iSerendipity

Initial Idea Exploration

Examining how to apply our working mechanisms from the first exercise: pulley, circular gears, and opening/closing.

 

 

A sociable space of moving circular pods. Ideas of configuration and sociability in the context of an office, workspace, cafe, bar, or speed dating…

 

iSerendipity Café Concept

This ambient café enhances mood, sociability and interactivity among people. Organic-shaped pods float amongst each other through space and glow with colour once a person steps on. Using interactive touch-screen countertops and tables to record and learn individuals’ preferences, pods carrying people with similar recorded preferences will experience more chance encounters – serendipity. Pod lights are time- and context- sensitive: initial activation of a pod stimulates an intense glow that dims over time, and time limit is based according to the present human activity and pod vacancy. The exterior façade displays the harmonious movement and colour intensity of each pod as aesthetic visual information to passersby.

Concept sketches

Overall plan

Pod Seating

Existing Spaces, Forms and Technologies

 We searched for some existing ideas and products to further communicate our concept ideas, and to act as additional sources of inspiration for more detailed planning and implementation.

Source: http://www.core77.com/gallery/MATERIAL%20TRENDS%202006/44.asp?current_image_number=15&album_id=20&context_id=1&current_photo_id=2644

 

Microsoft Surface multi-touch table

Source: www.microsoft.com/surface/index.html

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/endquote/521069794/

 

Sonic Chair pod seating

Source: http://www.bornrich.org/entry/sonic-chair-throws-audiophiles-in-true-acoustic-isolation/

IKEA Round Bed configurable seating

Source: http://ikeanblog.com/media/round-bed.jpg

 
Cafe Interiors

Starbucks
Source: http://leolaksi.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/starbucks-ekamai.jpg

coolbar
Source: http://tabetai.blogspot.com/2004/05/chilling-out-coolbar-on-anzac.html