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Team 7

Lili Miklós
Karim Zerourou

  • tutorials 16.06

    By

    Lili Miklós

    our progress

    • all missing parts are coming today, so we can start assembling tomorrow
    • code works in general, some tweaks will have to be made once it has its fixed spot on the chair
    • demonstration:

    chair sewing pattern:

    • we made a bunch of iterations and prototypes in paper
    • looked at different joining methods with our rods
    • debated aspects and forms we like
    • looked at how fabric behaves when folded, and how it should look like
    • came to a sewing pattern

    what we would like to have feedback on:

    • the name of our project
    • what aspect we should spotlight in our storytelling

    next up:

    • bending the rods
    • assembling the steel parts, welding
    • finish the programming
    • fix motor& sensors on the chair to start testing
    • make a 1:1 chair fabric prototype and test
    • make final chair fabric

  • feedback 05.06

    By

    Lili Miklós

    progress

    • explored some shapes (and more)
    • ordered all parts
    • had a meeting at Coding Lab and tried out the motor
    • started programming

  • tutorial 26.05

    By

    Lili Miklós

    and

    Karim Zerourou

    reality check post design freeze and settling for a design:

    what we liked about our idea:
    – movement as a factor in social dynamics
    – our chair having “a mind of its own”
    – our chair reminding the user they’re not the on in control

    but:
    – our original idea was too complicated
    – we struggled to take necessary next steps in the design process
    – feedback: reduce and focus on one movement/aspect of interest

    after talking and sitting with the feedback we got:

    a chair that senses your presence and reacts – making itself unsittable

    Karim modelled different mechanics:

    • we had several meetings with Mathias and decided on mechanics
    • as well as meetings with electronics & microcontroller professors
    • we looked at samples for the fabric of the chair
    • wrote a shopping list and ordered parts
    • built models
    • and tried out the programming small scale

    motor starts if less then 5cm from ultrasonic sensor – waits 10 seconds – starts in the other direction – cycle complete

    next steps:

    • measuring the mechanics to order the base of the chair
    • working on the programming
    • testing

  • tutorials 12.05

    By

    Lili Miklós

    and

    Karim Zerourou

    after our design freeze presentation:

    main takeaways:
    – our interest lies not in the social relationship between 2 people but in the relationship between object and person

    https://canva.link/cpcblp16hw33jfn


  • feedback 15.04.

    By

    Lili Miklós

    concept: when our social battery is empty, it is difficult to disengage.


    our installation should create a fluid and comforting space that makes it easier, and puts emphasis on this transition.


    our main issue right now is having difficulty in how to translate this into an object:


    ways of breaking up a social situation through an outside factor:
    A: distance
    B: turning away (not enough)
    C: a shield or fabric (too obvious)
    D: loud sound (breaks the moment too much)
    C: changing position e.g. laying down (i think it’s not enough)


    in the end a combination of these factors could probably be a solution, but we feel stuck and would like some input in which direction to go.

    if the motorized chairs were interesting to the tutors, we want to hear what exactly they liked, and if they think this is the idea that fits our topic the most.
    other alternatives:

    1. chairs being moved from sitting to laying position to break conversation.

      2. motorized moving fabric between 2 people, moving constantly, separating and uniting again.

        3. motorized chairs just turning to and away from each other.

      1. midterms

        By

        Lili Miklós