I feel mirrored... This reminds me of the book I am reading: "Species of Spaces and Other Pieces" by Georges Perec, which is also precisely the thing that's pushed me to design for feelings. Perec, very much like you, elucidates on the details that we notice about something once we, well, really notice it, give it a name, and a color. Like the sizes of streets and roads, the space between the door and the bed, the structure of a lined page, the painting that disappears once we hang it on the wall we never really look at...
The task I dreaded in my book reading experience was annotating the physical book. I feel like I'm ruining it. So, I got myself an unlined notebook with a drawing of a beautiful Cretan woman on it, sprayed it with my favorite perfume, and made it an extension of Perec's book. Now I can not only annotate alongside my reading, but also doodle, draw diagrams, and journal in whatever parts of the page I want.
I feel mirrored... This reminds me of the book I am reading: "Species of Spaces and Other Pieces" by Georges Perec, which is also precisely the thing that's pushed me to design for feelings. Perec, very much like you, elucidates on the details that we notice about something once we, well, really notice it, give it a name, and a color. Like the sizes of streets and roads, the space between the door and the bed, the structure of a lined page, the painting that disappears once we hang it on the wall we never really look at...
The task I dreaded in my book reading experience was annotating the physical book. I feel like I'm ruining it. So, I got myself an unlined notebook with a drawing of a beautiful Cretan woman on it, sprayed it with my favorite perfume, and made it an extension of Perec's book. Now I can not only annotate alongside my reading, but also doodle, draw diagrams, and journal in whatever parts of the page I want.
Oh I love this, and will go look for this book!