Student Members

Meet the core Team
SONG
LANTING
HEJIN
GUANYAO

Alumni

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LANBING
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LIYAO
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LUXI
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SIFAN
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XIAOAN
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XIAOBO

Hejin’s Interests:

Human-centred design, product visualization, service design, prototyping, illustration

Hejin Cao.

Hejin Cao joined the Inclusionaries as an Industrial Design Undergraduate student at the University of Liverpool. She’s working on project of end-of-life design which aimed to create physical and digital memorialisation for digital artefact around legacy creation as her final year project. She is interested in product design and service design and willing to design for vulnerable group in the world to help them gain the rights and support they deserve.

Hejin’s work

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Guanyao’s Interests:

Product Design, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Design methodology Critical thinking

Guanyao Chen Cao.

Guanyao Chen joined the Inclusionaries as an Industrial Design Undergraduate student at University of Liverpool. In his final year project, he redesigned the toolkit for inclusive design and his designs focused on the psychological, sociological, or value-based obstacles that people face, not only the physical factors of accessibility. His designs consider underrepresented and excluded groups, aiming to create a very subtle and simple and beautiful experience that doesn’t need to be heavy handed. He is interested in inclusive design and equity-focused design as a future direction for his work.

Guanyao’s work

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Lanting’s Interests:

Design thinking, Usability research, Human- centred design, Culture based design, graphic design, prototyping,

Lanting Feng.

Lanting Feng joined the Inclusionaries as an Industrial Design Undergraduate student at the University of Liverpool. The project she working on during her final-year was titled ‘Using Design to Reduce Dental Anxiety’. She believes that guiding users to discover the real needs will greatly improve the efficiency of the design, she hopes to continue her learning in the direction of human-centred design in the future.

Lanting’s work

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Song’s Interests:

Design thinking, Usability research, Culture based design, Graphic Design, Design Thinking; Product Visualisation; CAD

Song Yang.

Song Yang joined the Inclusionaries as a Year 3 Industrial Design Undergraduate student at University of Liverpool. His final year project is to design a tool to reduce dental anxiety of children. In his design process, users’ emotion is always considered. To some extent, he believes this makes a design better. Through his study and practice of both engineering and design as an undergraduate, he hopes to contribute his learning to the direction of human-centred design

Song’s work

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Alumni

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Lanbing’s Interests:

Design thinking, Usability research, Culture based design, Graphic Design, CAD, Visualisation, film editing and special effects.

Lanbing Xu.

Lanbing Xu joined the Inclusionaries as a year 3 Industrial Design Undergraduate student at the University of Liverpool. She is worked on improving the design of a bariatric dental chair as her final year project. Through exploring the experience of obese patients getting oral care services, she aimed to improve the dental chair, with a focus on usability and desirability. She strives to be a responsible and professional designer, fighting for the ease of use and comprehensibility of products, designing to make users feel pleasure and meaning, innovating for the development of science and technology, and committing to the combination of design and culture. She will take this as the goal to study further in the future.

Lanbing’s work

A dental chair for bariatric patients in general dentistry

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Liyao’s Interests:

Research; Design Thinking; Illustration; CAD.

Liyao Zeng.

Liyao Zeng joined the Inclusionaries as an Industrial Design Undergraduate student at the University of Liverpool. She worked on a project to reimagine a Death-bed through redesigning the Hospice Bed experience for her final year project. Through her study and practice of both engineering and design as an undergraduate, she hopes to continue her learning in the direction of human-centred design in the future.

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Luxi’s Interests:

Human-centred design and research, cultural studies, graphic design, prototyping, sketching and painting, product visualisation, photography, film editing.

Luxi Chen.

Luxi Chen joined the Inclusionaries as an Industrial Design Undergraduate student at the University of Liverpool. The project she working on during her final-year was titled ‘The Inclusive Design Paradox’. She identified a wide range of Psychosocial exclusions happening ‘by design’, and then choose one scenario to redesign. Luxi has a passion for both humanities and social and cultural studies as well as design, and adheres to the responsibility and status of designers in the close relationship between humanities and design. This could always be the aim and impetus of her future development.

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Sifan’s Interests:

Design Thinking; DfMA; CAD; Parametric Design; Finite Analysis; Arduino IDE; Product Visualisation; Prototyping; Photography.

Sifan Yan.

Sifan Yan joined the Inclusionaries as an Industrial Design Undergraduate student at the University of Liverpool. His final year Design project aimed to design a cart attachment for the SafariSeat Wheelchair, in order to facilitate income-generation for individuals in less resourced settings. He is interested in inclusive design and hopes to gain a deeper understanding of the field through undertaking a master’s degree in disability innovation. In the future, he wants to become a designer with passion, ability and social responsibility, like Adam Savage.

Sifan’s Work:

SafariCart; A Wheelchair Add-on

SIPO utility models’ patent: Exoskeleton Device for Rehabilitation (2019)

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Xiaoan’s Interests:

Design Thinking, CAD modelling, Prototype making, Rendering, Product Visualisation.

Xiaoan Wang.

Xiaoan Wang joined the Inclusionaries as an Industrial Design Undergraduate student at the University of Liverpool. He worked on the design and development of a SafariSeat-compatible work surface attachment to facilitate vending and crafting from the wheelchair, in order to enable users to become more active members in their community. He believes that designers are the bridge between products and users. Xiaoan is enthusiastic about interaction design and inclusive design, and he wants to specialise in user-friendly design.

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Xiaobo’s Interests:

Design Thinking, Research, Graphic Design, CAD, Product Visualisation, Prototyping.

Xiaobo Hao.

Xiaobo Hao joined the Inclusionaries as a Year 3 Industrial Design Undergraduate student at University of Liverpool. His final year Design project aimed to redesign the walking cane; investigating issues of personal meaning, social identity, and desirability. He believes that design is an effective way to improve people’s life quality and happiness, and is responsible for social development and the application of science and technology. Product design is the main direction of Xiaobo’s future study and development.