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Meaning that everyone has their own thoughts and feelings that come with the experience. The use of people’s interaction can be a subtle way to let one create their own experience. Donald Norman wrote numerous books about design. In Emotional Design he explains how important the value of our emotions are in relation to a product. He tells a story about three tea pots he owns; all are teapots, but they’re not all that useful. Picture. The least used teapot is the tilted one. ‘But’ explains Norman; “it has the best story behind it.” Which
Fig. 4, Teapots, 2005, Emotional Design by D. Norman
can be a reason to like the teapot more than the other two. Everyone has their own preferences within products. (see fig. 4)(Norman, Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things 54) Do you have a favorite mock to drink from? Because it has a lot of volume? Or drinks lovely? Or does it have an emotional value? All good reasons to have a favorite product. My mock has a lovely touch, little texture but a smooth surface. Good comfortable handle to pick it up. Interaction is not only about emotions. The touch of an object is as important as the pull towards interacting.
Fig. 5, Flashback by Anish Kapoor, 1980 - 1998, manchesterartgallery.org
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Touch After seeing the work of Anish Kapoor at the Venice Art Biennale I noticed that the works where appealing to be touched. Of course, you couldn’t touch them but still. It was attractive to do so. (see fig. 5)(“Anish Kapoor: Flashback”) Within this project I am creating the need that objects are to be touched and lifted. Appealing to be touched. According to the research of Northeastern University the behavior of touch is highly individual. The research was about how and when people touch certain objects. Through UV light the researchers could see where the object was touched the most.
Losing My Balance
Interaction
