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INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS IN SPACE 2014 

Team members: Tiiu Saal, Annika Kangur, Raimond Ummus, Martin Saar

 

The assignement of the work is to apply biomimetism and slow technology to the office environment. Our team work concentrates on the aspect of light and how it can affect the work performance. In the studies it is shown that the workers who see the daylight are 5-25% more effective. The reason of it is seen in the change of light from morning till evening as the biological clock and the rhythm on nature.

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The experimentations with materials led us to the use of plexiglas (PMMA) to create the partition panel mock-up on the office working desks. We have integrated slowly changing light phase through what is also changing the pattern appearance on the surface. The speed of light phase can be easily changed within the program.  We hope that through that workers can stay physically fresh and cognitively energetic during the whole workday. The use of that kind of light panels is also easily seen in other environments beside the offices.

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The visual identity of the panel is getting inspiration from the long and cold northern winters imitating the frozen field or ice flowers. The transparent surface and cold light give it almost tangible cooling effect.

 

Materials: wood, PMMA, LED lights, Arduino

Dimensions: 40 x 100 x 10 cm

Estonian Academy of Arts

Tutored by: PhD Kärt Ojavee

2014

SOFT SWITCH 2014

 

This is an outcome for an experimentation with the materials what has opposite qualities. My wish was to give lightness and softness to the material what is usually considered as heavy and strong. The fragile structure  what changes within the time is achieved combining polyurethane foam and concrete.

 

On the bottom surface of the soft concrete body has  an unnoticeable integrated electrical switch made of a conductive textile material what activates on the application of pressure. The switch turns on the LED-lights and optical fibers, which are hidden inside a polyurethane foam before the foam is covered with concrete. In the dark it turns into the soft light emitting tablelamp.

Materials: polyurethane foam, concrete,

LED lights, optical fibers, 9V batteries

Dimensions: 37 x 25 x 14 cm

Estonian Academy of Arts

Tutored by: PhD Kärt Ojavee

2014

TEXTILE OF THE 21st CENTURY 2013

elastic furniture

Textile of the 21st century

The idea is to redefine the usual understanding of the furniture. We are used to the idea that furniture comes in the solid form and takes a lot space. Thinking in the future perspective anyone can create and design their surrounding environment. According to the functional need it’s possible to have an empty space or literally create the furniture in the place wherever or whenever it's necessary.

 

To follow that idea I'm using the textile's convertible and lightweight attribute. Second and main key element what I have chosen to create the concept of the future furniture is textile’s elastic qualities. The outcome of this process is a stretchable textile on a lightweight frame, with adjustable supporting legs. It is a painting when placed on the wall but when opened up, it offers a temporary surface to sit on. The solution is suitable for the public waiting rooms or small private livings, where the number of people or guests define the need for the empty space or for the extra temporary sitting surfaces.

 

The print colors and patterns on the textile can be custom-made as per user's requirements. For example, in the home interiors, it is possible to create a print looking like a painting or in public spaces, use it as a commercial surface. The current QR code print design gives a possibility to directly connect to a homepage that introduces the idea of the elastic furniture and how to use it. The idea is to create a textile in the context of the 21st century as a digital information surface in a combination with “passive” technology.

LINK to the elastic furniture homepage what opens when You scan the QR code on the work.

Materials: Wood, elastic fabric, sublimation print, flock print

Dimensions: 135 x 135 cm

Estonian Academy of Arts

Textile of the 21st Century

Tutored by: PhD Nithikul Nimkulrat

2013

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