Proposal

Objective

For many people living, working or studying in a big city , they often find themselves, their families and friends in a position where they would get disconnected from the external natural environment. Examples would be long hours in the office, lectures, studios without windows. Prolonged exposures to such disconnections can lead to an over stressful environment and the Portable Window seeks to bring a balance to such a situation and also bring people living in the city closer to nature by the use of an ambient display. This device can also aid users to reexamine the environment around them. Such an ambient display is non-intrusive and does not require the full attention of the user. This is a cognitive psychology phenomenon known as pre-attentive processing in which unconscious processing of information that takes place prior to awareness of what has been heard or seen.



Rationale

I always have a huge interest in human interactions with everyday objects on a personal level and how I can solve some of the questions that I have regarding these everyday-ness or even design something that could improve our everyday lives. By researching and developing this project, it could potentially improve the psychological and emotional well being of people who are affected by the problem of disconnected-ness.



4. Methods and Time Line