"Ryouyaku wa kuchi ni nigashi" - An old Japanese proverb or says Confucius, meaning "Good Medicine tastes bitter."
In other words the most helpful advise may be difficult to listen to! So do products always have to satisfy the users is the "big question"! If yes, then how can designers deliver ideas through products? Weng Xinyu, through "Balance" creates a product design that may not seem to be very useful but have good intentioned message inside!
With technology also comes a lot of convenience. But are we mentally ready for it? With more technology, lesser is the time we are able to concentrate. The best example of it is the smart device. Can you imagine a life now without texting, tweeting, checking emails or just simply surfing even during work? Superfluous information is flowing from everywhere. The sense of priority has faded away, resulting in a precarious "balance" between work & amusement, true and virtual life. It is time we ask the question, what do we really want?
"Balance" might help us find the inner balance in this information exploding society. "Balance" is inspired by a balance scale. When off, the lamp keeps down. The turn on the lamp, you must insert your cell phone into the slot on the pole end. As the lamp rises, it goes automatically on.
The Question:
Whether keep continuously working, or bother to have working process interrupted without light!
A product created in project "Do Not Disturb" mentored by Prof. Wolfgang Sattler.