CLASS: good living in mixed reality
TERM: spring 10
I began this experiment with an article I found entitled, "Avatar Blues." The article states that some people who saw the movie, Avatar, were "experiencing depression and suicidal thoughts after seeing the film because they're longing to enjoy the beauty of the alien world Pandora." I set out to integrate this idea of how to cure the "Avatar Blues" with the use of a futuristic home design.
collages
I ventured into the world of the Pandora, utilizing the design methodology of creating collages, in order to flush out questions that could be answered through design. Through this, I found that I was primarily trying to mash both the Avatar world with our reality. A reoccurring theme in some of my initial collages were seeing a different world outside of your window. In my final collage, I created an outline for what would have become a kit, to let you remember the Avatar world of Pandora. This kit included things like, blue paint, 3-D contacts, a hammock, some colored light bulbs, etc.
I took the idea of the kit and pushed it one step further. I tried to become the person who would want this sort of kit in their household. I really started to hone in on specifics about this fictitious character, Dennis... How would he modify his house? Was he rich or poor? What specifically, did he enjoy the most about the Na'vi characters in the movie?
the presentation
the short film
presentation photos
artifact details
My intent was for this to spark a conversation about how to walk the line between reality and a fictitious world in various movies. I really wanted to figure out how this can be done in the future home.
What did I learn?
The biggest thing I took away from this project was a new methodology of exploring different inquiries to create design projects out of.
"Well, what now?" is a quote from our professor, Ben Hooker, that is going to stick with me. To leave the questions just open enough to create more design projects based off of the last, is something that I have struggled with throughout the term. But I have now learned, to be aware of those faults and try to continue to evolve projects by asking, "what's next?" The more iterations you can go through, the more refined a project can be. Not only can the project become more refined, it may open up new questions/tangents for you to further explore.
TERM: spring 10
I began this experiment with an article I found entitled, "Avatar Blues." The article states that some people who saw the movie, Avatar, were "experiencing depression and suicidal thoughts after seeing the film because they're longing to enjoy the beauty of the alien world Pandora." I set out to integrate this idea of how to cure the "Avatar Blues" with the use of a futuristic home design.
collages
I ventured into the world of the Pandora, utilizing the design methodology of creating collages, in order to flush out questions that could be answered through design. Through this, I found that I was primarily trying to mash both the Avatar world with our reality. A reoccurring theme in some of my initial collages were seeing a different world outside of your window. In my final collage, I created an outline for what would have become a kit, to let you remember the Avatar world of Pandora. This kit included things like, blue paint, 3-D contacts, a hammock, some colored light bulbs, etc.
I took the idea of the kit and pushed it one step further. I tried to become the person who would want this sort of kit in their household. I really started to hone in on specifics about this fictitious character, Dennis... How would he modify his house? Was he rich or poor? What specifically, did he enjoy the most about the Na'vi characters in the movie?
the presentation
the short film
presentation photos
artifact details
My intent was for this to spark a conversation about how to walk the line between reality and a fictitious world in various movies. I really wanted to figure out how this can be done in the future home.
What did I learn?
The biggest thing I took away from this project was a new methodology of exploring different inquiries to create design projects out of.
"Well, what now?" is a quote from our professor, Ben Hooker, that is going to stick with me. To leave the questions just open enough to create more design projects based off of the last, is something that I have struggled with throughout the term. But I have now learned, to be aware of those faults and try to continue to evolve projects by asking, "what's next?" The more iterations you can go through, the more refined a project can be. Not only can the project become more refined, it may open up new questions/tangents for you to further explore.