In class exercise
I mapped my route in my house with special attention to how my bare feet feel. It was my feet’s journey, so I only showed where my feet had stepped on and minimized other parts of my house. I started when my feet were on a soft footrest on top of a carpet. Then my feet could feel the different floor surface materials and temperatures. My bed was cold after a long day and I jumped to feel the softness. When I walked out of my room, my feet suddenly feel the heat delivered through the marble tile.
Assignment 6
For this assignment, I explored the temperature strategy that I used in class. I drew the objects on my desk.
Physical temperature – See by hands
Red represents higher temperature and blue represents lower temperature. I touched every object on my desk to feel the temperature. The running laptop and monitor, as well as food and water are warm. I just held my phone and mouse so they are slightly warm too.
Visual temperature – See by eyes
Thinking about colours, materials, size and patterns, visually attractive objects have higher temperature (in red) that means higher chance of my eyes looking at them. My eyes would tend to notice dark, dense pattern, hard surface/edges, and big/obvious objects. My desk is white which is strongly contrasting with dark objects. I would argue that food is always the most visually attractive than other objects on my desk.
Emotional temperature – See by the heart?
This is how I see the objects on my desk with my internal feelings. Technologies seem cold as they are not made from live or natural materials. They don’t have any human properties even though they are probably smarter than me. Objects that have higher emotional temperature are associated with comfort, memory, culture, warmth, softness, and positive energy.