Limited personal choice
Generic colours and forms leave little room for individual style.
Personal expression, made to fit
Scan it.
Style it.
Make it yours.
A digital-to-physical service concept that turns a prosthesis scan into a canvas for self-expression—designed online, previewed in 3D, printed to fit, and delivered across Hong Kong.
Concept showcase — not a live scanning or ordering service
01Scan
02Design
03Print
04Deliver
The opportunity
A prosthesis supports the body. It should also support identity.
Mass-produced accessories rarely reflect the person who wears them—or the exact geometry of their prosthesis.
FORME reframes a functional device as something people can confidently personalise, refresh and make visible on their own terms.
Fit is highly specific
Every prosthesis has different dimensions, contours and components.
Custom work feels distant
Specialist fabrication can be difficult to discover, visualise and access.
One connected journey
From a phone scan to something made for you.
The concept combines accessible photogrammetry, a visual DIY experience and localised digital manufacturing. Each stage is designed to keep the user in control.
Capture
Use a supported iPhone 3D scanner or guided photogrammetry to capture the prosthesis from multiple angles—without scanning the user’s body.
Phone-basedCreate
Choose a cover form, colour, texture and stickers. The prosthesis model becomes a personal design canvas.
User-ledPreview
Review the idea as a 3D visual before production. Rotate it, compare looks and confirm the preferred direction.
See before makingMake & deliver
Translate the approved concept into a fitted, removable 3D-printed cover or decorative accessory, then ship it to the user.
Made to fitThe online design vision
DIY, without needing to be a 3D designer.
The proposed workspace simplifies complex modelling into familiar choices: select a cover, set a finish, place graphics and review the result. This static scene illustrates the intended experience—it does not process files or create orders.
Protective shells
Colourways
Surface textures
Sticker placement
3D preview
F Design Studio
Concept view · not interactive
Design layers
Cover form
Colour
Sticker
Designed responsibly
Personal by design. Careful by default.
The concept treats fit, dignity and data privacy as core design requirements—not afterthoughts.
Scan the device, not the person
AThe intended capture flow focuses on external prosthesis geometry. Users should understand what is captured, why it is needed and when it is deleted.
Protect function and clearance
BGenerated accessories must avoid joints, controls and load-bearing parts. A production workflow would include fit and safety checks before fabrication.
Removable, replaceable, expressive
CCovers and decorations are envisioned as non-permanent additions, allowing a user to change the look without changing the prosthesis.
Build with the community
DThe service should be co-designed with Hong Kong prosthesis users, rehabilitation professionals and fabricators so that real needs shape every decision.
Impact for Hong Kong
More than an accessory: a small shift in agency, confidence and access.
Agency
Users make the aesthetic decisions and see the outcome before anything is manufactured.
Expression
Personalised design turns an assistive device into a visible reflection of taste, mood and identity.
Local access
A digital workflow and distributed 3D printing could reduce the distance between idea, fabrication and delivery.
Who we are
An interdisciplinary student team designing for dignity.
We are students from Integrative Systems and Design (ISD) at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology’s Academy of Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS). FORME is our concept for Hack4SDG, focused on a more inclusive everyday experience for Hong Kong’s limb-different community.
Our proposition
A better fit for the device.
A better fit for the person.
FORME imagines a future where personalisation is accessible, fabrication is local and assistive products leave room for individuality.
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