
Incident
Modern version of compass that leads to a journey in a familiar neighborhood
User Research, Form Design, Storytelling, 3D Modeling, 3D Rendering, 3D Animatoin, Film Photography
14 Weeks
Design Brief
Choose a product, interview people about the product, write a poem, extract ideal forms from own photographs, and redesign the product

Compass
Compas is a direction-finding device typically using magnetic property. Compass appeared as early as the 11th century. It is modernized in the 16th century and have became today's compass that people know of.
Interviewing People
how they feel about a compass or GPS and extracting keywords



Wondering
A poem written after interviews about a compass
What do I want to do?
Who do I want to be?
Where do I want to go?
How do I want to get there?
Everyone have their own opinion.
But how many time will we agree?
Can we meet in the middle?
I can go further if you can’t come to the middle.
I want to follow my passion.
Where it will lead me?
I hope it does not lead me to a dead end.
Let’s go outside to explore.
Filled with excitement,
I am ready to go through this vagueness.
I may end up in a same place at the end.
But I will be different.
After interviews and writing a poem, I went to take some film and digital photographs that represent keywords





Progressing with keywords and photographs






Many moments gather and create a journey
When I go around my neighborhood to photograph the keywords, my familiar neighborhood looks different through the camera's viewfinder; I realize more than one factor creates new insights or incidents.
Mostly an event does not happen by itself.





Initial gesture form
Final gesture form
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Application of gesture form into a product


Initial Digital modeling of Wonderer




Refining



