Vibralink

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the project

  • Carry out a small research study through design. The design work is the driving force in the research work. The purpose is thus not only to investigate how something is today but to explore and design proposals for how something can or could be.

  • The scenario we chose a scenario called “The deep green wave”. Everyone is living in small self sufficient societies that aren’t depending on importation of goods. People are living within nature, but see themselves as separate from it.

  • We wanted to focus on nature and humans as equal. Therefore our focus was posthumanism and how to create a bridge between humans and nature.

The process

Duration

  • 1.5 months

Methods

  • Futures wheel

  • A day in a life

  • Sketching

  • Design experiment

  • Provotyping/prototyping

From the first sketches we realized that we had forgotten the posthumanist perspective, we started to focus less on how humans can understand the nature in terms of how they can be gained from it. Instead we focused on letting humans know that nature is as alive as they are.

  • "I feel lonely, like I don't belong here."

  • "I wonder how the earth feels today".

  • *Walking*

  • "The earths vibrations are so strong today! I can feel how much life there is around me."

  • "Being able to connect with nature makes me feel like I am part of something bigger than myself."

The end

concept

Vibralink is an alternative way to connect with nature and to decrease the feeling of alienation. The glove makes it possible for humans to feel the natural vibrations in nature. Vibralink does not give an indication of how natures mood, it only gives an indication of life.

Designers

Agnes M.

Product design student

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Andrea Å.

Product design student

A friend who I worked on this project with. Press the button below to view her portfolio.