Design Brief

Digital-Maturation
Deterioration and Maturation are ways in which objects evolve and are able to move both forwards and backwards. This is apparent in nature where growth and life cycles are inherent in order for landscapes to evolve and thrive. Deterioration can be seen in analogue objects where mechanisms are used in order for the objects to process. Where mechanisms are present there is room for deterioration and movement to take place. In the digital world there is a tendency for objects to decrease in value as soon as use takes place. There is a binary relationship that takes place in digital products. Products either are in a working mode or broken beyond workability. However, seen in analogue objects deterioration can lead to a mass produced item to gain charm and character.Individualism is brought to what firstly appears a bulk-produced product. This is intriguing and through this thought, the opportunity to bring this maturation process into the digital world is the aim of the project.
The designer should bring the idea of forward movement such as seen in nature into the digital world. The outcome of the project should help to make digital objects increase in value due to use, similar to instruments being used and therefore, increasing in value. The project is not about the retro and using older styling’s to create ‘hybrid’ objects but rather about creating a more charming digital medium. Charm will need to be explored as a by-product of the maturing and deteriorating process. What are the maturing processes that take place that create this ‘charm’ within an object?
Realise the project as trying to add maturing process into digital medium and then the idea of charm as a product of that maturation process