Liquid Tree

Motivation Your pin money His life fountain http://www.cwdf.org.cn/

Save water in your power. Shower is the largest water waste in home.

Long, hot showers waste water and power .

Water waste: average 12 liters per minute

A minute or two less showering time adds up to a lot of water over a year. “many a little makes a mickle”

Changing people wasting water in the shower , encourage people to attend a sustainable lifestyle.

Presenting the real data of water waste.

Interaction between user and the display, either encouraging or punishing.

Water saving

IKKO https://www.ikko.com.au/products/water-saving/water-saving-devices Motivation

Visual attraction

An aesthetic water meter, save more water to keep a beautiful liquid tree.

Self- competition or competition between family members. One tree is for one person. Multi people have multi trees.

New format: Liquid performances

Symbolic meaning

Water - Nature – Plants – Tree

Target market:

Both children and adults

Potential influence 5%

Other solutions Impact

Low flow showerhead

Water tag (Single lever mixer taps )‏

Volume control valves

Timers (Alarm clock, sandglass)‏

Inspiration Oscar Diaz, "self-printed" calendar and plant posters made by the ink bleeding on the paper. http://www.oscar-diaz.net/work.html Initial Idea

"self-printed“

Ink from Chinese calligraphy & traditional painting (blowing to make a painting, mostly for drawing plants)‏

Tree directly relates to Water

Liquid display is rising

Inspiration Ideas for the Case

Switches

Push-pull buttons

Shape – simple, clear, relates to Water issue

Ipod, CD player for Muji ("Without Thought" )‏

Weights of the Cuckoo clock

Artwork

Code from

Stepper Unipolar Advanced

author: David Cuartielles * date: 20 Oct. 2005

Book: Analog IN, Digital OUT

iPod www.apple.com/ipodclassic/ CD Player for Muji 1999 Designer: Naoto Fukasawa http://www.ideo.com/work/featured/muji/ Cuckoo clock http://www.cuckooclocks.com/d/products/2-0085-01-c.jpg

Concept

Focus on people’s feeling of everyday life.

Zoom in to the details of daily lives.

Explore a new way to solve the problems.

Provide a different experience about everyday things.

From my personal intuition

Improve the relationships between people and the natural environment.

An aesthetic & persuasive household object.

Design Process 1st Prototype, only layers are working, no electronics 8-Oct Jaycar, Test layers, connect it with tubes, "one line drawing" pattern of Layer is working 7-Oct Test layers, connect it with tubes 3-Oct Laser cutter, Glue layers 2-Oct Discussion with Andrew, Jaycar, Aquarium 1-Oct Laser cutter, Glue layers, testing, redesign the patterns 30-Sep Discussion with Andrew 29-Sep Pattern Design 01 for Perspex Layers 28-Sep Project proposal 25-Sep Question, flowchar01, structure01 24-Sep Question 17-Sep Jaycar 15-Sep Final project deciding. 13-Sep Concept presentation 10-Sep Jaycar 9-Sep Jaycar 6-Sep EVENT DATE Finish, prepare presentation 5-Nov Glue Case(frame), tags, testing, programming 4-Nov Glue Case(frame), tags, testing, programming 3-Nov Glue Case(frame), tags, testing, programming 1-Nov Glue Case(frame), tags, testing, programming 31-Oct Jaycar 30-Oct Programming 29-Oct laser cutter, last change of the parts 28-Oct Jaycar, ArtShop 24-Oct Change measurement of some part of the case 23-Oct Laser cutter, Glue layers & Tubes, Question about Programming 22-Oct Buy Perspex 21-Oct Jaycar, toyshop 20-Oct Stepper Works 4pins wiring 18-Oct Programming 15-Oct Aquarium, test without the pump 14-Oct Jaycar 13-Oct Finish the Case (frame) design 10-Oct

Concept

Persuasion:

2 layers present Today’s & yesterday’s result.

Compare the situation of water waste.

Punish first, then encourage. Liquid falling presents the water waste.

Push people to keep the aesthetic pattern of Tree

Interaction:

Interesting switches

(push-pull buttons)‏

User switches which layer use

User controls the level of liquid to go back to the original position

Approach Purple Blue Potentiometers Push-pull buttons Run Backwards Exchange between Purple & Blue Pot ON, Motor runs forwards

Approach Back of the Case— Leave space for tubes and pot mechanical part which connects to water tag Perspex Layers – 5 pieces (2 for liquid passing)‏ Push-pull switches — Include details (chipping inside)‏

Approach Difficulties of Techni and technology Mechanical parts: length of tube, quantity of liquid, strings... Programming: learned from people (Thanks: Andrew, Justin, Kim); learned from examples. Testing, testing, testing... Design of the Case (shape); Patterns of the Tree layers

Demonstration Real Usage Stage it in the Bathroom.

Thanks!