Overview
Brief │ White Space & Black Box
Project Leader │ Setsu Ito
Project Assistant │ Fabio Menella
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Project Title │ Casualty
Group Members │ Ekene Ijeoma, Oral Kaan Kasapoglu, Pruitsatorn Sakulthai
How are these people who do not read, listen, or watch news aware of what is happening in the world? What are these people aware of? How can we make people more aware of how dying people in the world can change how living people do things? Casualty uses furniture as a medium to communicate these changes because people use furniture to live. If the shape and functions of furniture were to change, people would have to change how they do these things. If these changes were related to dying people in the world, living people would be more aware of how these people dying and how these dying people can change how they live; how they eat, sleep, work, and play.
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Project Title │ Li f’s
Group Members │ Clémentine Mailhac, Jennifer Murphy, GianPaolo Tucci
Li f’s uses natural forms and behaviours to create a new approach to understanding data systems information in social lifestyles. This concept translates social connectivity into a tangible object that visualizes the relationship between a user and his contacts. Inspired by forms and movements in nature, Li f’s creates a new memorable and emotional interaction experience.
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Project Title │ EverydaySALONE
Group Members │ Jakkapun Charinrattana, Jonning Chng, Michelle Man
Undoubtedly, during the ‘Salone del Mobile’ week Milan turns overnight into the most vibrant city. This is the time when artists and designers alike have the opportunity to showcase their work in galleries and urban infrastructures all over the city, whether it where bus stops, bridges, or even footpaths. People can immerse themselves in the world of creativity, wherever they are.
As the ‘Salone’ ends, the liveliness fades artists and designers resort to the conventional ways to exhibit their works, in the physical and the virtual environment, confined to assigned spaces.
EverydaySALONE is a revolutionary online community-based system that blurs the boundaries between the virtual and physical reality. By integrating virtual artwork with the real physical environment, a new form of self-expression is born, allowing the freedom to show artwork anywhere, hence creating a ‘Salone’ atmosphere in our everyday lives.
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Project Title │ E-scent
Group Members │ Sumit Asija, Jose Luis Falcó Moyá, Ngo Suet Mui, Giorgio Partesana
Over the century technology has made great strides in reproducing sights and sounds. However, smells have been left behind, and perhaps this is not surprising, since smell is, for most people, of lesser importance. But sometimes smells can provide information that other senses cannot. And that potentially opens the door to a range of new technologies. This project aims at developing a device that could play and record different fragrances. Therefore people can transfer not only multimedia messages to each other using a computer and a mobile phone, but also various smells which can help trigger memories and emotions in the near future.
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Project Title │ Enjoy Lazy Time
Group Members │ Ding Bei, Chu-Hsiang Chen, Aiko Chino
Usually in Japanese culture when someone gives priority to private life and put off work, he/she runs the risk to be considered a lazy person. Nowadays, people are busy all the time and they spend the most of their day in public space. The aim of Enjoy Lazy Time is to secure private space in public areas.
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Project Title │ 1 + 1
Group Members │ Ching Min Wu, Sze Yuen Yong
Oneplusone focuses on exploring the boundaries of interaction and product design in the field of education. It aims at finding the right balance between digital interaction, physical interaction and product design, to allow children to learn about and explore the possibilities of technology. In the long run, Oneplusone aims at allowing people of all ages to utilize and learn about technology and design in a fun and positive way. The final goal would be to create a platform for digital and physical interactive learning.
