LiamA brief analysis of the match redesign concept
This modeling is a branch of a match, through the clean and no twigs of leaves as the carrier, redesigned the matches the product, the concept of special is in these small before returning to earth deadwood give them a final role – match, this design guide us to consider the relationship between the human and fire, it across ten thousand, let our imagination through time, Beyond the lives of our ancestors intertwined with fire, and then put fire in the palm of our hands.
Redesigned by Kenya Hara in 2000, Designer Kaoru Mende who participated in this activity has been exploring lighting design. He studied the history of artificial lighting, the growth and progress of lighting technology and emphasized the need to study natural lighting such as flash, candlelight and firefly light. Get inspired. Design is about continuous optimization and improvement. In this process, he reexamined the product of match with a redesigned attitude and endowed the product with a deeper meaning.
Kaoru Mende accidentally observed the beauty of small branches in life and cleverly combined them with matches. This is the awareness designers should have. Life is design, and we need to re-examine things in life, find problems and improve them. When I see this match product, I can feel the interest of nature, industrial production does not need to cut the same standard of wood. At the same time, the shape of the branches makes me feel that wood burning brings pollution to people and damage to nature. This practical exploratory product case may not be fully promoted and applied, but it must have brought profound impact. I don’t think redesign necessarily requires a big change, it should make the product more valuable and meaningful. How it can make people feel, how it can make a positive impact on people. At the same time, we can understand more when we get rid of the utility or necessity of everyday objects and substitute them into the thinking of design, and fully consider the meaning or relevance of each object or moment as a subject.
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