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USELESS CORNER
Maggie Ma, Mark Kingsley, Kelvin Chan,
Luka Ng and Elsie Kan, DOMAT
Friends of Design Trust
The ‘Useless Corner’ questions the shift from face to
face education to online learning experience, through
which DOMAT hopes to emphasize that there is life
beyond the screen.
During this time of social distancing, education online
has omitted the sense of touch and smell. By not
assigning the design with a specified use, the 'Useless
Corner' has the potential to be interpreted in unlimited
ways - it could be a book stand, a book end, paper
weight The combination of these 8 pieces forms a
"Useless Frame", and can even serve as an indoor
climbing frame for young children unable to go out
during the lockdown as a means to continue their
physical development.
Useless Corner
DOMAT
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MOOD INDICATOR
Fung Ming Chip
Friend of Design Trust
The uncertainty and unpredictability of the ongoing
COVID pandemic has injected great amounts of stress
in the daily life of many individuals, and has confined
most to small spaces, in close proximity to the same
people for long periods of time. While all are in the
process of adjusting to this new norm, Fung Ming Chip
has designed a "thermometer for engaging," a visual
indicator of the user’s different states of mental health
across time. The ‘Mood Indicator’ is designed for people
stuck at home during the COVID-19 period to express
their mood everyday at four levels: 1) I’m fine, welcome;
2) I’m not so good; 3) Give me space; 4) Back off.
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