SCULPTED! Using Sculpture as a Design Lens

“Sculpture is Truth … A statue can embrace

me; I can kneel before it and become its

friend and companion, it is present it is there.”

deconstruct sculptural experience

use as a design lens for interaction design

FORM

MULTIPLE VIEWPOINTS

PHYSICAL PARTS

BODILY EMPATHY

MULTI-SENSORY

CONTEXT

FORM

MULTIPLE VIEWPOINTS

PHYSICAL PARTS

BODILY EMPATHY

MULTI-SENSORY

CONTEXT

FORM forms without function

MULTIPLE VIEWPOINTS unfolds over time and distance

PHYSICAL PARTS uses familiar materials

BODILY EMPATHY engages physical imagination

MULTI-SENSORY thinking physically

CONTEXT more than the thing itself

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Stripped of function, what does the form

say about the design?

FORM forms without function

Does the experience unfold? Are there

different qualities based on

time/distance/context?

MULTIPLE VIEWPOINTS unfolds over time and distance

Does it reference materials that are familiar

– wood, metal, etc.?

PHYSICAL PARTS uses familiar materials

PHYSICAL PARTS uses familiar materials

Do the physical interactions ring true?

Does it mimic, mirror or elicit a movement

or bodily state?

BODILY EMPATHY engages physical imagination

Does it inspire/require an active sensory

engagement?

MULTI-SENSORY thinking physically

How does the design interact with its

environment? Is it flexible? What is its

relation to the objects around it?

CONTEXT more than the thing itself

THE TAKEAWAY

Thank you!

Rachel Bolton-Nasir

boltonra@gmail.com

@boltonra