Mesh Mashup: Selection and Refinement

The One I Chose:

- Vase + Clock Concept Idea.

- A clock as a base to the vase so that you would know when to water your plant

Changes/Revisions:

- The clock face should have been carved out to act as a more stable plate

- Should actually have a hand since it's a clock, but it can't be in the way of the vase

- Trying the vase with a different style or shape just to see if it would still fit the same way or completely mess up the design

- Maybe having a glass piece between the clock and the surface for the vase, clock hands could be underneath the glass piece to have the flat surface for the vase and space for the hands to move.

- Strong enough glass to hold up the vase, without it being easily breakable with the weight from the vase and water combined

- Possibly having a light-up clock face so that it notifies you

- Cleaner edges to the clock edges

How did the feedback influence my design?
From the feedback I got from the concepts, my peers seem to take a liking in this concept that I have chosen because it seems the most realistic, something useful to many that people would be interested in. With the discussion about the concept it got me thinking about the smaller details like the light-up reminder might be helpful. Specifically, that got me thinking into the plant lighting, which would benefit how the plant grows and this would be a less annoying notification compared to an alarm bell. Another feedback part that influenced the changes I did to my creation would be how they thought of the idea in the first place. I chose to briefly explain parts of the concept and let them give feedback as I spoke about the design just to see if they would think of my idea as they would expect the product to be used. Their feedback included their agreement towards the vases having a plate is a typical choice when they grow plants, to either catch the water as they water the plants or the leaves that may fall off depending on the plant. They agree it is a good concept because they could relate to how watering a plant may easily slip people's minds. I took these feedbacks into consideration that I have listed above in my "Changes/Revisions:" portion of this blog.

How does my creation relate to Remix Culture?

My creation is a combination of a vase and a clock, if you think about these two objects separately, they are existing ideas already. So my design can be considered as a mashup. This creation's of a clock or timer with a vase, the clock being the base that acts as a weight measurer and a timer.

This creation's juxtaposition would be the relation of the clock that could double as a timer and a plate that could

hold the vase in place along with being a weight measurement for how much water you have put into the plant,

along with how long the water will last until you need to add more water. The timer would light up and giving the

plant some growth, it would be a grow light or plant light which is an artificial light source that would improve the
growth of your plant. The timer would give you a signal when the light turns on to remind you to water the plant.