Anna Lin + Kat Kitay

<aside> 📔 Assignment

1. Find something that might exist in a Muji-Chindogu style Tokyo Hotel;
2. Use absurd thinking to break with the usual and critique the normal by making, doing and learning;
3. Develop an Absurd Device/Gadget/SmartObject ****which focuses on ONE absurd aspect: FORM, FUNCTION, or INTERACTION. </aside>

“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