Inspired by Pop Art’s playful critique of consumer culture, Speculative Design’s thought provoking scenarios, and Conceptual Art’s focus on ideas over form, the work reimagines everyday objects to examine their emotional potential. It also draws on theoretical frameworks such as Thing Theory, Affordance Theory, and Don Norman’s Three Levels of Product Experience to understand how perception and interaction shape our relationship with objects.
The outcome consists of three experimental designs, each evoking a different emotional response.
Bubblegum transforms a chewed gum normally perceived as trash into a soft oversized object that invites touch while visually triggering disgust.
Condoms presents an installation where inflated condoms move like dancing air tubes on the ground creating a playful yet awkward scene that balances fascination and avoidance.
Tongue uses the unsettling combination of a gelatin tongue pierced with pins to evoke a sense of emotional pain without physical harm reflecting how visual cues can trigger visceral reactions.
Through these works the project argues that design is not merely functional but experiential. It has the ability to spark reflection conversation and new connections between people and things. By blending irony speculation and sensory engagement it invites viewers to reconsider the emotional dimension of design.