Transcending Time - Designing new timescapes
Hyunah Oh
The invention of time introduced mankind to the world of quantifiable efficiency, but in many cases, the ticking of time directs our attention to the question of ‘how much’ instead of ‘how’ and ‘why.’ By examining time in scientific, cultural, historical and religious contexts, my thesis aims to propose alternative ways of perceiving, understanding, and experiencing time. Through layering, expanding, radicalizing, and visualizing time and exploring the concept of erosion and decay, I would like to uncover poetic visuals and experiences that offer new, non-quantitative ways of tracking, registering and living time.
The Now _ 01 _ space (2022)
The Now is a series of alternative, digital calendars designed to challenge the way we experience the conventional grid of calendars. Days come and pass you by, and at midnight, the next day aligns perfectly with “THE NOW.” While staring at this calendar, you are in the now, experiencing time as it goes by.The Now _ 02 _ walkthrough (2022)
This is an alternative calendar in which you can walk past days while walking indefinitely to somewhere unknown. I designed this moving calendar as a way for the audience to perceive the calendar differently and use it as a non-quantitative clock.DORIAN GRAY EXPERIENCE / a speculative UX design project (2022)
What do casinos, video games, and department stores have in common? They are all places without timepieces: no windows, no clocks, or very small timepieces to avoid catching your attention to time. In other words, these are spaces without erosion. I also discovered that digital spaces, where we spend the majority of our time, are becoming another one of those spaces without erosion. To fight this and empower users to make decisions, I implemented a speculative UX where your profile picture erodes if you spend too much time on Social Media. As you scroll mindlessly through the unending feed, you lose some or all of yourself. I wanted to create a visual representation of this phenomenon, a gentle nudge/alarm to the user that it might be time to go back to reality.
