The calculator saved me
Where to start with the story between us? Is just two girl become a classmate and then become friends, her character is very good, who can play with her to go together, I was attracted by her, and because of play together, we understand a lot of each other's hobbies, and also slowly become our own hobbies.I like to watch anime, she likes kpop, and then she also like to watch anime, I also like kpop! I am really thankful that I have such a nice friend! Whenever I need her help, she always say yes.
I've been thinking for a long time about assignments like ...who should I ask to do my human research? Is it my neighbor or my parents? In the end, she's the best person to talk to, haha!
When I think of the items she always carries with her, the jade bracelet, the lipstick that she carries with him because he always gets lipitis, and her manicure , because I really can't think of anything else, I call her and asked "I've got a homework assignment to do a research of humanity, and you're the subject of my survey! When you think of yourself, what items come to mind?"
She said: "Manicure? Play games? K-pop ? Oh! Right! My calculator, an object that has been with me for a long time but is easily overlooked."
"Great, that's it!"
But the calculator has been in the world for a long, long time, and now that it is the simplest, most complete and perfect product we can use, what can I do to improve it?
Just combine the other items I thought of earlier about her! It's a bit pie-in-the-sky, but it's right, right? It fits my friend her own personal charm, and it does tie in with the calculator!
6 ideation sketches
I remember when she first came to Australia and I was still at home, I asked her if there was anything she wanted me to bring for her. She said she wanted a pair of sunglasses because the sun was just too much over there in Melbourne!
Well, a combination of sunglasses and computer would be great!
She is often prone to cheilitis, and if she eats something her lips might become itchy and swollen. And she may not carry her phone, but lip balm is something she will absolutely, positively carry with her!
One of the strange things about the Chinese is that ordinary people believe in gods, but it's not a belief, it's just a feeling that there's a god in the sky.
The jade on her hand is also a superstition, the ancients said jade can prevent disasters for people, her jade is very warm, and jade is really a kind of jewelry the more you use it, the more hydrated.
She has beautiful hands, and whatever nails she do are all beautiful , she changes her nails once every few months, every time it's pink and slender, some times it may be gorgeous, some times it may be simple, but it's all going to be pink.
I'm a very lazy person, as long as I recognize any gift, I will only think of giving that one. So every birthday, either give her perfume or plush toys, especially jolly cat plush toys, soft and cute.
Finally, she sent me a picture of her calculator, which was covered with all kinds of stickers, some from friends, some stickers around the games we played together, some stickers around the kpop we liked, and some stickers around the IPs that other friends liked very much, which were full of memories of our youth, and that one calculator followed her through the whole high school and also brought her to the university. She said, "It's too old, I may need to get a new one", I think maybe I should design a sticker to put the old calculator on the new one, so it's a kind of inheritance, and our memories won't disappear.
5 collage iterations
1 video of the final reimagined object
