Project 1: Visualizing Myself

⚜️ Designings⚜️

This documentation is about project 1 Visualizing Myself. I made a phone stand for this project because this project is related to phone, especially social media usage and my perception about myself. 

Based on the observations I made, my initial idea was to make something related to the phone, and shows the idea of connection and restriction at the same time. But eventually I only kept the restriction part and didn’t include the connection part. That could be something for future improvement because my classmate suggested that making another hand, wrapping it with other things and connecting the two can show the idea of connection.

… Anyways, here are my inspirations: 

⛓️ Modelings ⛓️

I made 3 iterations in total. And below shows my explorations & Final results 🙂

• Iteration #1 is very much like my previous blog post of this project. The hand came after my exploration of the chain, because if each link of the chain is not set in one shape, there is no way for it to hold the phones. 
• There are a few ways to fix the structure in pic 2. One is to make the holes bigger using the drill. The other is to heat and reshape the connecting parts. The latter one is harder to control, so the former one is recommended. 

💭Future Improvements 💭

• (some of the improvements can be found in the designing stage)
• After seeing the other projects from my classmates, I am thinking about adding more data into the project, like screen time or something to measure my actual productivity.
• The distance between the thumb and the index finger is a bit hard to measure, but it controls the angle of the phone. To make the model better I should take that into consideration. 
• There is also much to explore regarding the printing of the chain. The angle of each one can affect the printing result of the chain.