Redesigning With Affordances
In progress
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in progress
My first step was reviewing the garbage I had collected over the last few days. I laid everything out—cartons, plastic, egg shells, grape branches, an old toothpaste box. Then I gathered reference images of the axolotl. I focused on the body proportions and the traits that make them unique. The axolotl has a very recognizable look: a wide face, an oval-shaped head, and in most pictures it seems to carry a smile, a calm and almost happy expression.
With this in mind, I started thinking about the basic forms. I noticed that if I closed an eggshell back together, it gave me the rounded shape of the head. Then I realized I could use the grape branches for the gills—the thin, branching structure was perfect for this.