Intention

Studying things around us

The purpose of writing a daily diary on the design of everyday objects is to revisit the importance of design logic in everyday life. The ease of use of tools/the physical environment that we take for granted should once again be revisited and highlighted. There is so much that can be learned from the history of making and its inherent/intuitive design intentions. The value of design is through its “horizontal” thinking, created from the linking of ideas that are not obviously related but are connected through the purpose of problem solving. In order to enhance chances of making these relations for creative resolutions, one must take a visit down the dictionary or database of existing objects and designs. But again, the point is, an object should be studied so that it is not limited by its current application. I should question how to take the object out of its current context, and apply it somewhere else. As a preliminary outline of the study:

Observations: how does it operate? how does the tool function to make that operation? What is its current application? How does it interact with humans? What is the history/origin

Analysis: how can the design be broken down? How might we deduce the design intent? How does the design physically function with humans? How might it be summarized as design intents?

Decontextualization: where else can this tool be operated or be incorporated, regardless of actual functionality?

Redesign case study: apply the tool in another case?