THESIS #1!邱 馨瑩 HSIN-YING CHIU!

LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP !COMMUNICATION!

-  Begin in a long distance relationship is an experience that many people may go through in their life time. Some people may just be in couple months, and some people may struggle within many years. -  Couples struggle for a period but finally breakup or they break up when they know they will be apart.

IMPETUS!

New York Taipei

12 Hours Time Difference

8,000 Miles  

SPACE!

TIME!

-  I want make a mobile application that couple can share emotion, regardless of time or distance.

-  It’s not just the communication, but it is

also the cooperation and sharing of feelings between one another.

CONCEPT!

CONCEPT &!DIRECTION!

IKEAʼS ROOM DISPLAY!HAVING A PRIVATE SPACE WITH HE/SHE!

-  Having a home with the one you love

-  Two people share a private and stylish space

BEING TOGETHER!2010 / CLANG!

-  Begin together with family by using webcam and projection.

-  Distant people try to be in a space with the person they love.

THESIS PROTOTYPE #1!

A PRIVATE SPACE IN VIRTUAL WORLD!ONLY FOR YOU AND THE ONE YOU LOVE!

A PLANT!The plant is like a responsibility for couple. Both of two people can contribute to the growth and development of it. For example, the time of facetime is the nutrition for this plant.

WINDOW!-  This virtual window could take couples to see many sceneries and city views together. - An anamatic real time video

-  This animatic scenery could be set as wallpaper for smart phones

SPEAKER!Couple can choose which song they want to share synchronously to their partner from their iTune.

NOTE BOOK!This notebook is for couple to leave message to each other. Sender can set when the receiver will get this message.

241 DAYS!ASNCHONOUS MESSAGE!

-The husband left a box with 241 letters to his wife, one for each day he’d be away. -This story inspires me to create an “asynchronous message” function.    

THESIS PROTOTYPE #1!

A PRIVATE SPACE IN VIRTUAL WORLD!ONLY FOR YOU AND THE ONE YOU LOVE!