FIG. 01 Copy-cat Toaster
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- A Digital Approach
- Technical write up of app implementation
Inconsiderate Domestic Objects
2026
Contents
Inconsiderate Domestic Objects make us more considerate by using them. This series of tools encourage emotional reflection through friction. Highlighting the ways in which domestic technologies are optimised for functions rather than humanness. The project encourages more poetic modes of habitation, helping people recognise and expel mathematical efficiency from their pockets, countertops and bedside tables. The project aims to enable new emotional behaviours, and enrich our imaginations.
FIG. 02 Inconsiderate Domestic Objects Interface
Goal
To create interaction which counters the intuitiveness of technology, in order to highlight convenience and efficiency as problematic singular goals to optimise for.
FIG. 03 Erasure poetry of Felix Guattari
FIG. 04 Erasure poetry of Martin Heidegger
FIG. 05 Erasure poetry of James Bridle
FIG. 06 Honing in on project identification
Manifesto: Inconsiderate Objects
1) There are other ways of designing the experienceable world apart from efficiently
2) A need for new interaction vocabulary with common objects
3) Avoid the danger of being relieved of needing to develop skill in light of technology
Process
1) Identify a common domestic object
FIG. 07 Continious line drawings of objects in the house
FIG. 08 Repeating Pattern of objects
2) Break the 'dream' of the object, by playing with its intuitive functionality
3) Sketch a new interaction for the object, which prioritises a social human emotion
FIG. 09 Dedicated sketchbook to the 'broken' objects
FIG. 10 Early proposal to hold 'hands' with a toastie maker
4) Prototype the new object
FIG. 11 House of Cards notification stand
FIG. 12 Muscial Socket Switches
FIG. 13 Collaborative Spinning Microwave
FIG. 14 Draw before you can photograph
FIG. 15 Hold down the kettle
FIG. 16 Eye contact lamp
Crystallisation (Eye Contact Lamp)
Refining the animation prototype into a physical artefact widened the view into the essence of the project.
In order to unite the dimming of the bulb with the attention given by the viewer; a webcam, computer, arduino and downstepping transformer were used.
FIG. 16 Sketch of component layout
FIG. 17 Testing the angle of the bulb
FIG. 18 Profile view
FIG. 19 Final assembly of the lamp
A Digital Approach
In order to maximise the use out of the needed cameras to make many of the proposals work, I decided to focus solely on the relationship (gestures) we have with our technology (appliances).
Open source and lightweight image recognition software enable a new way of interacting with commonly baked in sensors and cameras. Appealing to the second tenet of the manifesto, cameras enable us to use our bodies as switches, rather than for switches.
Exhibition
README.md
References
Aperture, Special Projects
Artificial Defence Mechanisms, James Chambers
Carnivorous Domestic Entertainment Robots, James Auger & Jimmy Loizeau & Alex Zivanovic
Desires of My Microwave, Shashwath Santosh
Hertzian Tales, Anthony Dunne
The Question Concerning Technology, Martin Heidegger
Third Nature, Troika
MAKE A SUBMISSION:
Inconsiderate objects are simple, ask yourself:
[1] How can I design this to not be efficient or convenient to use?
[2] What about the interaction can I change or add to this object?
[3] What distinctly human skill can I practice when I use this object?
If you have something that fulfills all of those questions, submit them below!