Here are some sketches and images of the initial idea. Last week we got our first taste of the real design industry as we presented our initial ideas for this Live Project to kin, a multi-disciplinary design studio. For this project we get to work with a real design company on a fictional project based on the company’s design realm and their clients. For us it was Nokia. We were briefed to design a stall for a trade fair that reflects on their new technology with their N series So-Lo (Social Location).
We were split into groups of 4s and asked to present 3 ideas. We feel that the most defining element that runs through all three ideas is the importance of one’s involvement in the So-Lo technology and the act of receiving something back. In order for the technology to operate successfully, one has to actively immerse themselves in this world of social networking. Therefore we relied heavily on the interactive exhibition technique, in hopes that it could illustrate the essence of social grouping.
The idea I was developing was the donut chair (to be named properly later), a circular interactive seating area. The seating works with pressure sensor. When and individual is seated, the area where the person is sat would illuminate. However, when another individual joins the circular seating, the shorter route between the two people would illuminate illustrating the realization of the connection.
On the exterior circumference of the ring, there will also be an LED text display, which will run random communicative feeds between the two interlinking individuals, illustrating the silent communication of ‘what you are doing’.
All three ideas are still left quite open-ended in how they would be executed; as we felt they all had certain aspects worth investigating more. Perhaps some attributes from each idea could be merged together to result in a stronger final outcome.
We were split into groups of 4s and asked to present 3 ideas. We feel that the most defining element that runs through all three ideas is the importance of one’s involvement in the So-Lo technology and the act of receiving something back. In order for the technology to operate successfully, one has to actively immerse themselves in this world of social networking. Therefore we relied heavily on the interactive exhibition technique, in hopes that it could illustrate the essence of social grouping.
The idea I was developing was the donut chair (to be named properly later), a circular interactive seating area. The seating works with pressure sensor. When and individual is seated, the area where the person is sat would illuminate. However, when another individual joins the circular seating, the shorter route between the two people would illuminate illustrating the realization of the connection.
On the exterior circumference of the ring, there will also be an LED text display, which will run random communicative feeds between the two interlinking individuals, illustrating the silent communication of ‘what you are doing’.
All three ideas are still left quite open-ended in how they would be executed; as we felt they all had certain aspects worth investigating more. Perhaps some attributes from each idea could be merged together to result in a stronger final outcome.
