– How you ever felt this way about an object you’ve owned?
Yes, I have always felt this way about the object I’ve owned. I always felt guilty when I want to buy a new pair of sneakers when my old sneakers are still very new. Personally, collecting sneakers is one of my biggest hobby and I have lots of different types of sneakers in my house and in my apartment. Sometimes, my parents would blamed me for buying so many sneakers that I would never wear and I felt the same way. This habit is not only wasting money but also wasting resource and material.
How does your final project challenge having this mentality towards objects?
For my final project, I am making an object that will use for over 50 years of change. This design is totally different from the upgrading iPhone. Mainly I am going to design a cup but can be use in multiple ways. Initially the cup will have two sides to use. On the top part, it is a big container, so that I can use this side to drink ice water or other beverages. On the bottom, there is another small cup inside. When I want to drink hot tea, or wine, the only thing I need to do is flip the cup and use another side. If I used more than twenty or thirty years, I can use the cup as a plant holder because it will be a beautiful decoration in my home. I want to use this design to promote people to live in a sustainable way and think more about our environment.
Project Name: Multifunctional Cup
In what ways will this object/design be useful to you over 50 years of
change? How will it be resilient (used in more than one way etc. and/or encourage
social resiliency through its usage)?
It is not a simple cup but can be use in multiple ways. Initially the cup will have two sides to use. On the top part, it is a big container, so that I can use this side to drink ice water or other beverages. On the bottom, there is another small cup inside. When I want to drink hot tea, or wine, the only thing I need to do is flip the cup and use another side. If I used more than twenty or thirty years, I can use the cup as a plant holder because it will be a beautiful decoration in my home.
What specific event(s) of environmental change will it help you adapt to or
address?
This design is going to remit the Global Warming Problem. Mainly the Global Warming problem is caused by human activities and people have make tons of trash and plastic material on earth everyday. If this design will put in the mass production in the future, people will waste less plastic material on making water cups.
What materials will you use, given what you have learned this semester about
changing resources and material availability?
I will use the Low-Fire Cone 06 Ceramic to make this cup. The ceramic metal is an inorganic, non-metallic, often crystalline oxide, nitride or abide metal. All the component are from the natural environment and will not hurt the earth.
How does your object offer function and aesthetics over time? How does it fulfill
the Long-Life Design criteria to the best of your ability?
This design can be use in multiple ways. Firstly, this cup can be used to drink hot/cold water. Then the bottom part of the cup can be used to drink tea or wine. Moreover, it can be used as a plant holder as time goes by.
Repair: The ceramics is easy to repair by using glaze or kintsugi
Cost: All the material is not expensive so everyone could afford this price.
Function: The cup can be use in multiple ways.
Safety: The material of this cup is nontoxic.
User: This design will promote people to live in a sustainable way.
Environment: This design can be used for over 50 years so it will not waste the resource.
Design: The design of this cup is simple and clean.
