I would like to share with everyone the Journal below that I searched from the internet about interaction and innovation of design.
‘MADE in China’, a PC with a distinctly Asian interface, designed by John Leung
The concept ‘MADE in China’ was the winner of the ‘Next-Gen pc competition’ in 2006 and was especially designed for the Chinese market. The product itself has no hardware like a CPU or hard drive, this infrastructure is provided by the service provider. Technically feasible? No. But it is a nice futuristic concept of how computers could change in the next decade.
The most interesting thing about this concept is that it breaths the Chinese, or Asian culture. You can drag and drop files with chopsticks and also the style of the concept has many Chinese characteristics. Compared to all the existing laptops a breath for fresh air.
After reading this journal, the idea of using chopsticks is a good one as it represents Chinese and Asian culture, and it’s full of interaction. For example, we use chopsticks to select food from our plates. On the other hand, we are also able to take something to people – like 2-ways communication. This is a social interaction between 2 parties, sender and receiver.
Reference1:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/may07/05-15NextGenPC.mspx
Reference2:
http://tsedrive.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/interview
