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Savior SkinA conceptual design by

Marc Mooney and Eric Kinariwala

Design ChallengeTo use mobile and/or social technology to influence five individuals to apply sunscreen daily social technology

Time limit: Nine days

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Savior Skin

Persuasive Purpose

Industrial Design

To persuade five or more members of Stanford’s Men’s Varsity Tennis Team to apply sunscreen daily

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User Description

Stanford undergraduate men’s varsity tennis team members who do not currently apply sunscreen daily

They are likely:• 18-22 years old• Mobile/Smart phone

owners and comfortable w/ technology

• Active and fit (likely concerned with health)

• Frequently outdoors and exposed to the sun

• Part of a team• Engage in regular

practice/training routines

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Alexander Clayton at Tennis Practice

Alex gets to practice and the team begins its daily warm-up

During the warm-up Alex takes out the bottle of sunscreen, applies it, and passes it to a teammate

Alex is on his way to tennis practice On his way to practice Alex receives a text message

Alex opens the text message – and can’t stop laughing at the hilarious sunscreen bottle image.. He remembers the bottle of spray sport sunscreen he packed in his tennis bag today . The images will be different everyday

After practice Alex gets a text message asking him if he applied sunscreen at practice

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Prototype of Savior Skin• Selected users receive different visual

text message 20-30 minutes prior to practice

• Users open text message and see a comedic visual reminder to apply sunscreen

• Users receive text message after practice – “suncreen today? (y/n)”

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Features/Functionality

• System sends a visual and “sticky” text message reminder to apply sunscreen, 20-30 minutes before practice

• We will switch up who on the receives the message so the user doesn’t become “used” to the message

• During an existing team practice routine (stretching, team huddle) selected individuals apply sport spray sunscreen and pass the bottle to their teammates

• After practice, users receive a text message to track compliance

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Theoretical Justifications

• Persuasive Strategies• Builds upon an existing habitual routine (daily

practice)• Uses a timely trigger• Leverages inherent social behavior (one individual

applying sunscreen triggers others to do the same – social proof)

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Results of User Testing

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Shortcomings of Design

• Not every user will have a mobile phone capable of viewing photos

• Trigger is not at the exact moment an action can be taken

• Sunscreen application may not integrate well into current practice routines

• Difficult to track and measure actual compliance

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Expansion - What else is possible?

• Other form factors or ID possibilitieso Use text-only trigger system

• Other features and interactionso Integrate weather or UV information with text message

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Next Steps in Design Process

• User test with similar target users (athletes)• Find and learn about automated texting services• Create additional humorous trigger images

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