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Material,Manufacture and Prototypologies
Andrew Millar
Exercise 1Wire Door Handle
Barbed Wire “Barbed wire” twisted to create handle,
creating a hazardous handle.
SpringTakes shape when a solid wood handle
is inserted and used as a “key”.
CoilDouble twisted wire strength, coiled to
create a strong structure handle.
Twist, twist, twistLengthy length of wire.. twisted.. and twisted.. and twisted.. creating heavy
quality, sculptural handle.
Exercise 2Push / Pull - Clay, Foam, Other
Push or Pull?Foam model using subtle signals to
imply push or pull action. Depending on way it is displayed will
imply push or pull actions.
PushOne side encourages “pushing” by
using imprinted finger tips.
PullOther side contains “scores” to
encourage “grabbing” action, when offset from the door surface.
Push or Pull?Foam surfaces subtly suggesting
push or pull actions. Final suggested to be made from
memory foam material.
PushSoft, impressionable flat surface leaves
handprints from previous “pusher”.
PullOffset handle, with soft impressionable
surface, leaves fist prints from previous “puller”.
Push or Pull?Foam cut to create bending action.
Used for both push AND pull to tease users, creating fun or frustration.
PushOffset, simply bends with pushing
motion from user.
PullOffset, simply bends with pulling
motion from user.
Push or Pull?Clay surfaces subtly suggesting
push or pull actions. Final suggested to be made from
memory foam material.
Push or Pull?Offset soft impressionable door knob,
leaves previous grab marks.
Coffee FlatCoffee cup - cut lengthways, invites
push motion when base faces upwards.Cup fully flattens out under pressure
when pushed against with palm.Provides users with a satisfying
feedback to their action.
Coffee TwistCoffee cup - cut lengthways and
twisted, creating door knob style, inviting twisting dynamic action.
Exercise 3Prototyping for a Service
Service PrototypingIllustate users.
Designing an experience.HUMANS rather than abstract answer.
Mapping user experiences.Identifying touch points.
Role playing.Creating a storyboard.
User scenarios.Prototyping idea.
Smoking in DoorwaysMake smokers aware.
Smoke clouds in front area.Stay at entrance to be close to inside.
Creates a focal point.Smokers excluded by floor markings.
Smoking in Doorways1. Good possible location for smokers.
2. Through doors in to smoke clouds.3. Smokers in front of the building.
4. Smokers following areas with sun.
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Exercise 4Preserving for the Future
MemoryOrganism’s mental ability to store,
retain and recall information.
MnemonicMemory aid, artificially enhancing
memory, which can be verbal, kinetic, visual, auditory.
Art of MemoryVisual and spacial orientation, ordering and positioning images for recollecting.
Architectural MnemonicPlces words and images in allocated
“rooms,” recollecting by “walking” through the building.
Graphical MnemonicUse of signs and icons to enhance the
recollection of memory.
Textural MnemonicImages functioning like text to enhance
memory. Bit like shorthand, therefore not really memory - cheating!
Everything is Illuminated“The Collector” catalogues things in
“sandwich bags” and pins to walls.Collects tokens, documenting existence
of corresponding family members.“During the war, Jews used to hide
things in jars, and bury them”.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindTwo lovers can’t let go, therefore wipe
their memories clean of eachother. Regretting the descision, they hide in
other memories to try and combat the process, and remember.
Personal Memories...I store treasured things in a shoebox.
To anyone, the contents are worthless, however for me they are priceless.
The shoebox contains treasured items: small heilooms from grandparents;
home made gifts; “smells” - half smoked cigar and t-shirt;
letters from lovers; packages;
random token items.
Sensory Technologies: ArduinoProgrammable device, allowing you
to utilize digital and analog sensors to map various received information.
Digital - on / off (1/0).Analog - variable voltage (0 to 1024).
Actuators - for example can include LEDs, motors, relays, etc.
Serial Communication - for example can include GPS, bluetooth, Vmusic2, iPod,
USB, Wii, LCD, Blink M light, etc.
www.freeduino.orgwww.arduino.cc
Usman Haque - HauntTo give the feeling of a haunted house.
Uses no sensors other than the room space around the user.
Actuators - infrasound, humidity, temperature, air movement and
electro-magnets.
James Auger - People Blind Dates“Rent-a-body” concept, allowing users
to borrow an alternative body.A contract is drawn up between the user and the rented body, regarding
liability for any crimes committed.
Concept 1: “Google Walks”Users contribute their favourite walks
for others to see and follow. Using GPS or tracking mobile IMEI number, shows
where the user is situated, and can record / start the journey accompanied
with a podcast tour for path followers. Audio can be uploaded - music for
specific areas, or audio commentary of a memory, GPS / bluetooth prompted.
Mood can be caught, as the walk can be made visible at only specific times.
For example, my walk on the right is for winter evenings only, helping set the
scenery as it was during my memory. The project can also provide historical
information as well as personal.
Millenium Wheel:“Remember being taken up it for my 16th birthday... it was a dark January evening, and seeing London all lit up at night was totally breathtaking..”
“Was walking along here with an old girlfriend on a dead cold evening, and we shared a passionate kiss, over hearing remarks from passers-by..”
Great view of the “West End”
Embankment looks amazing at night...
View of the “City” - my father always mentions his “part” in building the Natwest tower...
Great relaxing spot here... basque in the glow of tblue lights...
Feel cultured, skip along to:Yann Tiersen:Les Jeurs Tristes
Give it “the bowl”: The Jam:Along the Riverfront
Hungry? Tas - yummy Turkish restaurant..
Champagne cork from my 18th birthday.
My grandfather’s ghastly “chav” ring!
Hated this job but it was a means to an end.
All I have left from my car, which I had to sell.Concept 2: Memory Box
Playing on the common method of storing items in shoe boxes.
User stores items individually, helping to retain hidden attributes,
such as smell. User’s can record information for
playback, giving personal insight into each individual item’s value.
Boxes can come in different sizes, and stack up for storage.
Could possibly be made of a strong plastic such as Polycarbonate, with a
tranluscent finish.
Concept 3: Haunted HouseMy own home has been around for
approximately 80 years.Many families have lived here, yet I
know nothing of any previous owners. Many new families will also reside in
my home, yet they will nothing of me. I would like to change this by working on
a way each family can document their stay in home, allowing future residents
to learn about previous habitants.This could be done photographically,
or could be more complex, resembling temperatures, smells, sounds, etc.
Walks
Requires:GPS technology
Internet connectioniTunes / podcast software
Google Walks SoftwareUser’s can upload and map routes or
tours of locations with personal or historic value with various media forms.
GPS traces user’s path through city, allowing them the opportunity to follow
the mapped route.
WalksWalksWalks
How to Google Walk
Uploading WalksUser starts the Google Walks software.
GPS technology tracks their route.Images / audio from exact position.
Walk is synced with music software.
Finding WalksUser accesses software for a route.
Prompted when near possible routes.Simply choose walk to follow.
“From a very young age my parents would take me to this exact spot to feed the ducks.. I always remember seeing the ducklings in the spring time...”
Walks
“Jack The Ripper” - Francis TumbletyLocated in Whitechapel
Available October - NovemberStarting after 7pm
Walks
Walks
“Where I Grew Up” - Andrew MillarLocated in South Park
Available all year roundStarting all day
“Where I Grew Up” - Podcast Test
“Cricklefield stadium, home of Ilford FC.. I used to catch the odd
Saturday game with my dad.. They once played Barcalona in 1923..”
“This was my school, South Park.. Making children’s lives miserable
since 1905..”
“This is the Ashgrove pub, where I first learnt pool.. Used to come here
with my dad when I was young.. He used to bribe me with pool games so
I would not tell mum..”
“Didn’t even know we had a football team! I would try out, but I am too good!”
“Wow... Did any famous people come here?!?!”
“Can’t believe your dad dragged you to this shit hole.. At least the GP is opposite for all the drunks..”
Photographic FilmPlastic sheet made of either
polyester, nitrocellulose or cellulose acetate, coated with an emulsion
containing light-sensitive silver halide salts, which form a latent image when
exposed to light, revealed by chemical processes, applied in filmdeveloping.
Magnetic TapeElectrical signal fed to the recording
head, inducing a pattern of magnetization similar to the signal.
A playback head can then pick up the changes in magnetic field from the tape
and convert it into an electrical signal.
Image sample... perhaps print this page on acetate...?
How it works
Recording ImagesWalls are coated in silver halides with an extremely SLOW speed, recording
stationary objects clear, and movement as a blur over a period of time.
Recording SoundMagnetic tape is fed into the walls,
recording occation split seconds of sound, with random playback.
Prototyping Concept
ImagesUsing an SLR film camera, set to Bulb (long exposure) in which the shutter is held down manually for desired length of time, recording movement as a blur.
Sound
Using garage band to record random sounds whilst I am at my desk, giving impression of magnetic tape in walls.