Jinnie Hyojin Bae
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HEALTHY DRIVING
Healthy Driving explores how a connected car could make personal health checks part of an everyday routine. The self-directed concept, Healthy-D, connects proposed in-car sensing with a companion app for reviewing health information, tracking records and finding healthcare providers.
ROLE Service Designer & Visual Designer INDUSTRY Connected Mobility / Health Technology DURATION Self-directed
Service Design App Interface Design Visual Identity Concept Development
01 / THE CHALLENGE
Making health checks part of everyday life
Health checks can feel difficult to fit into everyday life. Cost, time and motivation can all influence whether people make them a priority.
I explored whether an existing routine—travelling by car—could provide an opportunity to make personal health information more accessible.
The connected-car context offered a starting point: a vehicle linked to a smartphone could potentially connect physical sensing with a digital record that users could revisit.
How might a connected car help people check and understand their health as part of everyday life?
02 / EXPLORING BARRIERS AND PRIORITIES
Understanding what gets in the way of health checks
My research asked three questions: whether health-check costs felt burdensome, which aspects of their health people wanted to check, and why they might neglect their health.
The responses identified motivation, cost and lack of time as barriers. Weight and body fat were the most frequently selected areas of interest in the question about convenient health checks.
These findings informed a direction focused on reducing the effort involved in checking and recording personal health information. They provided an exploratory basis for the concept, rather than evidence that an in-car service would meet everyone's needs.
03 / FROM RESEARCH TO SERVICE DECISIONS
Three decisions that shaped the concept
Connect health checks with an existing routine I explored integrating sensing into familiar vehicle touchpoints, including the seat and steering wheel. The intention was to reduce the need for a separate setup each time someone wanted to check their condition.
Make records easy to revisit The concept proposed transferring readings to a companion app automatically. Organising records by category and date would let users review information beyond a single measurement.
Provide a route to further support The app included a healthcare-provider search alongside personal records, connecting the information-review experience with a way to find professional support.
04 / INTRODUCING HEALTHY-D
A proposed in-car measurement experience and companion app
Healthy-D brings together a proposed in-car measurement experience and a companion mobile app.
The original concept explored microcurrent-based sensing through vehicle contact points. This was a technical hypothesis for further investigation; the project did not establish which measurements could be collected reliably in a car.
The app visualisations explored four functions.
Browse by category An icon-based menu organises the proposed health information into categories, giving users a starting point for exploration.
Review records over time Dated records and charts allow users to revisit previous entries and view changes over time.
Bookmark information Saved entries provide a way to return to selected records.
Find healthcare providers A search screen presents nearby providers with location and contact information.
The screens illustrate the intended information structure and interactions. The displayed readings are concept examples, rather than results from a working sensing system.
05 / BUILDING THE VISUAL IDENTITY
Connecting the automotive and health aspects of the concept
I developed the Healthy Driving identity alongside the app interface to connect the automotive and health aspects of the concept.
The logo combines a vehicle silhouette with a medical cross. A turquoise accent colour, #66CCCC, establishes a consistent visual identity, while category icons help distinguish different types of information.
The intended tone was calm and approachable, supporting a personal health experience within a familiar mobility context.
06 / OUTCOME AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
An exploratory service concept and visual communication
The project resulted in a connected-car health service concept, app interface visualisations and a supporting brand identity.
By developing the entire project, I connected exploratory research with a service proposition and translated it into physical touchpoints, digital interactions and visual communication.
Further development would need to establish the feasibility and accuracy of the proposed sensing approach before defining the supported health measures. It would also need to address driver attention, consent and the handling of personal health data.
A key next step would be to distinguish what could happen passively in the vehicle from what users should review when safely parked, then test whether the app made the information understandable and useful.
Jinnie Hyojin Bae
← Work
HEALTHY DRIVING
Healthy Driving explores how a connected car could make personal health checks part of an everyday routine. The self-directed concept, Healthy-D, connects proposed in-car sensing with a companion app for reviewing health information, tracking records and finding healthcare providers.
ROLE Service Designer & Visual Designer INDUSTRY Connected Mobility / Health Technology DURATION Self-directed
Service Design App Interface Design Visual Identity Concept Development
01 / THE CHALLENGE
Making health checks part of everyday life
Health checks can feel difficult to fit into everyday life. Cost, time and motivation can all influence whether people make them a priority.
I explored whether an existing routine—travelling by car—could provide an opportunity to make personal health information more accessible.
The connected-car context offered a starting point: a vehicle linked to a smartphone could potentially connect physical sensing with a digital record that users could revisit.
How might a connected car help people check and understand their health as part of everyday life?
02 / EXPLORING BARRIERS AND PRIORITIES
Understanding what gets in the way of health checks
My research asked three questions: whether health-check costs felt burdensome, which aspects of their health people wanted to check, and why they might neglect their health.
The responses identified motivation, cost and lack of time as barriers. Weight and body fat were the most frequently selected areas of interest in the question about convenient health checks.
These findings informed a direction focused on reducing the effort involved in checking and recording personal health information. They provided an exploratory basis for the concept, rather than evidence that an in-car service would meet everyone's needs.
03 / FROM RESEARCH TO SERVICE DECISIONS
Three decisions that shaped the concept
Connect health checks with an existing routine I explored integrating sensing into familiar vehicle touchpoints, including the seat and steering wheel. The intention was to reduce the need for a separate setup each time someone wanted to check their condition.
Make records easy to revisit The concept proposed transferring readings to a companion app automatically. Organising records by category and date would let users review information beyond a single measurement.
Provide a route to further support The app included a healthcare-provider search alongside personal records, connecting the information-review experience with a way to find professional support.
04 / INTRODUCING HEALTHY-D
A proposed in-car measurement experience and companion app
Healthy-D brings together a proposed in-car measurement experience and a companion mobile app.
The original concept explored microcurrent-based sensing through vehicle contact points. This was a technical hypothesis for further investigation; the project did not establish which measurements could be collected reliably in a car.
The app visualisations explored four functions.
Browse by category An icon-based menu organises the proposed health information into categories, giving users a starting point for exploration.
Review records over time Dated records and charts allow users to revisit previous entries and view changes over time.
Bookmark information Saved entries provide a way to return to selected records.
Find healthcare providers A search screen presents nearby providers with location and contact information.
The screens illustrate the intended information structure and interactions. The displayed readings are concept examples, rather than results from a working sensing system.
05 / BUILDING THE VISUAL IDENTITY
Connecting the automotive and health aspects of the concept
I developed the Healthy Driving identity alongside the app interface to connect the automotive and health aspects of the concept.
The logo combines a vehicle silhouette with a medical cross. A turquoise accent colour, #66CCCC, establishes a consistent visual identity, while category icons help distinguish different types of information.
The intended tone was calm and approachable, supporting a personal health experience within a familiar mobility context.
06 / OUTCOME AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
An exploratory service concept and visual communication
The project resulted in a connected-car health service concept, app interface visualisations and a supporting brand identity.
By developing the entire project, I connected exploratory research with a service proposition and translated it into physical touchpoints, digital interactions and visual communication.
Further development would need to establish the feasibility and accuracy of the proposed sensing approach before defining the supported health measures. It would also need to address driver attention, consent and the handling of personal health data.
A key next step would be to distinguish what could happen passively in the vehicle from what users should review when safely parked, then test whether the app made the information understandable and useful.