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A collection of transformations. This exercise of visualizing different transformations onto a box was a step after having made critical decisions, and helped push the design system even more. After the pencil sketch, these transformations among others were experimented with digitally as well. The most provocative were selected to move forward with.
The box was not defined to be a specific material type, but rather to have a soft material quality allowing these transformations to take place. The exercise started with sketching what these transformations might look like. As the sketches were satisfactory in consistency while also maintaining variability, the single-word transformations were decided to be the main step of the design strategy. The collection of objects resulting from a singular transformation verb is considered a series.
The next parameter determined was the frequency and degree that the box would undergo each transformation. In theory, the system can be repeated endlessly, resulting in infinite objects. However, for the sake of representation and producibility, a scale and frequency had to be implemented. As a scale with a relative end, the intervals defined by a circle were chosen. The box underwent each transformation 36 times, each stage a ten degree change. Of the aforementioned transformations, six were selected and the strategy was executed. Six boxes were transformed 36 times resulting in 216 unique designs. The design decisions were contained within designing the strategy, as opposed to unique conditions affecting each object. Opposed to the previous approaches, this designed strategy proved itself successful in generating a multiplicity of designs.