Simultaneous Products Series
Sharp times
A clock is one of the solutions to measure time, and we live by objective laws, do we always have the same perception of time? There will be times when we ramble and let time flow by unnoticed and times when we feel that we are waiting for a long time before the important time comes. In Chinese, there are two words, ‘XU DU GUANG YIN’ and ‘MING CHA QIU HAO’, the latter meaning not only time, but also a keen sense of being able to pay attention to the subtle changes in things. On the other hand, we believe that the word "GUANGYIN" means the flow of time, not the specific passage of time. Summarising the above, I have designed two clocks.
About Simultaneous Products
My research at university level was on the expression of emotions on the edge in everyday product design, which simply falls under the category of discursive design. We often talk about solving problems with design, and nowadays, the design of everyday objects is full of ingenious ideas that bring us pleasure by solving practical problems in use, and that enable us to perceive - use - feel a series of actions. It seems to me that these everyday objects are designing the way we use them, designing our behaviour. I can't help but think that humans are conscious creatures, we have seven emotions, and these emotions accompany our every action and every word in our daily speech and actions. What if some adjectives were added to the process of "problem solving"? It was with this in mind that I began my research project at the Graduate School.
In product design, Design for Minorities is a way of thinking about design with social concern. Is there a marginal area of the spirit among the physically and mentally able, a corner of the world that universal design thinking has failed to notice? As a highly circulated commodity, it is an ironclad rule that more people will accept it, but this is only the design logic of highly circulated commodities. Joining the discussion as an academic, the design of the edge area may also be useful as some reference to aid thinking.
What is the edge? In first year I would explain it as the individual's perception of their own hobbies and habits that contradict the majority. For example, in a society that is used to boiling water, a person like me, who likes to drink ice-cold water, will for a period of time have this limbo mentality: if there is a cup that keeps the temperature in, why not one that dissipates it quickly? Such thoughts. When I was doing my final project in second year, I broke down behaviour through the axes of time and space. An action in a behavioural process triggers a number of additional behaviours or generators for which the individual tends to make a judgement: coordination or antagonism? Such two directions determine the individual's next action. The moment when this judgement of coordination or opposition is issued, I consider him to be a liminal state.
In product design, Design for Minorities is a way of thinking about design with social concern. Is there a marginal area of the spirit among the physically and mentally able, a corner of the world that universal design thinking has failed to notice? As a highly circulated commodity, it is an ironclad rule that more people will accept it, but this is only the design logic of highly circulated commodities. Joining the discussion as an academic, the design of the edge area may also be useful as some reference to aid thinking.
What is the edge? In first year I would explain it as the individual's perception of their own hobbies and habits that contradict the majority. For example, in a society that is used to boiling water, a person like me, who likes to drink ice-cold water, will for a period of time have this limbo mentality: if there is a cup that keeps the temperature in, why not one that dissipates it quickly? Such thoughts. When I was doing my final project in second year, I broke down behaviour through the axes of time and space. An action in a behavioural process triggers a number of additional behaviours or generators for which the individual tends to make a judgement: coordination or antagonism? Such two directions determine the individual's next action. The moment when this judgement of coordination or opposition is issued, I consider him to be a liminal state.
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It is fundamental to harmonize functional or psychological rationality with aesthetics and to take into adequate consideration the ergonomics of the process of use. However, I have noticed that the large beer mugs often used in pubs are heavy and difficult to drink from, not because of their ergonomics, but because of how we feel when we drink. Drinking beer is generally thought to be a "solution" to the "problem" of being thirsty and wanting to drink beer, but the adjectival existence of a large mug of beer raises the value of the beer itself, and before solving the problem of being thirsty and wanting to drink, the human feeling of "chugging a large mug of beer" is included. Does the inclusion of the feeling promote human behavior?
So, using the expression formed by adding an adjective before the problem is solved, it occurred to me what might happen to other everyday items. Therefore, I came up with the term "Simultaneous Products". The goal is to express the emotions of the moment, and to do so in a series of works. For this project, I designed products that express two opposing emotions in six different themes: storage, smoking, measuring, sleeping, speaking and appreciation.
So, using the expression formed by adding an adjective before the problem is solved, it occurred to me what might happen to other everyday items. Therefore, I came up with the term "Simultaneous Products". The goal is to express the emotions of the moment, and to do so in a series of works. For this project, I designed products that express two opposing emotions in six different themes: storage, smoking, measuring, sleeping, speaking and appreciation.
There is another reason that prompted this production. I think that in China, where fast economic development through strong government administration has become the country's primary goal, excessive consumerism has occurred and with it a single aesthetic has narrowed the creativity of society. In the process of my coming from China to study in Japan and having a new awareness of product design, I became strongly aware of speculative thinking and started my master's research on speculative design. In this context, there are many designs that make people reflect on the environment, politics and law in the far future by discussing them. If the social responsibility behind these works is to help us as design researchers understand and foster contemplative thinking in non-specialists, are these themes maybe too serious? We want people to think about the development of society from their own lives by observing the things they touch everyday and the small possibilities they open up.
My own understanding of the term "parallel world". It is often said that parallel worlds exist objectively, but I believe that their existence is not spatial after all, but rather that each moment of decision appears to be a multiple parallel world, and that if we accumulate the act of entering one of these worlds, we build it into our lives. This is how we understand 'parallel worlds', as the layers of branches become the spine that supports life.
My own understanding of the term "parallel world". It is often said that parallel worlds exist objectively, but I believe that their existence is not spatial after all, but rather that each moment of decision appears to be a multiple parallel world, and that if we accumulate the act of entering one of these worlds, we build it into our lives. This is how we understand 'parallel worlds', as the layers of branches become the spine that supports life.
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In the future, we imagine that a growing proportion of the market will be made up of individual brands, such as jewellery and fashion designers, who develop and sell their products on a small scale, including through D2C channels. This idea is not to deny the traditional design thinking, but to add a new way of thinking.
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