Anna Lin + Kat Kitay
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đź“” Assignment
- Find something that might exist in a Muji-Chindogu style Tokyo Hotel;
- Use absurd thinking to break with the usual and critique the normal by making, doing and learning;
- Develop an Absurd Device/Gadget/SmartObject ****which focuses on ONE absurd aspect: FORM, FUNCTION, or INTERACTION.
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“Hand-Held” Mouse
Ergonomic “Hand-held” Mouse, inspired by the shape of the 19th-century Wilhelm Zilm chair and surrealist furniture. We will take the internals of a mechanical computer mouse and put them into the absurd form of a skeuomorphic hand.
In the Absurd Hotel in Tokyo, this mouse will be in the Business Center and for purchase in the Gift Shop.
Development
needs
- Need to design allowances for:
- need to flatten and stabilize base
- need to hollow internal compartment which fits electronics
- how many pieces, how they fit together
- need to allow for internals access - inset screws or clip?
- allowance for left and right click (?)
- find suitable hand 3d model. get it in correct shape in blender
- import to fusion 360.
- wiring
- braided cable
- spray paint finish
- matte white (?)
- rubberized / soft touch matte white