Squeezy Peasy
Squeezing is such a familiar gesture rooted in everyday life. In addition, there seems to be an inextricable relationship between squeezing and a sense of joy.
Driven by a fascination around this gesture, I was interested in imagining objects that could live in this world — objects which could seemingly come to life through the act of squeezing.
Driven by a fascination around this gesture, I was interested in imagining objects that could live in this world — objects which could seemingly come to life through the act of squeezing.
Year
2018
Awarded
Wallpaper* Handmade Next Generation Singapore Designer
Press
Wallpaper* August 2018︎︎︎
Wallpaper.com︎︎︎
DesignSingapore Council︎︎︎
The Business Times︎︎︎
Indesignlive.sg︎︎︎
NUS News︎︎︎
Exhibitions
Wallpaper* Handmade: Wellness & Wonder
Wallpaper* Handmade Retreat, Singapore Design Week
Cover Photo
Alberto Strada
2018
Awarded
Wallpaper* Handmade Next Generation Singapore Designer
Press
Wallpaper* August 2018︎︎︎
Wallpaper.com︎︎︎
DesignSingapore Council︎︎︎
The Business Times︎︎︎
Indesignlive.sg︎︎︎
NUS News︎︎︎
Exhibitions
Wallpaper* Handmade: Wellness & Wonder
Wallpaper* Handmade Retreat, Singapore Design Week
Cover Photo
Alberto Strada
︎︎︎ The table lamp increases in brightness the more it is squeezed, and dims when a plug at the back is released. With a similar gesture, the portable speaker increases its volume, and gradually quietens when it is set upright.
︎︎︎ Castable polyurethane foam and silicone were used to prototype the squeezable components for the objects.
︎︎︎ Development of a thin squeezing sensor to be embedded within the objects.
︎︎︎ Following an open call by Wallpaper* for all young Singaporean designers to submit their ideas along the theme of “Wellness + Wonder”, the lamp was selected as part of 44 projects to be shown at the 2018 Handmade exhibition held in Milan and Singapore.