The source of my inspiration for this work is. . .
- People nowadays live in a fast-paced society, and people are under great pressure every day. This leads people to prefer to be alone in their leisure time.
- So people will use many tools that can be used alone in their lives. These tools will bring happiness but at the same time they will also bring people a feeling of loneliness.
So I found ten friends to ask about the following two questions.
Why do people like "to be alone”?
- People don't want others to be influenced by themselves.
- People want to have their own privacy space, which makes people feel relaxed.
- It's convenient to be alone, and you can do whatever you like.
What do people do when they are “alone"?
- Listen to the song alone
- Play games
- Drinking alone
- Do some massages to enhance happiness alone.
I don't want to disturb other people, so I prefer to be alone. I like to listen to songs alone when I'm alone.
I don't have my own space in my daily life, so I want to have a privacy space when I am resting. I like to relax alone with some massage tools.
When I'm alone, I can do whatever I like, and I don't need to care about other people's feelings. I enjoy the feeling of drinking alone.
Heal & Hurt
Interactive Installation
This is an interactive device. I put nails on the tools that people love to use when they are alone. People experience the harm caused by loneliness by interacting with daily necessities that are stuck with nails.
Design thought
Through investigation, I found that people in today's society like to be alone is a manifestation of people's loneliness. This kind of loneliness widens the distance between people and closes people's lives. So I want to stick nails on the things that people who are alone like, and express the harm that loneliness brings to people through the nails.
Nails
The harm caused by the loneliness of being alone
The audience can use those tools in the experience and feel the tactile sensation brought by the nails, thereby generating a special interactive experience.
Design thought
Combined with the research, I want to show the loneliness that being alone brings to people through four aspects.
Listen to the song alone
Many people like to listen to music with headphones when they are alone. Although this can improve our happiness, it also makes us very lonely and unable to share music with others.
Drink alone
Many people like to drink alone. Because of fear of exposing yourself in front of others, or fear of causing trouble to others. This also reflects people's loneliness.
Self-healing
Nowadays, people use band-aids when they are injured, and they don’t go to the hospital or trouble others unless they have to.
Massage tools
Almost everyone has a massage tool in their home. Through investigation, I found that people like to use massage tools because it allows people to massage themselves without the help of others. People don’t seem to want others to help themselves, and people become more closed.
Final work
In the end I put all the items on a table and put potted plants, be - cause I want it to look like a por - trayal of a person's life.
Design goal
Through my work, I hope that people can put aside the lonely objects in their hands, try to communicate and share with people around them, and make people's relation - ships closer.
In the final output, I will put a table in a corner with daily necessities. At the same time, there are photos and decorations on the wall, just like the corner of a person's room. Then there were nail-sticked items on the table.