Ted CHAN

“Together, we can harness the power of design and make a better living.”

Good design can improve people’s living, not only for the mass but also for those in need. Ted Chan from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University once had a conversation with a mother who is visually impaired. He was told that the mother wanted to cook for her children. Ted went through the general cooking process in his mind, trying to figure out the difficulties in doing this with visual impairment. He then created a set of knife and sheath, saFe. The sheath can serve as a metal finger guard to prevent injuries in cutting food.

People-oriented with No Distinction

Based on Ted’s observation, most products nowadays are designed for the larger mass. The needs of minorities are often neglected, “I understand that designers need to consider the sales factors. Therefore, I hope to take advantage of my student status to design for minorities, before I have to consider a lot about the market,” said Ted.

In the long run, he hopes that as the design industry getting more matured in Hong Kong, it will be easier for the designers to join the ranks of helping the minorities.“Together, we can harness the power of design and make a better living for different types of people,” Ted wishes.

Ted CHAN

Student, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Ted Chan is a product design student who graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In the past 4 years, he has been learning the knowledge and skills of product design, hoping to gain something when I join the society. Moreover, he believes that product design is user-oriented and it is the responsibility of designers to solve users' problems through design. He has also developed a strong passion for creating innovative and sustainable solutions that can positively impact people's lives. He hopes to be able to create positive change in the world through design.

In terms of future development, he believes that the field of product design is constantly evolving, and he is excited to be a part of this change. He is particularly interested in exploring the intersection between technology and design, and is eager to develop his skills in areas such as user experience design, human-computer interaction, and design thinking.