Denna studie undersöker hur produktdesign kan användas för att skapa en smarttelefon som är bättre anpassad för äldre och ovana användare med åldersrelaterade funktionsnedsättningar med genomförande och beskrivning av processen. Syftet är att visa hur processen för en produktdesigner kan se ut vid utformning av en produkt för att möta behoven hos en specifik målgrupp och bidra till att skapa tillfredsställande, anpassade och bättre produkter. Genom avstamp i designforskning och med teorierna användarcentrerad design, åldrande och ergonomisk design med fokus på äldre genomförs en designprocess med olika metoder som identifierar och utvecklar ett koncept som utgår från användarnas behov, krav och önskemål för att visa hur en smarttelefon skulle kunna utformas. Slutsatsen är att produktdesign kan användas genom att fokusera på den fysiska utformningen av produkten utifrån och med hänsyn till äldre och ovana, med åldersrelaterade funktionsnedsättningar genom användarcentrerad design som möjliggör ett mer tillfredsställande resultat genom anpassningar för målgruppens förutsättningar, behov och önskemål. På så vis kan produktdesigners bidra till att skapa tillfredställande, anpassade och bättre produkter, vilket sin tur exempelvis kan förbättra samhället och öka livskvalitén för människor genom inkludering samt tillgängliga och användbara produkter.

The vision of this thesis was to create a concept that can be used as a base for amachine construction. The purpose of this project was to use different methods todevelop a concept that on the best way meets the sat up requirements. This projecthas been divided into three stages/parts; principle, primary and the final solutionstage.This thesis has been conducted in collaboration with Västkustägg AB. It is aconstruction project designed to construct a machine that will automatically putlabels on the egg packages. Västkust AB wanted to automate this process. Thecompany has only tested this process earlier by an operator who did this jobmanually.We came up with different solution during this project. The assessments of theseconcepts were made after Olsson's (1995) method and together with Terje Olsson- our supervisor at the company, later during the project. During the last stage ofthis project we chose to go with one final concept for a further developing. Alldemands made by the company were followed throughout the working process.We managed to develop a machine containing few and simple components, whichat the same time are very functional for its purpose. The design of our machine isdifferent from other industrial machines and labeling machines which makes itunique in its own way. This machine is meant for labels of two standard types ofpaper A5 and A6.The calculations we made during this project have been done in Catia V5 and hasbeen verified. We had a clear image of how our ideas should be in the beginningof this project and we knew how we wanted them to be we used our own theoriesand approaches in practice. Our theories and ideas showed in our sketches andprototypes. This along with other methods led to our final concept.We had also built some prototypes to be able to see if our ideas work in practice.The prototype led to some changes in our concepts. It gave us experience inprototype creating, functionality of the ideas and other areas.

Pet humanization leads to false analogies between animal and human needs. The animals are distorted into something they are not and treated accordingly, which leads to misunderstandings and mismanagement of animals. Compensating one's cat with cat toys as a result of guilt over insufficient interactive play is a case example. Compensation does not take into account the cat's attitude and perception of play as interactive play is irreplaceable for the cat's well-being. The study posed the question How can design create critical reflection of human relationships with cats in regard to feelings of guilt over cat ownership and compensation? With the aim of freeing consumption from the idea of the cat's welfare. The research question was answered with a design proposal consisting of an artifact that depicts a future alternative human-cat relationship. The artifact was produced through a design process based on speculative and multispecies design theory and method. Horizon scanning together with a literature search was used to create a credible future alternative human-cat relationship that highlights and reconciles species differences by emphasizing the cat as an animal. Somatic research and a survey was used to make interactions less rigid as a way to facilitate and support interactive play. Prototyping with a cat was used to ensure satisfactory interactive play was facilitated