Aros Inhaler
User experience research
Industrial design
"Aros inhaler" is an aromatic kit designed to be conveniently used while exercising. With its cooling herbal benefits and aromatic essential oils, it keeps users feeling refreshed and relaxed during their workout.
Aromatherapy products for exercise
Currently, only a few products are available in the market, but they still struggled to meet the needs of the users. Users often encounter stickiness or discomfort from oil or cream, the smell that evaporates too quickly or alters during exercise, and the hassles of carrying and using while exercising.
Dessearch came up with an aromatic product for exercise that’s properly designed to support users during workout. The product will have a refreshing scent, and soothing effects for muscles; aims to revive and relax users in exercise without any annoyance or discomfort, to help them exercise more efficiently.
Gives a cool appearance, a new image, and a new use of exotic aromatic products.
Cool
Experience the true benefits of aromatic products while exercising ― the improvements on emotions and performance.
New Experience
Herbal inhaler is a wisdom that creates value for Thai herbs. However, despite its many benefits and interesting properties, many traditional Thai herbal products still failed to connect with the younger generations ― making it irrelevant. Redesigning to make these products resonate and address the needs of customers today would renew its relevancy and make them more widely known.
Preserve Thai wisdom
Our Process
After examining the existing products in the market, We found only a few aromatic products for exercise, and they don’t really addressed the real needs of the users. Most products struggled to fix the issues of portability, difficulty in usage while exercising, annoyance from the stickiness of oil or cream, and the smell that either altered during exercise or evaporated too quickly. All these issues factored into why people stopped using these products altogether, to avoid the inconveniences that came with the usage.
User Insight
User Pain Point
or inappropriate use which may result in adverse consequences.
Misuse
inconvenient usage because the existing products are not design to use during some activities.
Inconvenience
the smell bothers other people./ Others smell bothering us.
Privacy
not confident to use at full capacity.
Confidence
conflicts from different odor preferences.
Conflict
the way refresh, stimulate from odor and release cooldown time.
Like
from the use and personality from the smell caused.
Personality
difficult to control such as aroma taste, evaporation, change of smell which may cause the smell disturbing yourself and others.
The Smell
that is not suitable for exercise activities such as portability or sloppy.
Usage Condition
We set the scope of the research about aromatherapy for exercise. For those who like exercise so that they can be used especially during exercising. To be able to exercise more efficiently from the effects of aromatherapy such as stimulating feelings and the body, affect the heart, blood vessels, and promote breathing through relaxation. And also get new exercise experience.
