Volume
Short Animation, Product Design Prototype
2020
Volume is a made-up object, a Vinyl record in the shape of a Sphere.
When we add ‘Volume’ to a 2d object, We add to it more value, suddenly it occupy more space, unefficiently.
For me this is emphasizing the emotional connection to physical data,
as opposed to digital data and media, the overload of information, taking little space, we get to choose what to focus on.
This idea came to my mind as I was just getting started with Cinema4D, I tried modeling different objects,
I was dabbling with the idea of starting Industrial Design degree, and this object just popped in my head after trying to model a globe.
Besides modeling, texturing and animating, I spent a good amount just figuring out the functional aspect of this object. How one would go about changing a record and put another album in the device? How it will move from one song to another etc.
This is still an idea and a project that for me is unfinished, where I dream of the opportunity of designing and building a working model of this piece.