生活中的數字 - 以數字為主題之產品設計

Abstract

我們活著，若只是單純存在於這世界上，那就太索然無味。日常生活中發生的大小事情、遇見的人、接觸到的事物，其中都有許多值得我們仔細觀察、細細品味的地方，這樣才是真正享受”活著”這件事。然而，我們是否曾發現，在我們平日生活中，隨處可見數字的蹤跡，有些顯而易見，有些則默默隱藏於生活中。因此，本創作希望透過設計將生活中的數字突顯於日常生活用品之中，讓人們更能體會這些數字的存在與重要性。

本創作研究透過發散式的數字日記紀錄、觀察，試著去尋找生活中出現的數字，進而去思索它們存在的原因、意義。再以KJ法將所收集到的資訊分類、歸納，尋找其中隱含的意義，作為設計時概念發想的方向。共歸納出「危機的數字」、「擾人的數字」、「有趣的數字」、「隱藏的數字」這四個與生活中的數字相關的主軸，並依循此主軸，進行目標式的數字日記紀錄、觀察，從中進行設計發想。

最後依此四個主軸，發展出「北極熊杯架」、「密碼鐘」、「月曆T恤」、「杯、碗中的等量線」等四個對應的系列產品設計作品，表達出存在於我們生活中，以不同型式、面貌呈現的數字。藉由這些產品，促發使用者去發現生活中的數字，增加對生活的敏感度，進而去發現、體驗其生活中更多、更美好的事物。因為生活的敏感度關係到每個人對生活的體認，對生活環境的體認，甚至對整個地球的體認。

It is too boring if we “live” just means we “exist”. To enjoy our life, every circumstance, every people, everything we meet in our daily life is worth to observe and think carefully. However, have we ever discovered that there were so many numbers in our daily life? Some of them are easy to see, but some are not. So, through this design project to represent numbers in designs of daily supplies, we try to stimulate people to experience the existence and recognize the importance of these numbers.

At the beginning, this design project found some interesting numbers which appeared in our life by using ramble diary. Then, the affinity diagram was used to classify the data from the ramble diary, and to find out the meaning of these numbers implied. Through this analysis, four design directions of “Critical numbers”, “Undesirable numbers”, “Funny numbers”, “Hidden numbers”, have been summarized and focused ramble diary have been purposely followed to collect further information for inspiring design ideas in these four directions, respectively.

Consequently, the four product design works of “Polar bear cup holder”, “Code clock”, “T-shirt calendar”, “The contour in the cups and the bowls” have been developed corresponding to these four directions. These products can promote people to discover the numbers in the life and to increase their sensitivity toward the life. Furthermore, by using these products, people can discover and experience more and more beautiful things in our life, for the sensitivity to the life affect the recognition of our life, our living environment, and even the Earth.