Scenery Trends

Quoted from Alex's Comments on my blog + Emilia's

"it is the new trend right to have sceneries of high rises and cloudy sky! :) "
- Alex's comment on my blog

"nice benches..Bhavesh should design one for the roof top..I'm sure he is thinking about it!..so the people can enjoy the views of high rises and cloudy sky! :) its the new trend for scenery!"
- Alex's comment on Emilia's blog

Sounds interesting! I shall look into it further.

Parks and Benches in China

A bit of information about Parks in China:

• Most people go there to sit and read the newspaper
• Some parks have animal bans
• In certain cities there are parks every 2 square kilometres
• During the day parks are popular with older people - the 65+ crowd and at night popular with the younger crowd.
• Old people go there for taichi in the morning. During the day they chill out, dance and play chinese chess.
• People also go there to walk their dog(s).

A bit of information about Park Benches/ Seating Benches in China:

• People steal public property eg. Park benches. They dismantle them and sell the parts.
• Homeless people sleep on benches at night.
• Karen commented that she never sits on public benches in China. They are always dirty, dusty and children often stand on them.
• Marko commented that alot of them aren't that nice, however there are some better ones in parts too.
• Karen also commented that the benches are Symbols of the City. Every city has different benches.

Transitional spaces

Transitional spaces is my term for the spaces you travel between where you are now, and your destination. The spaces you are in during transit.

From the topics I researched into, Transition was one of the main themes that I noticed. Whether it be the transition of China towards Westernisation in a visible manner, or the transition of the mind to another place through the european furnishings of an apartment.

Examples of products that are in the tranisitional space includes public furniture. However where a transitional spaced product could go and could be is numerous - a door >> transitions you from the outside world into your private world. The product could be a/for a staircase, footpath, road, sign post.

I wish to create a "product for the people", not a "private product"

Feedback I received about this through the small class discussion raised the following points:

• Sharing public spaces
• Public spaces can be dangerous because of thieves
• A transitional space product would work better in a place of common interest eg. building foyers, parks.

Life is about experiences and to enhance the experience of transitioning would make life just that little bit more interesting yes? - perhaps the product could help you to create your own adventure between where you are now and where you're going next.