Smoker's Ornament
The purpose of the course was an examination and speculation of technologies as they relate to Embodied Interaction. This examination covers ethical and social influences. We had the opportunity to investigate ways of transforming our physical selves and environments.
We examined the impact of smoking on the human body. Our unbiased curiosity was directed towards the colliding materials such as flesh, smoke, tar, oxygen over the time. Our aim was not to point out the harmfulness of smoking, but to look at the subject from an aesthetic and symbolic point of view.
During the abstract imitation of this invisible process, we tried to capture significant aspects both visually and conceptually, such as the factor of time in a continuous process, the representation of transience, the intimacy of this embodied interaction and the perception of value.
Lost and found: by decay, true value becomes recognizable.
I thank Shubham Kesharwani for the exciting collaboration.
The project was created in his exchange semester at the ZHdK and he continues to study at the National Institute of Design in India.
The project was created in his exchange semester at the ZHdK and he continues to study at the National Institute of Design in India.
first prototype
the wires were an attempt to increase the volume
first experiments with cotton candy
hollow 3D printed parts covered with cotton candy
after contact with smoke
prototype without gold
3D plastic, sugar and golden color
close-up
The golden wire obscures the tube system through which the smoke is pumped into the amuelet. The connection is hidden at the neck part.
the relative freedom over one's habits
The LEDs inside the cocoon pulses with the rhythm of breathing
