https://willstafford.com Will Stafford Thu, 14 May 2020 18:27:38 +0000 https://willstafford.com en https://willstafford.com/Home-Image-Scroll Thu, 14 May 2020 18:27:35 +0000 Will Stafford https://willstafford.com/Home-Image-Scroll <img width="1920" height="1331" width_o="1920" height_o="1331" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67049e83d2c5e002440831e899f12a36a6ac737826709c37c2f2070973162117/will-background.jpg" data-mid="71044505" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67049e83d2c5e002440831e899f12a36a6ac737826709c37c2f2070973162117/will-background.jpg" /> https://willstafford.com/Seeing-Symbiosis Thu, 14 May 2020 18:27:37 +0000 Will Stafford https://willstafford.com/Seeing-Symbiosis Seeing Symbiosis Visualizing Microbes Through Design&nbsp; <img width="1920" height="1371" width_o="1920" height_o="1371" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f861d7896d696e32caeba10c40a5d2e0c16e294baf2eea54d418a4068226930/Thumbnail-landscape-5x7.jpg" data-mid="71156796" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f861d7896d696e32caeba10c40a5d2e0c16e294baf2eea54d418a4068226930/Thumbnail-landscape-5x7.jpg" /> Seeing Symbiosis imagines new social interaction around sharing essential microbes in a healthy context. Today we are practicing social distancing to limit the exchange of harmful microbes, yet many benefit us. Visualizing our symbiotic relationships is a speculative strategy that prompts further research to investigate new ways of exchanging microbes, and the opposite of social distancing. We can all smell body odor, but we can’t see it. Microbes change our bodies—like the bacteria that causes body odor— but we’re not able to perceive the way our body’s microbiome is built and improved through sharing. Research today is showing many examples where an undesirable mix of microbes in the body can be replaced. My project proposes a speculative design strategy to visualize and share these essential microbes around three main biomes: skin, mouth, and gut. This system uses everyday objects found in the home or gym, a networked watch, and personal objects to reabsorb the microbes. The object surfaces are composed of smaller units, or chiclets, which can be shared between people, and change color in response to the microbiome absorbed within. <img width="432" height="288" width_o="432" height_o="288" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e7e4d3d5c15a6749ee18ba81ef9c46af80a4a42cad4de1c23a43f80d3df77ee/1_left.jpg" data-mid="71161974" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/432/i/8e7e4d3d5c15a6749ee18ba81ef9c46af80a4a42cad4de1c23a43f80d3df77ee/1_left.jpg" /> <img width="432" height="288" width_o="432" height_o="288" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d77e533b689709141c99868f2c0499e7b98aeb01c1e0e7516c3426b1e57bd264/1_middle.jpg" data-mid="71161975" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/432/i/d77e533b689709141c99868f2c0499e7b98aeb01c1e0e7516c3426b1e57bd264/1_middle.jpg" /> <img width="432" height="288" width_o="432" height_o="288" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9e7acc9726a6f44796cf1cb0cf6e7a5910eda79000d8887e1ab79402c59c759/1_right.jpg" data-mid="71161976" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/432/i/d9e7acc9726a6f44796cf1cb0cf6e7a5910eda79000d8887e1ab79402c59c759/1_right.jpg" /> 1. Through contact with skin and the environment, and accelerated by sweat, the seat cover absorbs microbiome, and broadcasts its health in color. <img width="432" height="288" width_o="432" height_o="288" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9d29ba985c18d91d769fdabd3af5634aa7b0f9c6d677b4624208ed18d2a02af/2_left.jpg" data-mid="71161977" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/432/i/e9d29ba985c18d91d769fdabd3af5634aa7b0f9c6d677b4624208ed18d2a02af/2_left.jpg" /> <img width="432" height="288" width_o="432" height_o="288" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7e5d7c69ce6ac97b8b6168b9e6e7818cc6e53d07587580a4bcfd0cb85ef42f5/2_middle.jpg" data-mid="71161978" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/432/i/c7e5d7c69ce6ac97b8b6168b9e6e7818cc6e53d07587580a4bcfd0cb85ef42f5/2_middle.jpg" /> <img width="432" height="288" width_o="432" height_o="288" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d68824066e63c02c21d67c3a48b401da281440e888a0d916624a6dcbe51a93b1/2_right.jpg" data-mid="71161979" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/432/i/d68824066e63c02c21d67c3a48b401da281440e888a0d916624a6dcbe51a93b1/2_right.jpg" /> 2.&nbsp;A networked device analyzes the color of the chiclets, and can inform our relationship with the microbiome samples, and the objects they live with. <img width="432" height="288" width_o="432" height_o="288" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64d877f63e34d352ecf5614ee8c3bad3e17e9fb3640c27c34db4dcd81130de43/3_left.jpg" data-mid="71161980" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/432/i/64d877f63e34d352ecf5614ee8c3bad3e17e9fb3640c27c34db4dcd81130de43/3_left.jpg" /> <img width="432" height="288" width_o="432" height_o="288" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc07d0aee8c14ad446ad4367fccd5b05a20cf8ff073bbe2c6e63494a79b7e3fa/3_middle.jpg" data-mid="71161981" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/432/i/fc07d0aee8c14ad446ad4367fccd5b05a20cf8ff073bbe2c6e63494a79b7e3fa/3_middle.jpg" /> <img width="432" height="288" width_o="432" height_o="288" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1032e236664f429d70fc5f4d9cbd52e5c0ea67b92ae330043d2328c477504fc5/3_right.jpg" data-mid="71161982" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/432/i/1032e236664f429d70fc5f4d9cbd52e5c0ea67b92ae330043d2328c477504fc5/3_right.jpg" /> 3. This chiclet is indicated as beneficial, and reabsorbed into the body through a water bottle in this speculative design strategy.Design can visualize something for science to work towards as microbiome research and materials science develop. As a strategy, this proposal abstracts something we find disgusting with each step—as microbes become color, are removed from the body, and placed in the watch, and traded. In this way, the chiclet takes the place of exchange rituals that would otherwise be too personal. More importantly, by broadcasting something invisible in a way we can perceive, the microbiome becomes an icebreaker, and a way to show we need each other. Not only could we use this system during a pandemic to identify contacts we need to avoid, we can use it during normal times to identify connections we need to make with each other because we are necessary to each others’ wellbeing. <img width="1799" height="1286" width_o="1799" height_o="1286" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/46a932b488188decffb8533152a876b1bf41ef0ebb952f08a25164572f1330a7/Landscape-5x7.jpg" data-mid="71156795" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/46a932b488188decffb8533152a876b1bf41ef0ebb952f08a25164572f1330a7/Landscape-5x7.jpg" /> https://willstafford.com/Vinyl-Futures Thu, 14 May 2020 18:27:37 +0000 Will Stafford https://willstafford.com/Vinyl-Futures <img width="1920" height="1273" width_o="1920" height_o="1273" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc9ffa68fe750165f40154f292136de8acf010ab96eeed11ee669809f6cdfcde/vinyl.jpg" data-mid="71052583" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cc9ffa68fe750165f40154f292136de8acf010ab96eeed11ee669809f6cdfcde/vinyl.jpg" /> &nbsp; There are no vinyl inflatable repair kits suitable for kids, either because they are solvent based, or just difficult to apply correctly. Not only does this vinyl repair kit keep existing vinyl products in use, and out of the landfill, it teaches children about taking care of their possessions. <img width="3501" height="2079" width_o="3501" height_o="2079" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33e0a2f02d77dfa0d84be3a252836f95042db6d1063754d8223ec0db91405c91/Untitled-3.jpg" data-mid="71152965" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/33e0a2f02d77dfa0d84be3a252836f95042db6d1063754d8223ec0db91405c91/Untitled-3.jpg" /> <img width="3525" height="1861" width_o="3525" height_o="1861" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f007f4045667e2cf6ba0a5e5119d4abb1a452e9ea358beacc4cc4b339c4e84d/Untitled-4.jpg" data-mid="71152966" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f007f4045667e2cf6ba0a5e5119d4abb1a452e9ea358beacc4cc4b339c4e84d/Untitled-4.jpg" /> Based on familiar first-aid kits, it offers a variety of bandages for small tears and punctures, which can be layered in creative ways to improve the functionality of the repairs. It also includes patches for seam-tears, one of the most common issues with vinyl inflatables, in the form of playful stitches. https://willstafford.com/Pocket-Tissues Thu, 14 May 2020 18:27:38 +0000 Will Stafford https://willstafford.com/Pocket-Tissues 3. Thomas Kuhn &nbsp; <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fccb86a6577cd820d076bd1aa30988e58eb612d51328b83a1ad610280dd158cb/2.jpg" data-mid="71038046" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fccb86a6577cd820d076bd1aa30988e58eb612d51328b83a1ad610280dd158cb/2.jpg" /> TK / 1962 From The Structure of Scientific Revolutions &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Yet one standard product of the scientific enterprise is missing. Normal science does not aim at novelties of fact or theory and, when successful, finds none. New and unsuspected phenomena are, however, repeatedly uncovered by scientific research, and radical new theories have again and again been invented by scientists. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The practice of normal science depends on the ability, acquired from exemplars, to group objects and situations into similarity sets which are primitive in the sense that the grouping is done without an answer to the question, “Similar with respect to what?” One central aspect of any revolution is, then, that some of the similarity relations change. Objects that were grouped in the same set before are grouped in different ones afterward and vice versa. Think of the sun, moon, Mars, and earth before and after Copernicus; of free fall, pendular, and planetary motion before and after Galileo; or of salts, alloys, and a sulpuhur-iron filing mix before and after Dalton. <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/81cbeaaf1cb94c3394f999c2487775d300f3de4d20b1ab9527db0c75ac1c7377/1.jpg" data-mid="71038045" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/81cbeaaf1cb94c3394f999c2487775d300f3de4d20b1ab9527db0c75ac1c7377/1.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="2786" width_o="2000" height_o="2786" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b608340a741d7a9fd2f42fb184867ca5e93f6e0f4f369ad7738587a19a6ca067/a.jpg" data-mid="71038047" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b608340a741d7a9fd2f42fb184867ca5e93f6e0f4f369ad7738587a19a6ca067/a.jpg" /> https://willstafford.com/Bathroom-2025 Thu, 14 May 2020 18:27:38 +0000 Will Stafford https://willstafford.com/Bathroom-2025 Bathroom of the Future 2025Pratt x American Standard Together with Constantin Boym, Jess Smith, and Alex Thompson with Pratt Institute’s Design Clinic research accelerator, and sponsored by American Standard, we addressed the challenges of water conservation in the bathroom through novel construction techniques and prefabrication. Through our research, we identified several themes of inquiry: phytoremediation, biomimicry, and ritual experience of bathing. Proposing Solutions Our near-future solution proposed a grey-water system rerouting shower water to the toilet via phytoremediation--that is, cleaning the shower water with wetland plants that remove chemicals and particulates. This is made possible through a prefabricated wall unit that encloses the plumbing in one space. Biomimetic tiles that channel water like the surfaces of leaves take full advantage of surface moisture and collect it back into the system. Our bathroom further integrates technology with nature by using air plants to moderate humidity and create an atmosphere of calm. <img width="880" height="1145" width_o="880" height_o="1145" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee4bdcd47c965996ce5dda7f23cc0f2c6cd89fbd3f515cc87c0a2fb4a4564b6a/Future-Bathroom-Shower-Side.jpg" data-mid="71056307" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/880/i/ee4bdcd47c965996ce5dda7f23cc0f2c6cd89fbd3f515cc87c0a2fb4a4564b6a/Future-Bathroom-Shower-Side.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1703" width_o="1200" height_o="1703" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3dffae062dee13ce30002f5a1426b8e2eed3492522d96df78ee2745805e9c655/Future-Bathroom-plants-side.jpg" data-mid="71055370" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3dffae062dee13ce30002f5a1426b8e2eed3492522d96df78ee2745805e9c655/Future-Bathroom-plants-side.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; photos by c. boym&nbsp; More Info at Core77 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;