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Soft
Ring Rodrigo da Silva
Alves Social Group: Andre Luiz Nunez Projeto
Longevidade – Núcleo Vila Isabel Praça Barão de Drumond – Vila Isabel While coursing PUC's Design graduation course, I
started my work under the longevity project in Vila Isabel at Barão de
Drummond square. My chosen partner was André Luiz Nunes, who teaches physical
education to the third age. Every monday, wednesday and fridays, a large
group of old ladies (forty to sixty ladies) meets at the square, working out
in order to maintain their health and happiness. They work out from 7 am to
7:50 am, when they get a 10 minutes rest, followed by more exercises which
goes throught for more 50 minutes, though only a few (about 20) ladies stay
so long. While they rest, there's another activity, which Luiz calls
"Chat Therapy", where the ladies change experiences and start new
relationships. While I was observing their activities, I happened to get the
idea of André's work. I realized they're not usual students, having much more
needs, they're much more fragile and sucetible individuals, physically. Working out is not
only about avoiding health problems, but, also, work out their minds. Due to
the small amount of time I had, we worked three steps in one, quickly getting
to his vocabulary and easily building the objective-phrase: "One, two,
three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, work out, breath
happily". The phrase means their need to maintain that contact with the
outside world, so that they won't feel unhappy and alone, while avoiding
physiological problems and diseases. Following this line, I started designing
the "baits", like the hula hoop, rope, hand rubber-band, etc. After
all that testing and the outcome of the "hot-cold", I got the
chosen path, which incorporated all the three baits above. Throught the
variations I got from this new gear, some considerations were achieved: their
fragility, their necessity for support for the activities, meaning the
overall security and simplicity of a self-explanatory design item. Counting
on colors (bright blue), weight (clove and cinnamon) and smell, this item
should work out their senses, just as this soft hoop was designed for.
Working with elder people had been a fulfilling and amazing experience, as I
could understand a different world, a different view of other's needs.
Subject: DSG 1002 Class: 1AH Professores:
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