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 I made one case study by following the events around a particularly violent storm on January 18, 2007 in the Netherlands.\\
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 == Working process and results.==
-This research gave me a much richer picture of meteorology, global systems and safety engineering.
+This research gave me a much richer picture of meteorology, global systems, safety engineering, character design and storytelling.
 The list of weather catastrophes:
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   * 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, tackling the debate around climate change from a new perspective. This became a working strategy. Switching to tourism (forest-fire cuisine), eco-art (edibleTRG), food-politics (beggar bumper) and alternative fuels (cowpod).
+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, tackling the debate around climate change from a new perspective. This became a working strategy. Switching to tourism (forest-fire cuisine), eco-art (edibleTRG), food-politics (beggar bumper) and alternative fuels (cowpod). Some inventions work better as a story, when the dynamics of its use are important. Others work just as a concept.
 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.
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   * 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.
+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.
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 ==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 style of drawing that was applied and the scale of working.
-The public responded well to presentations. Finding unlikely combinations, unlikely threats or solutions seemed powerful tools for connecting with people. Also a good description of the invention works. The imagery may work better in full-color.
+The public responded well to presentations. Finding unlikely combinations, unlikely threats or solutions seemed powerful tools for connecting with people. Also a good name for the invention works. The imagery may work better in full-color.