Hasta La Ideas

Over the next months we will be highlighting award-winning projects and ideas from this year’s Core77 Design Awards! For full details on the project, jury commenting and more information about the awards program, go to Core77DesignAwards.com

Designer: Arttu-Matti Immonen
Location: Kyoto, Japan
Category: Speculative Objects/Concepts
Award: Student Notable

Draw

The Draw project is a study on the subject of cross generational communication. It is a concept that relies on the natural communication tools between the young and the elderly.

I am really interested in finding out natural ways of doing the chores of a daily life. In this project I wanted to see if it’s possible to challenge the existing methods of wireless communication. The target group was set to be the seniors and their grand children. I wanted to find a simple and easy to understand form of interacting. Drawing is an universal communication tool that especially children take great pride in when they succeed in creating a picture after tirelessly putting a lot of effort in it. This will to show and share their original works made me think of a way to bring the hobby of drawing to the 21st century’s wireless world.

Core77: What’s the latest news or development with your project?

To be brutally honest as the project was a self-initiated short term design exercise, the concept hasn’t really taken off in any sense nor was it meant to do so. That being said I wish to return to it in some shape at some point in the future. For now I guess I would happy if anyone found it inspirational as a concept and was able to draw some inspiration from it to fuel their own projects.

What is one quick anecdote about your project?

I guess it would have to be the incident after receiving this award, when a friend of mine asked me oh-so-politely how long did it take me to use the extrusion tool of a 3d software to create the final shape. Less is more, I suppose.

Read on for full details on the project and jury comments.

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