Ines Ziyou Yin was born and raised in Guangdong, China, who is a Cantonese and a Hakka. She studied Communication in Media, Arts and Design at the BNU-HKBU United International College. During that period, she developed her interests in video art, experimental media, logical reasoning, interacting with different people, and, especially, design. She then chose a field that can combine her multiple interests - UX design - for her Master’s study. Rational, critical thinking is as important as creative thinking in her design research and practices. She is currently interested in exploring embodied, multi-sensory experience design by critically speculating the digital era.
CBreath
CBreath presents a new way of using collaborative breathing to create connectedness between the jam session participants, externalising their synchronised breathing by multi-sensory experiences via light and wind. This project aims to incorporate breathing synchronisation to foster mutual understanding, connection, and social relationships among jam session participants. To achieve this, research through design approaches including co-design workshops and user testing were applied in order to get insights into what sensory experience people want to establish connections with others. The final outcome of “CBreath” is the breath-based system, which is connected through a WIFI network, consisting of 4 sets of microphones and small fans, a central controller, a big fan and a colour-changing light. Once the breathing is synchronised, the fan system will be activated, along with the light turning warm white and balloons falling. The multi-sensory chain reactions support the creation of interpersonal connectedness between jam session participants.
CBreath Website: https://invanism.wixsite.com/cbreath
CBreath presents a new way of using collaborative breathing to create connectedness between the jam session participants, externalising their synchronised breathing by multi-sensory experiences via light and wind. This project aims to incorporate breathing synchronisation to foster mutual understanding, connection, and social relationships among jam session participants. To achieve this, research through design approaches including co-design workshops and user testing were applied in order to get insights into what sensory experience people want to establish connections with others. The final outcome of “CBreath” is the breath-based system, which is connected through a WIFI network, consisting of 4 sets of microphones and small fans, a central controller, a big fan and a colour-changing light. Once the breathing is synchronised, the fan system will be activated, along with the light turning warm white and balloons falling. The multi-sensory chain reactions support the creation of interpersonal connectedness between jam session participants.
CBreath Website: https://invanism.wixsite.com/cbreath