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DIGITAL DESIGN + FABRICATION SM1, 2016 M2 JOURNAL - Jelly Fish

JIERU XUE & YUTONG WEI 786395 ALISON FAIRLY GROUP #2

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Sketch Design Development

Design Concept

Design proposal#1

Design proposal #2

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#1 Design by Jieru from Module 1

#2 Design by Yutong from Module 1

Combining both Yutong’s design proposal and mine in Module 1, we come up with two designs, using the method of the repeating units to emphasize the personal space around people’s head. We are interested to the personal space while people in the elevator. According to the research about how people behave in elevator, it is found that people may feel uncomfortable and prefer to stand at the corners and avoid eye contact as they are forced to be in an enclosed space with strangers although only few minutes. Therefore, we put more attention on how to take the effort of corner to create a garmen that could be worn in different methods along people’s position in elevator. Overall, the side facing to corner is more open compared to the other side as the corner is the natural barrier.

Refined Sketch Model

From the my sketch model in Module 1, I still keep the language of the repeating the padel-like units. Coming up with two different solution, the first basic unit is just like the pedal of the lamp, slotted together to become like a leaf by using fishing line. And second basic unit is created by square gauze, also I used fishing line tied in its centre to make it to be three-dimensional. By connecting the basic units with fishing lines/niddles, it starts to create smooth volume/surface.

Sketch model in Module 1

Refined sketch model of design proposal 1

Refined sketch model of design proposal 2

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Personal Space

In elevator, we analyze the personal space while people standing near a corner. A person needs to have a sideway-distance besides her arm to strangers’ arm as she needs to turn her body also head around.

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While the person stands facing to another corner, the personal space is along her body curves. Besides, as it may increase the eye contact with strangers (facing the door and standing besides a corner, mostly see others’ backs), the personal space is more important around the head.

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Precedent Research MAME’s “GUNDAM CHIC” Maiko Kurogouchi

Transpanrency, Reflaction, Lightweigtht, Connection

What is the concept of the precedent? [Maximum 5 key words]

Description of precedent This garmen is designed by a Janpanese fashion designer. Using clear plastic, it illustrates a sense of illusion by overlapping fifferent units and adding pattern on the plastic. The special reflection of the clear plastic gives it more depth. The plastic is connected by similar transparent lines, and this kind of flexible joints help the garmen to be flexible and lightweight.

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Precedent applied to design

Clear Plastic

How can you use this precedent to influence your design ?

We borrow the flexible connection method from that garmen and using clear plastic to create a feeling of lightweight. Also, trying to keep the same kind of feeling : keeping distance but still gentle.

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Precedent Research ATMOSPHERIC REENTRY Maiko Takeda

Spiking, Keeping distance, Future sense

What is the concept of the precedent? [Maximum 5 key words]

Description of precedent

The artist Maiko Takeda did the series “Atmospheric Reentry� in which he made very conceptual kind of bags and hats which have a bristled shape by layering printed clear film, sandwiched with acrylic discs and linked together with silver jump rings.

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Precedent applied to design

How can you use this precedent to influence your design ?

From this precedent, we borrowed more about how to create an atomosphere to keep distance rather than creating a garmen in a huge volume. Besides, using cold colors to emphasize the feeling of keeping distance.

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Design development - Version #1

In this design, focusing on the position and movements in elevator, we designed the garmen with one side more open/ transparent, which is the side facing corner, the other one more stand-out and blurred(by connecting more units), which is the one next to strangers.

Facing people’s side --more standout

Perspective view Facing corner’s side -- more flat

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Perspective

Top

Elevation

Front

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Design development - Version #2

Using lines to make the squre surface to twist then connecting them togher to create a simple smooth surface.

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Details of the garmen surface

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Prototype

Testing in the elevator,during wearing the garmen, I could see the outside from the more open side, and also when my head is down I could see floor too. However the most other parts are blurred. While I stand by different direction in the corner, my viewsight is differet.

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Testing Effects

We try to set up point light in different directions, to show the clear characteristics of plastic and to give the garmen more sense of clearity and depth.

We also try to use different colors reflectors, combining light to give it more atomosphere in dark room/ normal light space.

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Appendix How do we behave inside an elevator?. (2018). Astarlifts. Ascensores, Montacargas y Plataformas.. Retrieved 7 April 2018, from http://www.astarlifts.com/ en/blog-lifts/lifts-lifts/how-do-we-behave-inside-an-elevator# MAME’s “GUNDAM CHIC”. -. Retrieved from http://www.tokyofashiondiaries.com/mames-gundam-chic/ MAIKO TAKEDA. (2018). MAIKO TAKEDA. Retrieved 6 April 2018, from http://www.maikotakeda.com/

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