to be during the night. After, researching about the different types of emergency products that are already placed in parks as a measure of safety for people to use, was done next to see what is already created in the market.

Products like the Emergency Call Stations in parks exists as a stationary product, in where the user would have to physically walk towards the object. But what if we were to make an object that would be in reach and taken with the user everywhere?

In the research process, I interviewed people in parks, created empathy maps, and determined the needs of those who I interviewed and those who I've found through secondary research. As a guide to ensure that I knew what problems I would be answering in this thesis project, I drafted three "How Might We" questions to make certain of the product's purpose.

RAINDROP Pendant Lamp

Foldable Desk

Cutting Board & Rolling Pin

Futuristic Devices

Cassiopeia

FLIGHT

Material Works