Date of Award
Spring 5-31-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Industrial Design
Department
Industrial Design
First Advisor
Ayako Takase
Second Advisor
Hannah Chung
Third Advisor
Theo Richardson
Abstract
In the pursuit of seamlessness, modern technology has become oversimplified, reduced to simple taps and pushes of buttons. This standardized interaction feels distant and mechanical, offering services without inviting touch, movement, or emotion.
This thesis explores how technology can blend into everyday life in a gentle way. The designed objects will focus on integrating familiar movements that elicit moments of harmony within interactions with technology. Through design transformations, this project seeks to uncover how everyday movements, like lifting a handle and placing flowers, can transform our technological exchanges into something felt rather than simply performed.
The findings reveal that when technology responds with the grace of the familiar, it ceases to be just a device. It becomes a beautiful presence, an invitation for users to actively engage. By stepping away from rigid functionality and embracing the flow of everyday movements, design can create experiences that are not only intuitive but also tender, breathing warmth into the relationship between humans and technology.
Recommended Citation
LEE, CHENG-LIN, "Where Motion Lingers..." (2025). Masters Theses. 1500.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/1500
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.