Original Object:
1# Wood Board
hard
regular shaped
sharp (sometimes)
unbendable
grain
raw material
wood color
press not deformed
Emotions:
hardly feeling associated
2# Chair Pad
soft
diverse shape
fillet
thick
responsive
bendable
diverse color
press and deformed
Emotions:
more comfortable
cozy
relief
part of decoration
want to have more!
Manipulated Object
1# Wood Cushion
(what I thought)
seems hard
(actually soft)
seems rigid
(actually responsive)
regular shape
(could be formed)
grain + wood color
geometric pattern
Emotions:
another kind of comfort maybe?
2# Wood Cushion
(ideas from others)
Emotions:
interactive
playful
toy for pets (cats?)
game-like
poked
don’t want to sit on
…
The initial idea came from my curiosity of transforming the properties between “hard“ and “soft“. So I have seat cushion as my original object. Working with wood board, I’m trying to add another layer of information to the object which will make the soft cushion visually hard, but potentially responsive and deformed. I designed some possible patterns as a way to divide the wood board. Eventually, the wood pieces were attached to the cushion.
When my audiences first saw the new object, they thought it’s hard and wood made product. Then, I ask them to press on the surface of it. They realized it’s actually responsive and not “rigid“. I asked if they would still want to use it as a seat cushion. They said definitely “NO“ (it will poke them). Their suggestion is about how to make it playful and interactive, which also could be used for pets (they may want to stay on it).