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How things are done in art can be an useful principle for creating new products or services in many business fields.
This is a ceramic of two parts by Xambaud from 2010. Here are some principles that help us treat a theme, in this case “cup and saucer”, in a more open way.
Do what you should NOT do/reduce or alter functionality:
- make a hole
- make it irregular
- make it sharp and rough
- don’t paint it everywhere/be unfinished
- put the cup handle inside
- show the backside, show how it is made
Invert the hierarchy or the priorities:
- make the saucer bigger than usual
- make the saucer more “special” than the cup
Make the interdependent elements autonomous:
- change the proportions between cup and saucer
- make the saucer “sculptural”
- open it up to other connotations or uses, e.g. make it artistic
- do not make the parts to be assembled
Make the parts, when put together, become another “one”.
Is it still a cup and a saucer? Or has it become ambiguous?
Check out the posts of the CSID showroom Medamothi, too. It is a gallery and an open space for all types of visualizations. We consider art as a laboratory of making perceptible. Because there is more to visualization than just PowerPoint.