“What is good with that is that it is completely painful,” says Adrian. “I mean, withdrawing your case is not a real pain in the scheme of life, but it has this ideal friction that you are not going to turn it over and do it all the time.”
“It essentially transforms compulsive behavior into conscious behavior,” explains Clara.
The opening case does not yet exist, be careful. It is more artistic project than the real project. But although this is not a reality, special projects hope that it inspires a more thoughtful reflection on the time we spend on our phones. Something like an application that prevents you from getting out of your phone by making you stumble Kill a digital tree If you scroll too much.
“This is something with which many people have trouble,” says Adrian. “There are a lot of solutions, but there was something just clicking.”
Aesthetically, the works of special projects evoke a kind of teenage genius philosophy in the pursuit of digital well-being. The idea of aperture was born while the team worked on a project called PhoneAn application that allowed you to print a sheet of paper with all the information – contacts, calendar meetings, grocery list, for example – you may need your phone for a day.
During this project, the Westaways noticed that the carved window for the group of camera lenses at the back of a telephone case was roughly the same size as Apple Watch. With Apple who managed to get a lot of information in the limited window of its device mounted on the wrist, the westaways thought it would be quite easy to do the same on the phone. What if you could activate this by simply turning your phone case?
“We just started playing with these ideas,” says Adrian. “The idea we really liked was to use two things you already have, you can transform them into what looks like a new type of device.”
However, while the original vision was to transform any phone case into an aid compared to the opening, reality is unlikely to be played in this way. First, the switcheroo may not work with any phone housing, because depending on the manufacture of the housing, it may simply not adapt, or can inadvertently press the buttons along a phone.
With the kind permission of SP Aperture
