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JESSICA DE TROIJE
PRODUCT DESIGN
EXAMPLES CONTEMPORARY TECHNOLOGIES
1. MULTI TOUCH GESTURE
by Gabrielè Meldaikyte
INFORMATION FROM DESIGNER
There are five multi-touch gestures forming the language we use between our fingers and iPhone screens. This is the way we communicate, navigate and give commands to our iPhones.
Nowadays, finger gestures like tap / scroll / flick / swipe / pinch are considered to be 'signatures' of the Apple iPhone. I believe that in ten years or so these gestures will completely change. Therefore, my aim is to perpetuate them so they become accessible for future generations.
I have translated this interface language of communication into 3D objects which mimic every multi-touch gesture. My project is an interactive experience, where visitors can play, learn and be part of the exhibition.
Pinch
Tap
Scroll
Flick
Swipe
2. REAL LIFE INSTAGRAM
by Bruno Ribeiro
INFORMATION FROM DESIGNMILK
Traditional photography with actual cameras has gone way of the handy camera we all have on our smartphones. It also seems we can’t avoid slapping a filter on it via some photo app and sharing it on every social network out there. Instagram is the leader of the pack when it comes to photos, filters, and sharing and London-based Bruno Ribeiro decided to take the idea into the real world with his series of photos called Real Life Instagram. Because we all know how difficult it is to disconnect the digital world from the every day, mundane analog one.
3. Desktop Fireworks
by Tomomi Sayuda
INFORMATION FROM DESIGNER
‘Desktop Fireworks’ is a digital art piece about how I can deliver some positivity in a stressful work environment. ‘Desktop Fireworks’ looks like an ordinal set of office stationary, at glance. However, it has alternative special hidden functions for surprises. Having spent time working stressfully, 'Desktop Fireworks' enables you to celebrate. By pressing the big Emergency style button, A tape cutter, a mug releases an orchestra of light, small desktop drawers play music and bubbles, bookends and small notice boards releases confetti. Those continuous automated entertaining elements create surprises and give personal celebration at the end of stressful days. Psychological stress affects many people. The causes can be varied. An unexpected delightful surprise can uplift moods and emotions. 'Desktop Fireworks'; is an alternative office stationary.
In Japan, high suicide rates due to work stress are one of the biggest social problems. My father, Kenichi Sayuda committed suicide in 1995 aged 37 because of work related stress. Since then, I have been naturally fascinated by stress relieving solutions. In addition, our daily lives have strong contrast in the day – work- and night -play- traditionally. There are words of ‘Hare’ (sacred) and ‘Ke’(secular), which we often use to describe our cultural contrasts in daily life and unusual days. I would like to represent the strong contrast in the daily life in the office, and opposite exciting elements for entertainments such as fireworks, which is popular in Japan as summer night festival. Those two opposite elements always need to live together, particularly in hard work societies. Therefore I hide my entertainment elements inside practical modern office stationary and create contrasts and surprises to uplift human emotion.
