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Container Question + Ideas


I'm quite confused from the last review, but I plan to develop a new design using the same ideas (but not with the bandages or the Egyptian's tomb anymore; it would still be a "tomb" to interpret the death of the mouse, but not literally an ancient tomb.) The ideas are as said below:

The concept:
A container to "store the information of/about the mouse so that it can be found and used/developed/restored again in the future". The purpose is similar to that of a tomb, but what I will be making is not an "ancient tomb", but instead, since this is in modern times and it's this modern time that the optical mouse (will) die out, it will be a "modern tomb".

This modern tomb is a container recording information regarding the mouse for those who find it in the future.

My definition of the container is that,
a container is not only used for storage or display, but it is also used to interpret "what it stores (the object)", or in other words, "the object's presence in time, information, and its initial appearance (before it gets damaged or gets old)" as well.

Due to the last review, the "feeling of touch" was mentioned. So I will be making an "interface" of the touchpad (not exactly of MacBook or iPhone or anything; this touchpad could be of any brand, just to give the "general idea of the touch pad"). Each "icon (aka. interface buttons, the one displayed on the screen)" on the touch pad will be made using the Chan-Ooy I have experimented with (the one made using the dull blade of the cutter, the one made with coffee, etc.) and Korean clay.



An interface displaying the "icons"


This means, each of the icons will be made using different materials, or a combination of the same materials that were altered (eg. Chan-Ooy with coffee used with Chan-Ooy made with cutter blades). This will give each icon a different surface, and therefore a different "feeling" when "touched". Some icons might be rough, while some might be soft, elastic, etc. depending on what the icon represents. The icons, instead of the icons for "notes", "calendar", or "camera", I might be using "notes (for those in the future who found this and might find the mouse to be useful, or can be used/developed again)", "history (timeline of the mouse to give an idea for the finder in case they want to develop it again)", "gallery (pictures of the optical mouse and the touchpad, compared for the differences)".

Other than the differences in surface of the icons, I plan to make it so that you can "drag" the icon and "slide" it (like what could be done to the touchpad) and from doing so, the container can be opened.

This might seem a bit confusing, so it might be clearer to explain it in class again. I just wanted to give an early idea of what I'm planning to develop.


I'm using Thai's internet right now (his house is 30 minutes away from the hotel) since I couldn't find any internet cafe around the area. Since there's Design I tomorrow, I want to try and finalize the design so that I can start to make the container so that the final one will not be rushed and turned out neater than the previous one.

Thank you, and see you in class.

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