Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Both sides previous revision Previous revision Next revision | Previous revision Next revisionBoth sides next revision | ||
research_report_theun_karelse [2008-02-21 20:05] – theunkarelse | research_report_theun_karelse [2008-02-21 20:30] – theunkarelse | ||
---|---|---|---|
Line 144: | Line 144: | ||
This project was born out-off a conversation about designing clothes for extreme weather conditions. I expected to have a range of clothing items that would be suited to surviving specific meteorological threats. These would be either drawn or prototyped. These designs should be funny, so this implied they probably would be impracticable to some extent. To show the use of the inventions I imagined short stories and perhaps a collection of stories would be the end product. Another angle of creating a character would be to see how it can function as merchandise or how it can be weaved into the realities of FoAM. | This project was born out-off a conversation about designing clothes for extreme weather conditions. I expected to have a range of clothing items that would be suited to surviving specific meteorological threats. These would be either drawn or prototyped. These designs should be funny, so this implied they probably would be impracticable to some extent. To show the use of the inventions I imagined short stories and perhaps a collection of stories would be the end product. Another angle of creating a character would be to see how it can function as merchandise or how it can be weaved into the realities of FoAM. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
Line 179: | Line 181: | ||
- | == Justification of the methodology, the strength of physical experiments. == | + | == Justification of the methodology; the strength of physical experiments. == |
One person in particular inspired me to design these strange contraptions; | One person in particular inspired me to design these strange contraptions; | ||
- | Giving environmental problems a direct physical presence for people is one of the great obstacles within the debate. Things happen too slow to see and feel, but extreme weather that is associated with climate change is very tangible. Although it is too big to bring to peoples physical reality, like Saint Francis of Assisi often did, tsunamipants | + | Giving environmental problems a direct physical presence for people is one of the great obstacles within the debate. Things happen too slow to see and feel, but extreme weather that is associated with climate change is very tangible. Although it is too big to bring to peoples physical reality, like Saint Francis of Assisi often did, Tsunamipants |
Line 192: | Line 194: | ||
I made one case study by following the events around a particularly violent storm on January 18, 2007 in the Netherlands.\\ | I made one case study by following the events around a particularly violent storm on January 18, 2007 in the Netherlands.\\ | ||
[[Storm]] | [[Storm]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
Line 203: | Line 209: | ||
== Working process and results.== | == Working process and results.== | ||
- | This research gave me a much richer picture of meteorology, | + | This research gave me a much richer picture of meteorology, |
The list of weather catastrophes: | The list of weather catastrophes: | ||
Line 254: | Line 260: | ||
* many superheroes got their power in accidents so this might create opportunities for those supernaturally inclined. | * many superheroes got their power in accidents so this might create opportunities for those supernaturally inclined. | ||
- | What became apparent during the Tsunamipants project is the constant need for new angles. The first design was for a piece of clothing that can help to survive a disaster; the Tsunamipants. You can go on creating more designs for clothing, but the novelty wears off soon. So I moved to SUV-s with the Inflatable-hummer, | + | What became apparent during the Tsunamipants project is the constant need for new angles. The first design was for a piece of clothing that can help to survive a disaster; the Tsunamipants. You can go on creating more designs for clothing, but the novelty wears off soon. So I moved to SUV-s with the Inflatable-hummer, |
During the work a person was created to give the project a unified base. This greatly improved the narrative potential and engagement for the project. | During the work a person was created to give the project a unified base. This greatly improved the narrative potential and engagement for the project. | ||
Line 298: | Line 304: | ||
* Disease: this secondary effect of bad weather conditions is in third place. Because not all medicine falls into this category. | * Disease: this secondary effect of bad weather conditions is in third place. Because not all medicine falls into this category. | ||
* Drowning: and other water related risks are very big business for offshore and recreational purposes. | * Drowning: and other water related risks are very big business for offshore and recreational purposes. | ||
+ | |||
+ | From my research into survival engineering it became apparent that there are some areas of design that produce particularly attractive objects: | ||
+ | * Designs that offer protection to the head or part of the face, especially the nose. | ||
+ | * Things that offer escape from large structures. | ||
+ | * Off-shore safety devices. | ||
+ | * Tools for signaling and navigation. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
Line 332: | Line 346: | ||
==Public response. == | ==Public response. == | ||
- | The design of Martin with a bad haircut, slightly overweight and big was intended to place him as a very ordinary guy. But some members of the public have commented that they found it difficult to feel sympathy for him. During the process Martin sometimes devolved somewhat into a bum. He sometimes became more of a caricature, this was largely due to the style of drawing that was applied and the scale of working. | + | The design of Martin with a bad haircut, slightly overweight and big was intended to place him as a very ordinary guy. But some members of the public have commented that they found it difficult to feel sympathy for him. During the process Martin sometimes devolved somewhat into a bum. He sometimes became more of a caricature, this was largely due to the linear |
- | The public responded well to presentations. Finding unlikely combinations, | + | The public responded well to presentations. Finding unlikely combinations, |