Data-probe 21

15 October 2024 (WS4)

Monterrey (MX)

Group 1

4 attendees of the Cumulus Design Conference

nose-related conditions

fatigue

throat-related conditions

joint pain

infection

Written description:

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Picture of the probe:

Base Image Fatigue Overlay Infection Overlay JointPain Overlay Nose Overlay Throat Overlay

List of components:

1 +
2 big sphere of wood;
2 big cubes of wood;
2 small cube of wood;
2 small triangular prisms of wood;
1 small cube of polyester;
1 small sphere of foam

Oral description:

“On the flu. Yeah. Also go with the go. Is the COVID like... flu? Yes. Like COVID. Yeah. It's the same symptoms. It's the snowing and intestine, yeah flu, the same symptoms that kept you from going to school when you were a kid, so. Actually this is, sort of like, like physical representation of the person and its state and this is the condition of block nose and running nose that are alternating each other. Yes, exactly. And this is the throat. We wanted to make like an itchy throat with the friction and so and also like it's sound enveloping because of the loss of voice. So we did like low language of friction [not clear]. This is the pain. This is a the knee-join pain. Because we, we said kinaesthetic friction and also, this represents like prisoner’s ball that like you know, those iron balls, yeah. Like there's the prisoner is attached and yeah, and it also represents the impossibility to move a lot because of the weights. Like yeah, and inertia of like of the tired. And this part since when you have a flu, usually you also feel like joint pain. This is like a twisted knee. So it gives it gives this uncomfortable. Let's say, but it could also be yes, it could also be constipation, yes. Also, because, because you have you have this cube in the middle. Yeah, and it's full wood.”