BA thesis studies the problems of independent application of makeup for people with
multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease, which most commonly
affects young women, the most common physical symptoms of the disease are problems
with motor skills, tingling sensation, numbness of the limbs and tremor, which highly affect
the process of putting on makeup. In the research-analytical phase, the thesis researches the
disease, its course and symptoms, and in the deepened research-analytical phase it looks
into the relevance of the problem of putting on makeup for the ill, problems that occur and
potential solutions to these problems with the help of user research such as questionnaires
and talks with the ill. Key conclusions of the deepened research-analytical phase show, that
on the market there is no product for applying makeup specifically for people with multiple
sclerosis. This phase also showed key problems that people with multiple sclerosis face, such
as problems with holding the product beacuse of the numbness of the fingers, perciseness of
the application because of the tremor and troubles with opening the packaging because of
both of the mentioned symptoms. The design phase starts with conceptualization and
sketching of ideas, which are then tested in the prototyping phase. The end result of the BA
thesis is a modular makeup set which consists of the housing that holds the wanted makeup
and makeup brushes, that attach on the finger and in thsi way prevent the product falling
from the hand.
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