5 In 5 Project: Make Alien Newcomer’s Live Better(MANLB)-Day#4 HAHA

Yufei Zhang
Sep 3, 2018 · 4 min read

Background story:

1996, Red Coast Base, human receive the first message from another life form for the first time. On the screen of the translation machine shows a simple line:

LET’S PARTY!

20 Years later, more and more aliens who have been analyzed to determine that they can live on Earth have come to the planet. Although they can adapt to the living conditions here, they still face many problems, especially those lives in the most complicated city of Earth: New York.
So that’s why we are here: to help those newcomers who came to us for help and bring them a better living condition.


PART01: INTRODUCTION

CASE NUMBER:11235804

This is HAHA, from a planet that is very similar to the Earth’s climate. HAHA has a height and body shape and body structure similar to that of an ordinary human. This also made him fit into the lives of ordinary people just after he arrived on Earth. However, because the head of the HAHA race is different from the human structure, the paper bag-like structure of the head replaces the ear that humans possess to obtain information in the surrounding environment.

Science lab Document

But because of the different heads people often ask HAHA this question, and he always said that this is just a mask. But because HAHA can generate flammable liquid in his throat, sometimes he can spurt the flame. But gradually HAHA doesn’t want to be asked about the shape again. He hopes that his appearance will not only cause people’s doubts but also lead a trend.


PART02: Design Progress

●HAHA shape

●Popular

●Useful

Mind Map

The idea at the beginning seems simple: design a headgear to make people look like HAHA. But because people don’t wear headgear all day long for no reason, our headgear must have some practical functions when designing. One of the sources of the test is the earphone that simulates the cat’s ear. There is also a lot of headwear that simulates the cat’s ear, but the cat earphones are different. Because of its practical functionality, people are happy to use them for a long time.

Inspiration 01 Cat Headset

So combined with my experience in studying and living in Tianjin, I am going to design a haze mask and also the shape of the HAHA head.

Haze Mask

Part of the ear I refer to the ear style of the Anubis God in Egyptian mythology. A filter element is placed at the mouth to achieve the effect of purifying the air during use. At the same time, in order to ensure the safety of the wearer, the eye is provided with a lens, and the entire head cover also uses a completely transparent material to prevent the user from losing sight or hearing and causing danger.

At the same time, the waterproof coating is added to the surface because it is often raining in New York. The size of the rain is not very large but very frequent, so wearing this mask can function as a temporary shelter.

Design drawings

PART03: Design result

HAHA head and mask contrast

The shape of the HAHA head is mimicked as much as possible, while the popularity is considered to keep the appearance simple and fashionable.

There are also a variety of different styles and shapes to choose from, which can also attract more people to participate in the purchase.

A variety of styles to choose from!!

Due to the limitations of time and materials (mainly materials), I have no conditions for making paper prototypes of equal size. But I really like this design, and I will definitely make this mask in the future.

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