A physical digital wallet helping China’s aging population join the era of digital payment.
Year
2023–2024
Disciplines
Product design
UX design
Research
Details
Role — Designer, Researcher
Tools — Figma, Blender, Rhino 8
Team — Individual project
Chinese society is facing serious population aging. Many elderly people who struggle to learn digital payment find everyday transactions deeply inconvenient. YiZeePAY is a physical digital wallet with a simple, clear interface, a triple-authentication system and personalised functions — helping elderly users in China engage with the era of digital payment in a "touchable" way.
Undergraduate final-year projectIndividual workOct 2023 – May 2024
01Field research
Time 2 Dec 2023Location Jieli Market, Shenzhen, China
Observation
Older stall keepers sell vegetables, fruit and chickens they raise themselves.
They hide their payment QR codes to avoid theft — worried the code gives away private information.
They need customers to show the payment record to confirm a transaction.
02Empathy map
Do
Ask their kids for help.
Try to learn the complicated functions of digital payment.
Stick to cash payments.
Feel
Insecure
Frustrated
Unfamiliar
03Analysis
Mood board
Source: Pinterest
Mind map
Sources: bhphotovideo · 1688 · 699pic
Materials
04Design development
Product appearance
Sketches
Modeling & renderings
Artificial leather gives users the familiar feel of a "traditional" wallet.
A hole for strings lets users hang the wallet on a wrist or around the neck.
