LEARNING CYCLE 2: INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT: INTIMACY

Question:

“The way we communicate, exchange and interact has been drastically transformed as part of the constantly evolving digital landscape of information age. In the Cycle2 brief we ask you to engage with the notion of intimacy and create ideas, products, demonstrations that respond to the technologically mediated world. We are interested in human-centric solutions that critically engage not only with issues but also with new potentials of human intimacy. We want that you are sensitive to one of the current emerging debates in the world of sustainability, smart products and cities, open source movement, environmental conditions, global epidemics or expansion of human cognition/condition. Is there situations where intimacy has been lost, is there a way to re-cover it or can we invent new solutions where novel ways of intimacy may be created? Analyse, speculate and re-think values and solutions. Explore the potentials and strength of your interdisciplinary team and produce a practical solution that is future sensitive yet offer thought-provoking insight to the world we live in.”

Introduction – what is intimacy

Intimacy

The Space in Me

There is a different definition of intimacy for everyone, indoors, outdoors, a specific space, a specific item, a song, a smell, almost everything can be related to an individual to feel intimate. But for most of us, there is a particular space that we feel intimate in, as the outside reflects what we feel inside of us.

Our group has decided to go down this direction, and our project is called ‘Space in Me’. We have taken the objective and decided to look into the spaces that are intimate to each and everyone one of us.

History

Everyone have this image in their head about the perfect home for them, it doesn't matter if it is rich in space, colour, plantation, technology etc. everyone have this image. What if you had the chance to design your own? How would you fill the place up? with your favourate drinks? with big tv, a collection of games? with endless supply of snacks?

I will fill it up with things that make me feel safe.

I made a collection of images as a moodboard showing the features I would like for my space

The group then got togehter and talked about how we want to design our spaces, Noor have a background in Interior, I helped Ansbert to create his space in 3D from his moodboard and a meeting to define all details.

I then helped everyone with their 3D animation flythrough in the end to connect the project.