Figure drawing practice
Origami containers
Ethnographic research
Terrain
Male (mostly college students)
Problem:
Accessories such as earrings are mostly designed for females and take more of an elegant and “feminine” forms, thus hard for males to find earrings exclusively designed for them
Survey questions:
1. How hard (from 1 – 10) would you rate the difficulty to find an earring that suits you?
A: 4 B: 2 C: 8
2. What type of earring do you prefer?
A: Minimalistic but delicate B: Dangly earrings or rings C: Dangly or ring
3. What material would you prefer the earring to be made from?
A: Silver B: Any type of silver or safe metal C: Silver
4. What visual quality do you think earrings specifically designed for men should possess?
A: Something simple for people who don’t want to stand out as much B: Anything that’s silver C: People should be able to wear whatever they want, but maybe something less colorful, monochromatic, and imagery synonymous with a design that symbolize manliness, for examples animals.
Mood board:
Phase 1 is primarily practices and research that would give me the skill sets required to design and physically create a line of accessories. Figure drawing allowed me to study human anatomy and how the accessories interact with the bodies, and origami folding patterns deepened my design thought process. As result, I had an understanding of how to design aesthetically pleasing, functional, and fold-able accessories.
