Marco Ronca

Marco is an eclectic Umbrian designer. After getting the BSc in Mechanical Engineering, he continued his studies in the Master of Science in Design & Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano. His innate propensity to the world of artistic production led him to follow an Editorial Graphic course at the CFP Bauer in Milan. Currently Marco works as a Visualization 3D artist at Hugo Boss.

EPtime. Wearable device for epileptic children’s parents.

This thesis is the result of a work that starts from the proposal for a more in-depth study on the theme of wearable interaction design within the field of childhood and adolescent epilepsy. That is why it began with a careful analysis of the disease to understand what the real needs of children, parents and all those living in close contact were. All the stimuli and signals that the body of the sufferer of this pathology provides to the outside world before, during and after a crisis have been analyzed. It has also been given great importance in the study of the psychological aspect to understand what events are most likely to cause difficult conditions in everyday life. Through targeted interviews it emerged that the most sensible choice was to create a product that interacted with parents/supervisors rather than with young people suffering from epilepsy. Once the way has been found, the next step was to study the state of the art of all wearable products. It was interesting here to see how most of these wearable wishing to communicate a message to the user are positioned on the wrist for comfort/ergonomics as well as for ease of viewing the communication. At the same time, an inquiry into the world of interaction was conducted, exploring the possible channels that can be used to communicate information, considering all the senses. The concept thus born responds to the need to help a parent/supervisor manage a crisis, allowing him to delegate some of the “things to do” during the crisis, giving him more time for first aid.