Scatter compares electricity consumption within a home through a cube form made of blocks that pulls apart from an ordered to a scattered form. The more electricity that is consumed, the more scattered the form will become. It was influenced by the concept of entropy. In an ordered form, there is more potential energy to be used. As the form become more disordered, there is less energy available because more energy is consumed in changing its form. Our inspiration was from Arthur Ganson’s Little Yellow Chair, where the chair exploded apart from the center and then collided together to come back to a complete chair.
Scatter utilizes two kinetic sculptures to visualize and compare electricity consumption, through
witnessing the difference in form between the two. Users can compare electricity usage to the previous day, week, or month. They would simply interact with our kinetic sculpture by rotating and connecting them to the different sides of the base labeled currently, yesterday, weekly, and monthly in order to actuate these comparisons. Our project aims to bring awareness of electricity consumption through its dynamic form in order to aid us in maintaining a balanced use of energy.
Website: http://iat337-scatter.wix.com/scatter#!
Project Role: project manager, modeling artist
Scatter in action
Solidworks Render (Original State)
Solidworks Render (Scattered)
