Lauras phase 4
As explained in phase 3 I have decided to look at the sense of touch. The general areas with in touch that I have been looking at are warmth and coolness in association with comfort, the appropriateness of different textures to different products, and personal space.
I still am not able to decide between these three areas and as such I have thought of ideas for products for each. For the temperature and comfort aspect I would like to make a system for clothes and bedding to be able to be cooled or heated as desired. Weather this is by putting the items into something or by ‘the push of a button’ they change temperature I am not sure. For the appropriateness of different textures I would like to possibly make the same product out of different materials. This way I can explore more textures and have the product be more interactive, people need to choose which material will suit their needs the best. And for the personal space I am thinking of making a chair. We don’t let strange people touch our bottoms but we let strange chairs touch it.
I still am not able to decide between these three areas and as such I have thought of ideas for products for each. For the temperature and comfort aspect I would like to make a system for clothes and bedding to be able to be cooled or heated as desired. Weather this is by putting the items into something or by ‘the push of a button’ they change temperature I am not sure. For the appropriateness of different textures I would like to possibly make the same product out of different materials. This way I can explore more textures and have the product be more interactive, people need to choose which material will suit their needs the best. And for the personal space I am thinking of making a chair. We don’t let strange people touch our bottoms but we let strange chairs touch it.
posted by Malte Wagenfeld at 7:32 PM
1 Comments:
Good
But no one seems to be doing their investigations and research. These are really important to inform your design. Thus I am not surprised that you are a bit lost.
Start by making associations, ie a warm bed, a warm seat that someone else warmed for you - does it feel different if you really liked the person who warmed it for you than if it was someone who slightly repulsed you? How and why is this different? Materials which warm you, materials which cool you?
What is personal space; how do different cultures have different concepts of personal space? What happened if somebody invades your personal space
How do social codes effect personal space; ie 'attractive normal' person vs 'social outcast'?
and so on and on.
Malte
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