Spontaniteit

Omschrijving

Volledig jezelf zijn. Maximale persoonlijke vrijheid om te rea- geren zoals je op dat moment bent, denkt en voelt. Toegeven

aan een creatief impuls van binnen. Garantie van een geworteldheid in innerlijke toestand. Oppervlakkige gekunsteldheid wordt uitgesloten. Spontaniteit; de grote motor achter een volledig natuurlijk ver- lopend creatief proces. Jezelf maximaal uiten. Een spontane re- actie is die van een totaal mens. Volledig natuurlijk, vrij en ongedwongen.

Waarom?

Het ritme van het alledaagse en het 'normale' is het ritme van ons leven geworden. We worden allemaal teveel in een keurs-

lijf gedwongen. We hebben de sleur vaarwel gezegd.

Tegenwoordig zijn er te weinig onverwachte momenten en het verassingselement ontbreekt vaak. Handelen en reageren gebeurt allemaal naar een bepaald verwachtingspatroon. Er wordt nauwelijks nog 'lekker gek' gedaan. Waar is de

vrijheid en ongedwongenheid? Ons hele leven lijkt al voor- speld. De kunst van de spontaniteit maakt het leven leuk! Het gaat om de tegenbeweging. Dááág, Jan Modaal!

Hoe ziet de trend eruit?

De trend spontaniteit is een onschuldige ongeremde trend.

Waarbij eerlijkheid en ongedwongenheid centraal staan. Het heeft een kinderlijk onschuldig uiterlijk waarbij beweging uit zichzelf en uit een opwelling naar voren komt. Onverbloemde gezelligheid. De diepere lagen in de samenleving proberen naar voren te brengen. Natuurlijk, fellere kleuren maar met een zachte tint.

Concept Presentation

Presentation of last Wednesday:

Software animatie

Visualisations of the concepts

Blazer concept:

Pillowcase concept:

Concept(s) Smell-Life-Technology

When I started to think about a concept for smell-life-technology I came up with a few ideas of which I'm going pick 2 that I'll further work out.

The first concept:

A jacket that detects when someones body temperature rises and they start to sweat, so that it automatically releases deodorant. You'll keep smelling fresh all day.

The design is located in the armpits. It's not made plastic or annoying metal materials but it's made out of cotton with the small sensors in it.

The second concept:

A pillow case with a little bottle of the scent of your own house. You can collect this scent by taking samples of objects in your house with a particular smell and mixing this into a perfume. You can connect the little bottle of scent to the pillowcase so that you can take your home with you wherever you go (e.g. holidays, staying over at someone's house etc.).

No one will ever feel homesick again!

Class 14-04-'10

The lesson was very interesting today, everyone gave a presentation about smell and technology.

Some examples:

Peter de Cupere

Artificial nature

Soap mountains

http://www.peterdecupere.com/

Sissel Tolaas

Scent Expert

http://www.sightunseen.com/sissel-tolaas-scent-expert/

Jenny Tillotson

Scentimental Space

http://www.smartsecondskin.com/main/scentimentalspace.htm

More info:

http://smelllifetechnology.wordpress.com

Pheromones used in Perfume

Pheromones are odorless chemicals that cause arousal and attraction in people. Either the olfactory epithelium (most likely) or the vomeronasal organ, which is located in the nose and conveys messages to the higher cortical regions of the brain, potentially could mediate pheromone signals. The pheromones that affect males and females are distinct from each other. There's a great deal of scientific research that suggests that pheromones really do work, and a number of perfume makers are incorporating pheromones into some of their fragrances. There are also several companies that sell synthetic pheromones on their own so you can add them to your own perfume.

Women's perfume laced with synthetic pheromones acts as a sexual magnet and increases the sexual attractiveness of women to men, San Francisco State University researchers conclude in a study appearing in the current issue of the quarterly journal Physiology and Behavior.

The study, the first of its kind to independently test a sex attractant pheromone for women, showed that of the 36 women tested, 74 percent of those wearing their regular perfume with the pheromone saw an overall increase in three or more of the following sociosexual behaviors: frequency of kissing, heavy petting and affection, sexual intercourse, sleeping next to their partner, and formal dates with men.

The study was conducted for 14 weeks in 2000. Thirty-six women were recruited on campus through psychology and human sexuality classes and asked to participate in an experiment described as testing a pheromone that would "increase romance in their lives." The criteria for participation called for women who were heterosexual, regularly menstruating, neither married nor co-habiting with a man, not currently using an oral contraceptive and in good health.