What does this object mean to you?
Bialetti Moka Express is the first and only coffee maker I have since I’ve been to the States. I’m originally from China. Although I enjoy the moment of having a cup of coffee, there’s little chance for people to make quick and relatively good coffee by themselves. So most of the time, my experience was linked with Starbucks or Costa back in China. But now, I can do it myself and it will only take me around 3 minutes in the morning. When I’m free during the weekends, I’d like to explore some other coffee drinks with this pot (matcha coffee etc.). Overall, it means a lot to me and have become part of my life.
What if we looked at all objects,people,thoughts, and things in the world this way?
It would be fun to look at tons of objects this way. I’m always fascinated about the secrecy behind objects following a kind of mechanism. Smart phones, cameras, watches, printers… It’s curious for me to think the way they work diagrammatically. For instance, for the coffee maker, it is the vaporized water that triggers the coffee making process. Besides, it’s also pretty enjoyable for me to express this experience by drawing those little guys taking thermal bath in the pot. I think by looking at them in this way makes them livelier and associated with our life.
When would we need to look at the world this way?
Whenever we need to deal with a machine-like object to fulfill certain purpose by following several steps
Has the meaning of this object changed?
Yes, for sure. Although I use the pot almost every day, and I disassemble and reassemble it every time, I’ve never looked at it this carefully. I feel now I’m getting to know it better and becoming more associated with it.
/img.1 real object-process of reading of it-3D modeling of it/
/img.2 finished poster/