STEP 3 MANIFESTING MATERIALS EXPERIENCE PATTERNS
FEATURES RESEARCH THROUGH USER STUDIES
DEFINITION OF MEANINGS
MATERIALS EXPERIENCE VISION STATEMENT
“We want that the user is involved in an authentic emotional bonding with the material because it is recognized as matter of time and of memories, filled with history and experience, like an artifact modeled by an artisan and subjected to the marks of time”
BRAINSTORMING & SEMANTIC RESEARCH
DEFINITION OF MEANINGS
Natural & Mild
FEATURES VISUALIZATION
roughness soft weak rounf shape dry opaque cold
natural
FEATURES VISUALIZATION
roughness soft fraigile lightweight dry transparent warm
mild
FEATURES VISUALIZATION
SHELL MIXED FEATURES NATURAL ELEMENTS INCLUSIONS MANUALLY SHAPING R O U G H N E S S , O PAQ U E , N OT REFLECTIVE NEUTRAL ROUNDED SHAPES COLOR PALLET FRAIGILE
STEP 4 DESIGNING PRODUCT CONCEPT
DESIGN PRODECT CONCEPT
How to integrate all the main findings into the design phase? Select some most interested keywords to speficy the potencial design concept. fraigile,roughness,natural feelings color pallet. How translate the patterns of features into physical products or materials? Find the existed materials or products which have the similar features and explore the common application of them through workshop,brainstorm. Which are the most potential and meaningful areas of application? Candle holder, connected to food, egg cup, packaging for food, jewellery, coaster, container like a penholder, frame,flower pot,lamp.
DESIGN PRODECT CONCEPT
MATERIALS
DESIGN PRODECT CONCEPT
CONCEPT 1 TECHNICAL PROPERTIES
EMOTIONAL IMPLICATIONS
- Mild, rough and organic feelings - Transparency with light - Unclosed structure (allowing more possibilities of light passing through) - Resistance to high temperature.
MANUALLY SHAPING ROUGHNESS, OPAQUE, NOT REFLECTIVE NEUTRAL ROUNDED SHAPES COLOR PALLET WARM
LAMP
DESIGN PRODECT CONCEPT MANUFACTURING PROCESS
DESIGN PRODECT CONCEPT
CONCEPT 1
extra values: riffuse reflection
DESIGN PRODECT CONCEPT
CONCEPT 2 TECHNICAL PROPERTIES
EMOTIONAL IMPLICATIONS
- Natural textures matching with multiple colors. - Solid, hard and permanent character - Degradable material giving easy acceess to tranplanting
ORIGINATED FROM FOOD-RESOURCES EVOKING SENSES OF SAFE AND NON-TOXIC The material is relatively warm, which feels nice when in contact with the body. Rough texture of its surface matches the feeling of cactus
FLOWERPOT
DESIGN PRODECT CONCEPT
CONCEPT 2
extra values: benifit for transplant.
DESIGN PRODECT CONCEPT PROCESS
DESIGN PRODECT CONCEPT PRODUCT GROUPS
NATURAL ELEMENTS INCLUSION:MANUALLY SHAPING ROUGHNESS, OPAQUE, NOT REFLECTIVE NEUTRAL ROUNDED SHAPES COLOR PALLET FRAIGILE
DESIGN PRODECT CONCEPT