Product Design: Contribution to User’s Comfort
摘要
The act of traveling includes the transportation of luggage and the necessary belongings of the current day-to-day life. Everything that involves this act has a considerable impact on the world’s economy as well as on the environment. The current Covid-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on the travel industry on a global level, especially on plane traveling. In 2018, during a doctoral thesis research, “Hand Luggage Organizer Design for Airplane Travel Contribution to Traveler Comfort,” a new typology of bag was developed and achieved. This new typology aims to contribute to the optimization of the management, organization, and transport of hand luggage, by streamlining the accessibility and usability of the bag’s content during the user’s journey. The product has an ongoing international patent application—Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). With this chapter, we aim not only to present the changes that have been introduced in the initial design of the hand luggage organizer but also to disseminate this new product among the academy and the industry. The used methodology is a mixed one—theoretical-practical—and it is essentially empirical (by active research), supported by a revision of the literature and online research. The exploratory work focuses essentially on the study of inclusive design, ergonomics, and sustainability. The experimental and laboratorial work is core to the development of this project. With the changes presented in this chapter, we intend to make the product more user-friendly and flexible, making it a true added value to the travelers’ comfort.