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Medical equipment adopts the design tendencies of consumer products

Implications - Aesthetically, most pieces of medical equipment embody functional designs that leave them garishly sterile and utilitarian. In order to destigmatize the potentially negative connotations surrounding illness, medical equipment has subsequently adopted the design gestures of everyday consumer products (especially those of tech devices). Brands that recognize and respond to the sensitivities of consumers not only improve those consumers' comfort in day-to-day life, but also create a deeper emotional bond with the products or services.
Workshop Question - What aspect of your product or service might be embarrassing for consumers? How could you change the design of that aspect to make consumers more comfortable?
Trend Themes
1. Design Decides Destigmatization - As destigmatization becomes more important, medical equipment must adopt design gestures of everyday consumer products, especially those of tech devices.
2. Smart Devices for Health - As technology continues to evolve, health tech devices will complement healthcare systems to create better solutions in the healthcare industry.
3. Stylish Healthcare Equipment - Designers are creating medical equipment with a more fashionable and stylish aesthetic to encourage consumers to carry them wherever they need without feeling embarrassed.
Industry Implications
1. Healthcare - The healthcare industry can incorporate design into the creating of medical equipment to destigmatize illnesses.
2. Technology - Innovative technology will complement the healthcare industry with better access to health information to give consumers more autonomy.
3. Fashion - Designers can bring stylish designs into the healthcare industry to create more fashionable and affordable equipment.
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These Smart Inhalers Gives the User Better Insight About His Environment
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Harvard Medical School's 'iEat' Knows If Your Meal Contains Peanuts
Not knowing the ingredients in a meal could have life threatening consequences for those with severe allergies, which is why scientists from Harvard Medical School developed a portable allergen... MORE
Colorful Accessorized Inhalers
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The growing prevalence of asthma in the US inspired designer Tim Zarki to develop the ‘Hue’ inhaler, a multi-dose inhaler which battles the inflammatory disease while also standing as a... MORE
Organically Shaped Glucometers
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The 'Arkray' Glucometer Modernly Updates the Healthcare Device
The ‘Arkray’ glucometer comes as a modern piece of equipment that breathes new life into the healthcare devices to make them more stylish and appealing for people to utilize. Crafted... MORE
Tinnitus-Testing Headphones
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This Hearing Device Detects Hearing Conditions Such as Tinnitus
Electronics consultancy company Plextek came up with a device that can turn headphones into a warning system for hearing conditions like tinnitus. Based in the UK, the firm developed the tinnitus... MORE
Fashionable Inhaler Products
Fashionable Inhaler Products
These Medical Products Bring a Stylish Aesthetic to Healthcare
Healthcare medical products aren’t associated with being fashionable or even beyond the ordinary, so the designs seen here aim to change this to bring a more stylish notion to the essential... MORE
Premium Titanium Asthma Inhalers
Premium Titanium Asthma Inhalers
The 'LUFT' Inhalers for Asthma Sport a Stylish Aesthetic
Medical inhalers for asthma are often crafted from plastic and have a somewhat disposable design, sot the ‘LUFT’ inhaler has been designed with lasting capabilities in mind. The ‘... MORE

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