SAM_MICHELLE M2

SAM HORWOOD | MICHELLE CURNOW

M 2 S U B M I S S I O NS A M H O R W O O D | M I C H E L L E C U R N O W

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I N I T I A L I D E A S

Our initial ideas were based on movement

We found our what the limits of one’s personal space is and focussed on how we react to that

We looked into both physical and emotional reactions in animals when under the fight or flight hormones

We looked at how dogs produce hackles when feel-ing threatened and we found similarities between this reaction and goosebumps in us

Our blood pressure rises and we tense our muscles to seem bigger to our enemies


F I R S T A T T E M P T

Our initial ideas led to this first design of a second skin

The idea behind the design was the reaction to the invasion of your personal space inflating and producing spikes.

However, this was a too literal approach to the idea of personal space

We needed to stop thinking about our systems and return to our ideas of personal space and develop an abstract concept of design from this


A B S T R A C T D E S I G N

We went back to the drawing board and looked into our definitions of personal space

We wanted to change our focus from strickly a reaction based design to one that also represented the feeling of invasion

Our concept was looking into crowded spaces, in particular a busy tram

When under these circumstances the reality of personal space diminishes drastically, we are left with very little room to move physical

From our research and experience we know that our prefered personal space is much larger

This creates emotional responses that we can’t control, frustration, loss of control and a desire to escape

Physically we get hot, sweaty and confined.

Our idea is to show how our personal space shifts from a circle around us to the only place in can find, up and out


A B S T R A C T D E S I G N

This is our 3D representation of our two different states of personal space

The first being the reality of our physical personal space when on a busy tram or train

The second being the compromise of personal space when confined to this situation

Personal space rises up to escape the awkward feelings both physically and emotionally of being trapped

The twisted non-smooth surface representing any space you can find between the crowd

Compromise

Reality


F O R M U L A T I N G S E C O N D S K I N

The design starts with what we are calling THE CAGE

The cage represents the reality of being confined on a crowded tram not able to move your arms

The jaggered edges of the cage represent both the emotional concept of being frustrated as well as your personal space trying to escape wherever it can

The pieces coming off the cage do follow any pattern in size or form as we imagined the personal space escaping would be uneven everytime

The ball of personal of personal space we imagined rising from the body flourishing above the head up into the free open space

the spikes represent the freedom and final stage of the escape of the personal space to infity and beyond!


P R O T O T Y P E


W H E R E T O N E X T ?

Materials need to be refined

The boxboard used for the cage was too thin creating a flimsy model that was hard to work with

We used a soildering iron for the first attempt but did not seal the fabric perfect which is why tape was used in the prototype

We need to find a more efficient way of sealing that works easily

The cage was found to be a little short to fully represent the effect of personal space thus when recreating we would like to have almost a full torso cage to use

We want to look more into the colour of the materials we are using as a secondary representation of the emotional response

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