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A Study on the Useability of Toe Socks: Focusing on Verrunco Toe Socks Design

발가락 양말 사용성에 관한 연구: 베룽코 발가락 양말 디자인을 중심으로

  • Park, Ji-Hoon (Department of Product innovation, Graduate School of Techno Design, Kookmin University) ;
  • Jang, Jung-Sik (Department of Industrial Design, College of design, Kookmin University) ;
  • Jeong, Hong-Gi (Verrunco)
  • 박지훈 (국민대학교 테크노디자인대학원 제품이노베이션학과) ;
  • 장중식 (국민대학교 조형대학 공업디자인학과) ;
  • 정홍기 (베룽코)
  • Received : 2021.02.19
  • Accepted : 2021.05.20
  • Published : 2021.05.28

Abstract

Modern people are suffering from a lack of exercise along with their daily lives, and the foot's pedigree disease is increasing as a result, foot pedigree disease is also increasing. As a result, the design of socks is diversifying, and among them, the development of toe socks that help prevent and alleviate foot problems is also actively underway. Thus, this study conducted a study on toe socks design and summarized the concept of toe socks design through theoretical background. It also established tasks to be used for usability evaluation through case studies and prior research. An empirical study showed that the satisfaction of toe socks design was lower than that of ordinary socks, and that of toe socks design was more satisfactory in terms of usability. As a result, improvements in toe sock design have been derived, and it is expected that the hidden partitions between first toe sock can be supplemented, and toe sock design can be improved through similar color scheme and color diversification.

현대인들은 일상생활과 함께 운동 부족에 시달리고 있으며 이에 따라 발의 족부질환도 증가하는 추세이다. 이에 따라 양말 디자인도 다양화되고 있으며, 그중 족부질환의 예방과 완화에 도움을 주는 발가락 양말의 개발도 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 발가락 양말 디자인에 대한 연구를 진행하였으며, 이론적 배경을 통해 발가락 양말 디자인에 대한 개념을 정리하였다. 또한 사례 조사 및 선행연구를 통해 사용성 평가에 활용할 Task를 수립하였다. 실증연구를 통해 사용성 평가를 진행한 결과 일반 양말 디자인 대비 발가락 양말 디자인의 만족도가 낮음을 알 수 있었고 사용성 측면에서는 발가락 양말 디자인의 사용성의 만족도가 높은 것을 알 수 있었다. 이에 따라 발가락 양말 디자인의 개선점을 도출하였으며, 첫째 발가락 양말 사이의 히든 파티션을 보완하고, 색상의 유사 배색과 색상의 다원화를 통해 발가락 양말 디자인을 개선할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) Grant funded by the Korean. Government (MSIP)(No. Grant Number 2015R1A5A7037615).

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