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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