HOLD
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- Team members
- Paula Schinkel
- Country
- Germany
- Keywords
- digital body haptic tactile sensual touch tea drinking routine pause reflect ceramic computer work slowdown understanding everyday
Short Description
HOLD offers a tactile moment to pause from the fast-paced, more and more digital daily routine.
Detailed Description
The modern person spends more and more time in front of the screen. We are always online, always available, always up-to-date. HOLD gives you a hands-on activity to give you a break from the visual overstimulation of the digital world. A moment to be mindful and to reflect. The project finds inspiration in the idea of the traditional tea ceremony. HOLD is meant to motivate people to take time, to pause and to relax. By concentrating on the handling, new experiences are created, tactile awareness is practiced and the unconscious, everyday action of drinking is focused on. In its sculptural appearance, the porcelain set finds its place next to the computer screen on the work desk.
HOLD consists of a porcelain set of jug, cup and saucer and a tea towel as surface. On the digital level, the HOLD app functions as an alarm clock to remind you to take a break after a self-determined time.
Project Details
- Does your design take social and cultural challenges and human wellbeing into consideration?
The project looks critical on the increasing time the modern person spends on digital devised on an everyday bases. In a digital world most things are disembodied and we can only experience them visually and auditorily behind a screen. How does this affect us and our bodies? HOLD wants to give the user a physical moment of feeling and touching, a moment of rest and reflection on the flood of information we receive every day.
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Useful information
- Team members
- Paula Schinkel
- Country
- Germany
- Keywords
- digital body haptic tactile sensual touch tea drinking routine pause reflect ceramic computer work slowdown understanding
Short Description
HOLD offers a tactile moment to pause from the fast-paced, more and more digital daily routine.
Detailed Description
The modern person spends more and more time in front of the screen. We are always online, always available, always up-to-date. HOLD gives you a hands-on activity to give you a break from the visual overstimulation of the digital world. A moment to be mindful and reflect. The project finds inspiration in the idea of the traditional tea ceremony. HOLD is meant to motivate people to take time, to pause and to relax. By concentrating on the handling, new experiences are created, tactile awareness is practiced and the unconscious, everyday action of drinking is focused on. In its sculptural appearance, the porcelain set finds its place next to the computer screen on the work desk.
HOLD consists of a porcelain set of jug, cup and saucer and a tea towel as surface. On the digital level, the HOLD app functions as an alarm clock to remind you to take a break after a self-determined time.
Project Details
- Does your design take social and cultural challenges and human wellbeing into consideration?
The project looks critical on the increasing time the modern person spends on digital devised on an everyday bases. In a digital world most things are disembodied and we can only experience them visually and auditorily behind a screen. How does this affect us and our bodies? HOLD wants to give the user a physical moment of feeling and touching, a moment of rest and reflection on the flood of information we receive every day.
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