Module 2: Design
Haidee Lim
Student No. : 617093 Semester 2/2013 Group 7
Mohammed Farsakh
Week 5 Starting the designDefining my ownpersonal space Emotional Level The sense of privacy or not wanting to be looked at also defines my type of personal space. There are times where I would want to have some time alone rather than being surrounded or having the presence of another person. My mood also determines how my personal space would be like. For instance, if I am sad or angry,I would like to be further away or rather not be seen by anyone. If I am in a more better mood, I would want to mix around with the crowd.
Physical Level From my perspective of personal space,, there are tines where I feel that there is a certain distance that I am conforatable with others. However the distance changes vary on the type of person.
Design progressSketches of ideas The first part during the designing stage, we decided to incorparate how inflatables can be use as a barrier as well as how it can show the physical distsance.
Incorporating both emotion and physical
Happy = closer distance Neutral= moderate distance Sad/Angry= further distance
Cuboid or rectangular shape resembles a neutral feeling.
The round or bubblelike shaped infaltable ressembles happiness Spikes/ cone resembles anger or sadness
To incorporate the users emotion as well as creating a personal space for them, we decided to use shapes to show them and create the appropriate distance.
Chosen Design
When in a nuetral mood, the inflatable will slightly inflate. This creates a normal distance between the users with others
When in a happy mood, the colour such as yellow can display the emotions. The inflatable will be deflated so that others can move closer to the user
When angry or sad., the inflatable will displlay a coour such as red to show others that they are unset/angry. The inflatable will fully inflate by increasing hte air speed hence creating a larger personal distance.
Sketch model
A sketch model was initially made to fully understand how we could constuct the foundation of our design which is the poncho and how it would function.
Prototype
Rhino Model
Conclusion
This week, the main thing that was focused on was creating the prototype. The consrtruction of the prototype was highly considered. Hence, by creating a sketch model, I had a better understanding on how the prototype can be built. Furthermore, while creating it, inflating the prorotype was highly prioritise. My group managed to buy the primary materials for inflating the model. Eventhough we used materials such as garbage bags and tape tocreate the basis of our prototype, with the fans and electrical system we manged to create a prototype that functions and looks similar to our initial design. However, we still have other things to add such as the lights to create colour and making the final product more neater and nicer looking.