Left Right Wrong
Investigating the default to design for right-handed people
An investigation into right-hand-centric design, exploring the relationship between form and function of objects designed for use with different hands.
Three sets of everyday objects designed for use by left handed people, right handed people, and by nobody at all.
A notebook bound on the right hand side is often more comfortable for a left-handed writer. A notebook bound on both sides isn’t comfortable for anyone.
The direction of the numbers on a ruler for a leftist run from right to left, so the hand isn’t blocking the view of the ruler. The numbers are jumbled on a ruler that functions for nobody.
The cards are marked in the top right corner in left-handed decks as it is easier to identify the cards when fanned out in their right hand. A deck of card with unmarked corners is really difficult for anyone to use.
Alternative Classifications
An exploration of methods of animal taxonomy
The life’s work of a fictional zoologist.
“The specimens presented here are all from the private collection of the prominent scientist and field researcher Professor Zoe O'Logie.
They have been specially selected because they particularly highlight her methods of taxonomy. Zoe is a woman of strong beliefs and one of those beliefs is that current methods of taxonomy are “outdated, convoluted and entirely incomprehensible.”
In her work she pioneers new, alternative methods of classification. She believes specimens should be grouped not by arbitrary features but by facts of their existence that are easy to identify and indisputable.
Her categories include:
‘Those that are Long and Thin’, ‘Those that are Delicious’, ‘Things that are Shiny, ‘Things that Become Other Things’, ‘Things that are Difficult to Contain’, ‘Things that Things See With and ‘Other’”
Uniseribu SnakeOften referred to more simply as the “USB Snake”, these snakes have short lifespans and don’t tend to live longer than about four or five months.
Classified as: Those that are Long and Thin
Vulpes VulpesThe red fox, largest of the true foxes, has the greatest geographic range of all members of the Carnivora order, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, North America and Eurasia.
Classified as: Other
Lapidarius EggsThese eggs of the Lapidarius bird look exactly like various gemstones to deter predators from trying to eat them.
Classified as: Things that Become Other Things / Things that are Shiny
Yellow Belly Fructose SnakeThese snakes have a few colour variations, purple and green, orange and green and sometimes red and yellow and have particularly soft skin.
Classified as: Those that are Delicious / Those that are Long and Thin
Luceat WatermealA free floating plant that grows best in dense colonies in undisturbed water. This type prefers higher temperatures than most Watermeals and is much preferred to others due to its lustrous shine.
Classified as: Things that are Shiny
Inch SnakeClosely related to the less elusive Centimetre Snake, both of which are fondly regarded in zoologist circles as being the easiest animals to measure.
Classified as: Those that are Long and Thin
Argentaray (young)The reflective surface of its skin means these rays can often glide unnoticed, until they reflect in just the right way and blind other fish
Classified as: Things that are Shiny
Vampire Bat (Viago)Viago the vampire became a vampire in 1832, he asked his familiar to send him to New Zealand to follow the love of his life but the wrong postage was put on the box and when he eventually got there she had remarried
Classified as: Things that Become Other Things
Stick Insect Body Parts (Various)Various body parts of various types of stick insect including : twig, branch , blah blah
Classified as: Those that are Long and Thin
Chameleon EyeballsIn these specimens the eyelids which are usually fused to the eyeball, and the pupils have been removed. The difference between the white and black samples is unknown
Classified as: Things that Things See With
Loofah Soft CoralThis soft coral grows rapidly to fill available space, building up layers to protect its centre.
Classified as: Other
Platy Fish EyesThe eyes of the Platy fish are remarkably flat and their bright white sclera prove a sharp contrast with the bright colour of their scales
Classified as: Things that Things See With
Creativity Toolkit
Products for struggling creatives
While researching creativity and the shared creative experience, I established four areas of universal struggle.
1. The Inner Critic
2. Validation
3. Creative Block
4. Self Expression
The Creativity Toolkit has a product to tackle each one.
1. Inner Critic Doll
Draw a smile on it, use it as a pincushion, or chop its head off - you can use this washable doll however you need to build a better relationship with your inner critic.
2. Okay Stickers
For work that’s just okay, but at least you made it!
Not everything you make is going to be a masterpiece, so use these stickers to acknowledge your hard work on your way to something brilliant.
3. The Whiteboard Sketchbook
This sketchbook made entirely of whiteboard plastic is impossible to keep perfect, prompting quick, imperfect drawing and erasing the fear of failure which often leads to creative block.
4. FridgeMagnefestos
Fridge magnets of words from artists manifestos, to help you verbalise what you stand for.
Try them out at fridgemagnefestos.github.io
