Organization of design thinking(Object 1)

With reference to David Usborne's collection of screen magnifiers, I wanted to create a simple, out-of-the-box thinking, lens-related craft. and, personally, I wanted to do something on the theme of multi-sensory jewellery. Combining these two points, I intend to take one of the water ripple bracelets I made at the Fast making festival and develop it by designing a water ripple lens that has a multi-sensory experience, allowing the viewer to feel as if they are in water.

I would like to add an olfactory component to the visual experience of the lens, as I believe that smell is a wonderful sense that allows one to quickly vicariously experience a particular scene. And this I intend to achieve through perfuming. However, I don't have professional skills in perfumery at the moment, so I plan to use a blend of several essential oils. I want to present a scent that is fresh and can also contain some aquatic plants or fish scents.

I plan to make this object in a form that can be interacted with. Holding both hands in a circle in front of the eyes is a very natural gesture for "looking", and I want to design the object's form based on this gesture - to fit the shape of this hand movement. In addition, after researching the history of eyeglasses, magnifying glasses and binoculars, we can find that before the invention of the common frames, their earliest form of use was to be held directly in the hand, which is a kind of return to the true nature of the object, which is in line with the theme that I want to express.

After talking to Oscar about my idea, he emphasised the need for the elements of the smile to be directive - the look of the object needs to lead the viewer to smell it. After some research on scented products on the market, combined with the look I envisioned for the object itself, I decided to make my object look more like wood diffuser. It could use a wider wooden frame to wrap around the lens, and by dripping essential oils on the wooden part, it would act as a diffuser. And the wood also allows for a more comfortable grip.

As for the lens, I have been able to heat the plastic to get a water ripple-like shape, but it needs to be thick to achieve a true water perspective, so I plan to increase the thickness of the lens by using a drop of glue, and a heated piece of plastic as a mould for it. In fact, drip glue is toxic, so I'd better use it as little as possible (this time I used it because I was constrained by time and wanted to achieve the effect quickly), and if I have similar situation later, I can consider to achieve it by modelling and 3D printing.