Exercícios de possibilidades no design: experimentações a partir de contos fantásticos

Abstract

Design is a projectual activity that is transdisciplinary at its core and, as such, covers a diverse range of topics, among them are the processes that involve the human creative faculty, and that is a study of big relevance in order to broaden the possibilities of expressing meaning through materials. That way, by using the relations of fantasy as a creative method, it’s possible to experiment with materiality in design solutions and acquire a larger comprehension of the mind’s associative codes in the process. In order to apply that knowledge in practice, devices were elaborated to conduct experiments that would use fantasy as a creative language, manufacturing, by the end of it, a publication of fantastic tales of the XIX century. For such, it was necessary to conduct a study regarding the intersections between topics such as book, experimentation, creative process, fantasy and, at last, experimental publication. Furthermore, an analysis of similar products was made in order to generate the design guidelines necessary, which was followed by the project stage, attending to the research’s objective to concept and utilize the devices in the prototyping of the collection of fantastic tales.