Eyewear serves as a crucial aid in enhancing vision for a diverse range of users. Yet, finding devices tailored for individuals with specific vision challenges related to aging, such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, and Diabetic Retinopathy, proves challenging in standard optical stores. This article conducts a systematic review of available products in the market designed to enhance vision for those facing the mentioned visual impairments. The study's conclusion provides valuable insights into enhancing vision care for both patients and clinical practitioners, along with an overview of the products accessible in the market.

There is a lack of studies that focus on the needs and voices of older Asian adults in design research. Anti-Asian hate crimes, especially towards senior Asians, have increased across the country after the breaking out of the Covid-19 pandemic. Educators have a responsibility to utilize empathic design and co-design methods to help raise awareness of this…

There is a lack of studies that focus on the needs and voices of older Asian adults in design research. Anti-Asian hate crimes, especially towards senior Asians, have increased across the country after the breaking out of the Covid-19 pandemic. Educators have a responsibility to utilize empathic design and co-design methods to help raise awareness of this…

How do you design a product for an end user who is nothing like you — who comes from a radically different generation, culture and way of life? Answer: Design with the user…

Eyewear is a product at the intersection of medical devices and fashion accessories. It is an everyday object most people take for granted without much consideration of its functionality and symbolic meaning. Many consumers do not know that their frames are not fitting them well, leading to potential damage to their visions…

This study focuses on transformative learning experiences for college students by exposing them to cross-cultural communication and participatory design activities despite language barriers. During the Spring semester of 2022, inter-disciplinary college students from Drexel University were paired with older Asian adults in the communities…

Design thinking is a mindset and toolkit to effectively support the process of problem-solving and product development. Expanding knowledge of design thinking to non-design major students helps introduce the methodology and enhance creativity to a broader audience…

This study investigates the effectiveness of using participatory design toolkits to create communications across diverse participants. It evaluates and provides an effective method to assist inter-generational and cross-cultural communications, especially with…

Workshop using a variety of participatory design toolkits to elicit the audiences’ stories, memories, and emotions. Based on that, the speaker will talk about the methods used with students and local immigrant aging communities to co-create tangible solutions with the community.