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== NOTATIONS == | == NOTATIONS == | ||
'' | '''First Idea''' | ||
My first idea was to use a light sensor to capture the closing and opening of my fridge door during breakfast preparation. | |||
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File:fridge-setup.jpg|set-up | |||
File:fridge-result.jpg|visualisation | |||
</gallery> | |||
This could serve as a device to monitor your workflow in the kitchen; it could help to minimise the time the fridge door is open and thereby decrease the consumption of energy. | |||
'''Second Idea''' | |||
Then I thought of using the light sensor to capture the emptying of a glass. | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:glass-setup.jpg|set-up | |||
File:glass-setup2.jpg|set-up with sensor | |||
File:glass-result.jpg|visualisation | |||
</gallery> | |||
It could be a device used in bars: When the glass empties the bar man is notified to take a new order. Or the amount of what you've drunken is monitored for payment afterwards. Or to prevent drinking to much. Or it could be used in a drinking game. | |||
'''Third Idea''' | |||
Here I captured shady areas with a light sensor while walking around at night. | |||
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File:bag-setup.jpg|set-up | |||
</gallery> | |||
'''Fourth Idea''' | |||
Finally I wanted to capture the hopping from one channel to another with a light sensor. | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:remote-setup.jpg|set-up | |||
</gallery> | |||
== STORY TELLING == | == STORY TELLING == | ||
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''To see the whole mind map follow the link below.'' | ''To see the whole mind map follow the link below.'' | ||
[[Media:mind-map-mirror. | [[Media:mind-map-mirror-total.jpg]] | ||
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I created the kit with the purpose of gathering information about how people use mirrors regarding the above-mentionend aspects: self-perception, vanity and imagination. | I created the kit with the purpose of gathering information about how people use mirrors regarding the above-mentionend aspects: self-perception, vanity and imagination. | ||
The kit includes a questionnaire, a diary, post-its and a disposable camera | The kit includes a questionnaire, a diary, post-its and a disposable camera and I gave it to four persons for a period of four days. | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:cultural-probes-kit.jpg|kit | File:cultural-probes-kit.jpg|kit | ||
File:cultural- | File:cultural-probe-briefing.jpg|briefing | ||
File:cultural-probes-diary.jpg|diary & questionnaire | File:cultural-probes-diary.jpg|diary & questionnaire | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
<u>Briefing</u> | |||
Additional to the oral briefing I attached a written one as a possibility to look the information up. These were the tasks: | |||
:# Complete the information on the sheet „trying a shot in the dark“. | |||
:# Use the diary for three days beginning on thursday. Capture your use of mirrors.<br />When did you use it? ''Write down the time.''<br />What kind of mirror is it? ''Mark it with a cross.''<br />Where is the mirror/where do you use it? ''Mark it with a cross.''<br />Why did you use it (e.g. doing your make-up, tooth brushing, happened to look in it while lacing your shoes)? ''Write it down.''<br />What have you done before? And afterwards? ''Write it down.'' | |||
:# Take pictures of your use of mirrors. ''A disposable camera is enclosed.'' | |||
:# Write down or draw on the post-its if there‘s a difference between what you saw and what you wished to see. (Bad hair day?) ''Stick the notes in the diary.'' | |||
:# Return the kit. | |||
<u>Questionnaire</u> | |||
With the questionnaire "trying a shot in the dark" I wanted to create a form that differs from tradtional surveys. My approach was to trigger answers by making claims about the person and ask him/her to say what he/she thinks about it. I wanted to offer the possibility to become creative filling out the form and have fun doing so. | |||
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File:questionnaire-mirror-alex.jpg|Alex | |||
File:questionnaire-mirror-wiebke.jpg|Wiebke | |||
File:questionnaire-mirror-raphael.jpg|Raphael | |||
</gallery> | |||
The fourth person forgot to fill it out. | |||
<u>Diary & Photographs</u> | |||
The participants took pictures for four days. They captured everything from everyday routine to coincidental glimpses, they shared their current mood or hid behind their activity. And they showed me that even shadows can be interpreted as mirror images. | |||
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File:photograph-mirror-alex.jpg|Alex | |||
File:photograph-mirror-wiebke.jpg|Wiebke | |||
File:photograph-mirror-raphael.jpg|Raphael | |||
File:photograph-mirror-sophie.jpg|Sophie | |||
</gallery> | |||
In the following I attached some extracts from the diaries. I found it quiet extraordinary how much I actually got to know about the person's lifes. | |||
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File:diary-mirror-alex.jpg|Alex | |||
File:diary-mirror-wiebke.jpg|Wiebke | |||
File:diary-mirror-wiebke2.jpg|Wiebke (some thoughts) | |||
File:diary-mirror-raphael.jpg|Raphael | |||
File:diary-mirror-sophie.jpg|Sophie | |||
</gallery> | |||
There was a diversity of motivations for looking in the mirror: | |||
*checking one's outfit, | |||
*checking one's tiredness, | |||
*fighting one's self-doubts, | |||
*for practical reasons, | |||
*well... the mirror was there | |||
*and so on. | |||
But most striking is the fact that almost all of them stated in one way or another that they sometimes wished not to see their reflection or that it was totally unnecessary to look in the mirror. | |||
'''Video Mock-Up''' | |||
With the video mock-up I seized on the idea of a mirror that can refuse to give a mirror image. But for narrative reasons I settled on a more traditional concept of being able to set a mirror to 'mute'. | |||
' | Wouldn't it be great to decide wether a mirror shows one's reflection or not? | ||
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== DESIGN NOIR == | == DESIGN NOIR == | ||
'' | '''Talk''' | ||
Jeonghoon Cha and I held a talk on the book "Design Noir" written by Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby. If you're interested in the topic, simply check the [[Media:Talk-Design-Noir.pdf|presentation paper]] for some more information. |
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