Week Three

New idea brainstorm

meetings:

 shoe shop

book store/library

movie room

dinner area

music shop

garden

tea room

camping area

comfort room

work space/office

Should these meetings be simpler?...like the meeting between pen and paper, foot and shoe, clothes to body, self to self/mirror/reflection (don't know if the last idea officially counts as a meeting however)

I decided to choose the meeting between clothes and body as I think it is a more unusual meeting which will mean I am challenged with coming up with ideas.

Images related to the mind map above

changing rooms

getting changed after exercise

kid getting changed - routine movements

getting undressed

order in which people get changed

meeting of clothes to skin when you get changed/undressed

getting awkwardly changed/undressed at the beach

While researching images I realised that I would have more options in designing something in the boat shed if I slightly changed my idea of 'clothes to body'. If I adapted it to 'fabric/material to body' this made the idea more general and I can explore more options in regards to design.

For example, I regard wood as a material, along with metal, plastic etc... so the meeting between material and body can be as simple as someone walking barefoot across a carpet or wood floor

 relaxed meeting with material in the hammock

 meeting between body and sheets/pillow as you climb in bed/make the bed

more unusual meeting between material and body through different styles of beds 

- directly above and below

 meeting between carpet and feet

meeting between glass and feet

 opening/closing the curtains in the morning/night

 meeting between your head and the pillow

 meeting between plastic chair and hands, bottom/ feet - if you are standing on a chair

meeting between rug and feet/or/body if you lie on the rug

in the kitchen or as floor panelling; meeting between hands and wood/feet and wood

some meetings between fabric/material are more comfortable than others.
eg: putting on an wool jumper that makes you itch and makes your skin red or putting on a cotton jumper that is soft and comfortable.

This led me on to looking at some of the reactions our skin can have with material/fabric

basic skin tones

goosebumbs - the result fabric/material can have on our skin during meetings. eg: getting dresses on a cold morning so we have to put on clothes but this includes warming our clothes up by putting them on our skin

cracked heels

palm skin texture - more of a weathered look and feel compared to the skin on our cheeks, or the skin of a baby which is a lot smoother and softer to touch

Other reactions skin can have:

Ariana Russel's skin blushes easily. The slightest scratch will become visible as swollen line on pink skin. Due to a condition called dermatographia, her immune system releases excessive amounts of histamine, causing capillaries to dilate and welts to appear. She can painlessly draw on her own skin with just enough time to photograph the results. The outcome are maybe irritating, yet fascinating close ups of art of temporary nature.
The images you see below are examples of her work: