Intelligent wearable masks are gaining increasing interest due to COVID-19 and the problems and limitations of existing masks. This paper prioritizes the design elements of personal protective equipment-intelligent wearable masks from the perspective of the product design domain. Using principal component analysis (PCA), the principal components of the design elements were selected first in this paper. Using the combined weights (PCA-AHP) method, the intelligent wearable masks’ prioritized design elements at each level were determined. The highest priority among the primary elements is comfort (0.3422), with the adjustable ear strap (0.1870) receiving the highest priority among the primary elements of comfort. The highest priority in functionality (0.2733) is anti-respiratory droplets/air purification (0.1097), the highest priority in usability (0.1686) is the easy removal and replacement of filters (0.0761), the highest priority in the aesthetic design (0.1192) is styling (0.0509), and the highest priority in material (0.0967) is flexible fabric material (0.0355). Finally, the six prioritized design elements were evaluated using fuzzy comprehensive evaluation (FCE), and overall, 76% of the experts considered them “appropriate” or “very appropriate” and 18% considered them “fair.” Therefore, this study’s six most prioritized design elements proposed for intelligent wearable masks can satisfy users’ needs.
Interdisciplinary design thinking and methods are developed based on interdisciplinary research backgrounds. Through cross-integration with other disciplines, it can realize the design’s interdisciplinary collaborative innovation and development. At the same time, with the increasing interdisciplinary research interest in programmable mechanical metamaterials, design urgently needs to produce an interdisciplinary design thinking and method model to guide the development of related design research activities. Based on this, this research uses interdisciplinary research methods (mainly grafts method) to transplant the construction methods and related contents of programmable mechanical metamaterials into the research of design thinking and methods to propose a set of interdisciplinary design thinking based on programmable mechanical metamaterials (IDTPMMs). At the same time, under the guidance of IDTPMM, an interdisciplinary design method based on programmable mechanical metamaterials (IDMPMMs) is proposed. The thinking and method take the IDTPMM and IDMPMM process models as the concrete manifestation forms. Subsequently, this study selected two architecture design cases to analyze the rationality of IDTPMM and IDMPMM. This study believes that the proposal of IDTPMM and IDMPMM can narrow the focus of design research from the traditional macro scale to the micro scale of material research and development, which can drive design innovation with material innovation. Meanwhile, it can also change the design research from passive use of existing material mechanical properties to active programming control of material mechanical properties according to demand, which will greatly enhance the programmability, adjustability, controllability, and flexibility of design research with materials as carriers and objects. Additionally, this will have an essential impact on broadening the field of design interdisciplinary research and innovating design thinking and methods. In addition, IDTPMM and IDMPMM will also provide systematic theoretical guidance for designers to conduct interdisciplinary research on design and material science. Its scientific features will also make design research more rigorous, solid, and reliable.
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