Uncomfortable Immersion Alat Bantu Dukuangan Baduka by Chloe Marcela Coelho

Uncomfortable Immersion Alat Bantu Dukuangan Baduka by Chloe Marcela Coelho is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Basi in Sosial Competition Category.

BasiSosial· 2020

Uncomfortable Immersion Alat Bantu Dukuangan Baduka

by Chloe Marcela Coelho

Client: Chloe Marcela Coelho

A' Design Award Basi Winner in Sosial Category

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The Design

About Uncomfortable Immersion Alat Bantu Dukuangan Baduka

Uncomfortable Immersion adolah sabuah alat bantu dukuangan baduka untuak remaja nan ditinggaan urang tasayang. Alat bantu ko bapusek ka sabuah buku pandu nan mambantu anak mudo mambuek objek ritual pribadi sarato mampropses kahilangan manuruik kacapatan diri surang. Sabuah liontin pangana dibantuak dari tando tanda tangan urang nan disayang, dicetak 3D jo bahan PLA sarato dituang jo perak murni (sterling silver). Sabuah salendang suto dicetak jo surek dari urang nan lah maningga, manggunoan tinto termokromik nan manjadi tembuih di ateh suhu 27 darajaik Celsius, sahinggo kato-kato tu bamunculan lewaik sentuahan. Metode desain nan bapusek ka manusia (human-centred design) manjadi pandu dalam karya iko, nan batujuan untuak mambarikan dukuangan lamo sasudah upacara pamakaman salasai.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Basi

Uncomfortable Immersion Alat Bantu Dukuangan Baduka adolah pamenang A' Design Award Basi, sabuah pangakuan nan bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan nan elok nan mamanuhi kaparluan profesional jo industri nan dipaokan dari ciptaan nan dirancang jo elok. Pamenang Basi mamparlihatkan kamahiran nan gadang, spesialisasi nan tinggi, pamahaman pakar jo kapasitas kreatif panciptanyo. Uncomfortable Immersion Alat Bantu Dukuangan Baduka dipaokan manjadi ciptaan nan sangaik dihormati, dikagumi jo disayangi, nan praktis jo inovatif. Rancangan nan manang Basi iko mamasukkan praktik tabaik industri jo punyo ciri teknis nan cakap nan bapautan jo ilimu jo bakaik. Uncomfortable Immersion Alat Bantu Dukuangan Baduka dihormati karano katalitiannyo jo dirancang untuak maningkekkan kualitas hiduik jo mambantu manjadikan dunia tampek nan labiah elok.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The project explores the way that our society deals with grief; particularly in adolescents. It considers the emotional complexities within grief and the socio-cultural misconceptions. Using Human-Centred Design, a grief book was created to guide the bereaving to construct ritual objects which help the adolescent process and comprehend at their own pace, while maintaining important metaphysical relationships with the deceased. Personal autonomy was strongly encouraged in their grief journey.
Dimensions & Packaging: 'Without Expectation' by Chloe Marcela Coelho - Width 176 mm x Depth 5 mm x Height 250 mm
Signature Pendant - Width 35 mm x Depth 2 mm x Height 50 mm
Grief Scarf - Width 900 mm x Depth 0.5 mm x Height 900 mm
Tags: Grief, Death, Ritual, Empathy, Social Impact, Adolescence, Support, Mourning, Pendant, Scarf
Production Technology: The companion artefact to the grief book, 'Without Expectations', was a pendant made from the signature of a loved one which was 3D printed in PLA and cast in sterling silver. The grief scarf uses a unique black thermochromic ink that becomes transparent above 27C. This was infused into silk containing a printed letter from their lost loved one, that only appears with the ritualistic gesture of touch. The novel manufacturing process for the resultant scarf required many iterations to perfect.
Design Challenge: Institutionalized death has misconstrued grief in our society. Grievers are expected to avoid emotional depth and showing vulnerability, especially for teenagers. This alienates and discourages teenagers from dealing with grief in a healthy manner. During vast physical and mental changes, reworking identities and shifting parental dynamics, a loved one's death is crushing. While initial support around the funeral is crucial, support is often scarce months after a death when it's needed most.
Research: Uncomfortable Immersion uses human-centred and service design ideas to provide an empathic toolset for grieving adolescents. Extended research into existing literature, interviews about loss and evaluation from psychologists and deathcare specialists provided a foundation for new concepts around grief care. The project has been heavily requested and discussed in relation to personal memorials and discourse in deathcare field. As well allowing exploration of my personal experience of loss.
Inspiration: Grief is a universal aspect of the human condition that is rarely discussed in western society, which often frames grief as a 'stage' for people to overcome with most support occurring during the funeral. However, new frameworks suggest that grief is an ongoing process. This leaves long-term grievers without support or agency, creating unnecessary suffering. Embracing my personal experience of losing my mother at thirteen has shown me that grief is not something to be rushed or prescribed.
Project Duration: The project was started in March 2018 as part of the Honours Project in Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours) at RMIT University (City Campus). The project was completed in November of 2018.
Operation Flow: Without Expectation is a practical guide for adolescents in a time of loss. It approaches the subject with sensitivity, that respects the maturity and hardship the teenager has unwittingly embarked upon. Through the use of approachable stories about grief and transformation, the user is informed of harmful fallacies that are common in western society. It promotes concepts of death literacy and ritualism in mourning, including a memorial pendant and a scarf with handwriting from the deceased.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Chloe Marcela Coelho, 2019