Neokaputt , Diploma maintopic, 2008
"Today things often don't have an age anymore. They
are replaced before they can change their form and surface." The wearout
and breaking of products as a natural process seems to vanish more and
more from daily life. From the perspective of design the question about
the wearing out of products is a question about the thinking of products
as a temporal process. This study analyses the potential and the
functions of the breaking and wearing out of products and visualizes
the outcomes in form of three products. (PDF on request)
Prototypes and modells of the three products
The coat rack "Bend-it" visualizes the personal initiation by the user. It consists of three aluminium pipes, which are connected by two aluminium plates. To initalize the coat rack, the user has to bend the pipes with a lashing strap. Due to this deformation the coat rack gets its final functionality.
The.alarm clock "Smash" visualizes the daily usage in form of deformations on the top surface of the device. The alarm is switched off by punching on the top of the alarm clock. This deformation becomes a sign for the individual daily usage.
The tableware "CMYK" converts failures and adversities that happen in everyday life into a poetic moment. It consist of a coloured ceramic that is covert by a white glaze. If the tableware breaks due to daily usage, the colour in the inside occurs. Due this patina the tableware can develop a personal meaning for the user.
