Xinlu Liu

Industrial Design, 2014

While parents go out with their baby, they may meet problems in different situations. They may change their babies’ diaper on the floor at a crowded place, or on a park bench. In a park lacking appropriate facilities, parents change their babies’ diaper on the lawn without the use of a portable changing pad. A shopping mall is usually a place where traveling to restroom requires a long walk. What’s more, when parents forgot to clean the change station after using it, babies are extremely susceptible to infection and disease.

Backin, the new design backpack provides an easy and healthy way for both parents and babies. Parents can change their babies’ diaper everywhere with their own changing station. It can also record the babies’ daily health condition and connect with app in the Smartphone. Before seeing a doctor, parents can send babies’ health record to doctors as well when needed.

Xinlu Liu is a senior student majoring in industrial design at the Department of Design of The Ohio State University. Before she fell in love with design in Columbus, she was born and raised in China. With the passion for discovering design in western culture, she believes that meaningful design brings people better lives and she hopes to design meaningfully.