DISCOVERY

Product: TV remote for the elderly

Target Audience: Elderly people (60+) above the age of 60. The are mostly:

Retired (if in government jobs) or

have started to delegate or pass over a business to their successors

Homemakers

Their declining health/energy level/motor skills make them take a step back in life and opt for more leisure activities during the day. One such is watching TV. Fine motor skills would be important in using a TV remote, and with its steady but slow decline, it is important to make the user’s experience with a TV remote as easy, smooth and direct as possible.

Goal: To design a TV remote for the elderly (60+) which they can use with ease and without strain.

Design: The design will be based on the primary and secondary research. The design phase will be carried out assuming that the remote is to access only the TV and not any other connected devices (set-top box, DVD player etc.).

Design deliverables: To provide a rough sketch of the remote with documentation of the design thinking process.

Design deliverables do not include:

Production, which would be the hardware of the remote.

The technology used in the remote signals.

Validation: The design will be validated through user feedback, based on which the design will be iterated.