Drop

Drop Draw out your creativity during the showering

Category | Daily Necessities Date | 2017 Output | Functional Portotype

PRODUCT DES I G N

During taking shower, people like to contemplate, think or relax. Taking shower is an important moment for most of people. However, when they are thinking over, there is no things for them to write down. The curtain, Drop, can help showering people to generate the idea or simply make more fun for people during showering.

“Water Writing Paper” (水寫紙) is normally used as practicing calligraphy. While I was wondering how is it possible to “write” in the bathroom, such a humid and watery place. This paper suddenly came to my mind. The following introduction will introduce the experimental process of testing different material of water writing paper to see what may happen.

To generate an idea of innovating the exist product, the first thing comes to my mind is something related to take shower or bath. I am someone, who like to reflect from the day during showering. Bathing time for me is a very private and self moment. Some of people even take it as a ritual. We can come up with many creative ideas. Unfortunately, the consciouness flows through quickyly with water. After the showering, everything goes away as well. Thus, the product is created for both users wanting to record the thoughts also taking shower as playful moment with children. Ideation

This paper portotyping house tried to show the place where is suitable for the writing curtain. Also, all the furnitures are scaled with the same ratio. By paper portotying, people can easily understand the usage of the curtain. The concept is similar to how the platform from IKEA intends to show. Portotyping

Test

37 The below part reveals the experiment of the suitable papers. I put different paper, including the pure water one and the other one with fabric, in the showering room to test if the paper is strong enough to stand much water.

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Use Water to Draw Your Idea on the Double-Sided DROP

Use Zipper to change the new curtain easily 2

Open the Hole to Hang on the Pole 3

Logo Deisgn

The philosophy of “DROP” is to bring happiness and interesting ideas for customers. The shape of the logo is inspired by the shape of real drop. The identity of logo also tries to design in round shap which can commute “wisdom” concept. In chinese culture, people believe water represents wisdom. As a result, we use drops as our main element for logo design. However, in oder to simplfie the logo, I melt drop image into words, “drop”as logo. Two colors are refered to calm and water, also happiness.

DEMO Day

Showring Curtain “drop” as well as the paper model are displayed during the semester.

Using the water inside the big bowl.

Visitors can play in the exhibition. Water will dry out in 30 secs to 1 min.