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BATHROOMBathroom is a place where people can be totally honest about themselves. No matter who
they are, all of them are naked in the bathroom. No jewelries, no Birkin and no Rolex.
Bathroom is a place where people excreted all fecal matter, which includes all pretenses. It
is the place that people can reveal with all kinds of instincts such as pureness, sex, and even
violence. It is the place for thoughts, it is the place for sorrow, it is the place for sex and it is
the place for emptiness.
As a designer, it is important role to find something ordinary and put new meaning for it.
For me, a bathroom is the place where I want to explore and find new meaning for it.
Thus I want to explore all the feelings and thoughts people have in their minds in their
bathroom and create visual designs about it.
At a formal dinner party, the
person nearest death should
always be seated closest to
the bathroom.George Carlin
If I want to be alone, some place
I can write, I can read, I can pray,
I can cry, I can do whatever I
want, I go to the bathroom.
Alicia Keys
I think more and more people want
to live alone. You can be a couple
without being in each other's
pockets. I don't see why you have
to share the same bathroom.Jeanne Moreau
Hollywood is like Picasso’s bathroom.
Candice Bergen
There’s a lot involved in going to
the bathroom for women.Leah Remini
In a house where there are
small children the bathroom
soon takes on the appearance
of the Old Curiosity Shop.Robert Benchley
Always go to the bathroom when
you have a chance.
King George V
I have piles of poetry books in the
bathroom, on the stairs, everywhere.
The only way to write poetry is to
read it.
Carol Ann Duffy
BATHROOM QUOTES: find out what people think about a bathroom
RESEARCH
Bathroom is the place where people are naked. Furthermore, bathroom is the place where something happens such as suicide, murder, sex or even masturbation. All crazy things happen in the bathroom which is pretty interesting to me, thus I grabbed the images that belong to the theme of the bathroom.
From left on the top, Sex, Suicide, Masturbation and murder
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BATHROOM IMAGES
MOVIE: SHAMEI watched the movie, Shame (2011) for my reseach. In the movie, there were several scenes of bathroom which were pretty interesting to me. In the movie, a main character, Brandon showed a lot of his feelings in his bathroom such lust,devastation and even unsciousness. Furthermore his bathroom is the place where he could talk to his sister without any emotional boundaries. Sadly, his sister tried to commit suicide in his bathroom which was interesting to me. Why did she want to die in his bathroom? I think a bathroom always gives the idea of “naked”, thus people aren’t afraid of doing anything crazy.
Shame(2011)
“The Desk (July 1st 1984-1984)” by David Hockney
Since I’ve decided to choose a “bathroom” as my thesis topic, my first step is research about my bathroom. I’ve decided to take pictures ofmy bathroom and analyze all of my feelings and thoughts that I have in my bathroom.
”My first sketch is inspired by “David Hockney’scollage works, so I’ve created my bathroom picture using by tons of different perspective images of my bathroom.
INSPIRATION: DAVID HOCKNEY
MY BATHROOM
My bathroom- 330W 56th, #15D, New York, NY, 10019
So I took a lot of pictures to create the photoof my bathroom. Since my bathroom is a small space, I needed to take a lot of pictures from different perspective and distort them a little bitin order to make one picture of my bathroom.
MY BATHROOM
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When I take photos of the products in my bathroom, I realize that I have more products than I need to have such as different types of shampoos or even conditioners . I always think that a bathroom is the place where I have nothing because I literally have no clothes on there. However, since I research my bathroom, I find out that I have a lot of things even though I have no clothes on. Then my question comes up, is this place where I can totally honest aboutmyself? Do I have to decorate myself even inthe bathroom? Why do I need a shower curtain
My bathroom products
My bathroom products in myself
THE PRODUCTS IN MY BATHROOM
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My colors in myself
When I take colors from the products that I have in my bathroom, I am surprised that I have some colors that are little bit darker than I am seeing. Colors are always important to me because it is reflecting my personality.Thus I play with my colors and position them on my profile shape.
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THE COLORS IN MY BATHROOM
My colors in my products
I think a bathroom is a place
where people can be denial
whatever they have because
a bathroom is meant to be
blurred. When people take
a shower, all the steamy air
makes room blurred. Then
it creates its own world for
people who want to get in
there to protect themselves.
I played with words that
are related to the products
that I have. I wrote down
all words that I had in my
mind everytime I used
these products.
I’ve been wearing eye glasses
for at least 15 years. Without
it, I can’t see things clearly.
In my bathroom, I don’t
wear it. Thus everything
looks blur. Sometimes I
prefer to see things in that
way. Blur images make
me feel comfortable. It
seems like saying to me
that it is okay to be unclear
everything I see. Then I think
being blur makes people
confused or give some sort
of imaginations because
they can’t see things clearly.
Sometimes people want to
escape from their realities.
Some people create their
own fanasy. hich is usually
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Me, my products, words and images
I wrote my bathroom diary so that I could see what I was doing in my bathroom. I wrote down every detail of what I did, what products I used in every morning, in the afternoon and even in the evening. And then I used color tapes to spot where I went and what I used in my bathroom. After this research, I realized that I only use sepcific products and specific spots in my bathroom even though it wasn’t a big space at all.
BAWWhat happppppppppeeeeennnnns in mmmmyyyy baatthrrooom
EXPERIMENT
What am I doing in my bathroom
Color tapes in my bathroom
I tried to figure out the spots where I mostly use. Everytime I used my bathroom, I put tapes the place where I was and the products I used. I used three different colors of tapes such as yellow, black and peach. Yellow is morning time (6 am ~ 12 pm), peach is afternoon time (12 : 01 pm ~ 6 pm), black is night time (6 :01 pm~ 5:59 am).Furthermore I taped on the products that I used such as a shampoo, a body cleanser, shaving cream or a toothbrush. It was interesting to see what kinds of products that I used and when I used. And I realized that there were my own activity patterns in my bathroom.
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Color tapes in my bathroom
I used finger prints and foot prints images to show where I mostly used and moved around in my bathroom. Then I analyzed which spot had more anxiety. It was interesting to see how I moved around and what I touched in my bathroom.
My flow on Sunday in my bathroom
After I finished my research of my bathroom spots, I decided to make inforgraphic about what I did in my bathroom. In order to minimize the information that I had, I decided to choose one specifc day or specific period such as a week for designing inforgraphic. For first sketch, I chose Sunday and made inforgraphic about where and when I spotted in my bathroom and what kinds of product that I used.
EXIT
MORNING 6 AM - 11 : 59 AM
AFTERNOON 12 : 00 PM - 5 : 59 PM
EVENINNG 6 : 00 PM - 9 : 59 PM
NIGHT 10 : 00 PM - 5 : 59 AM
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
INFORGRAPHIC
MORNING 6 AM - 11 : 59 AM
AFTERNOON 12 : 00 PM - 5 : 59 PM
EVENING 6 : 00 PM - 9 : 59 PM
NIGHT 10 : 00 PM - 5 : 59 AM
Color foot in my bathroom
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8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00
SoapShampoo Body cleanser
Anxious
Sleepy
exhausted
None
toilet papertooth brush
Hurry
Nov 20th, TuesNov 19th, Mon
Nov 21st, Wed
Nov 22nd, Thu
10:30 11:00 12:0011:30
Nov 24th, Fri
Nov 20th, TuesN 19th M
Nov 19th, 2012 ~ Nov 23rdMy bathroom RoutinesMy bathroom Routines
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anxious
sleepy
exhausted
6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 01:00 01:30 02:00 02:30 03:00 03:30 03:30 04:00 04:30 05:00 05:30
none
calm
hurry
none
toilet
bathtubsink
soapshampoo
shaving cream & razor
body cleanser
mirrorstanding mirror
toilet
bathtubsinkmirrorstanding mirror
soapshampoo
shaving cream & razorbody cleanser toilet
bathtubsink
mirrorstanding mirror
soapshampoo
shaving cream & razorbody cleanser toilet
bathtub
sinkmirrorstanding mirror
soapshampoo
shaving cream & razor
body cleanser
toilet paper toilet paper toilet paper toilet papertooth brushtooth brushtooth brushtooth brush
toilet
bathtub
sinkmirrorstanding mirror
soapshampoo
shaving cream & razor
body cleanser
toilet papertooth brush
Nov 19th, Mon Nov 20th, Tues Nov 21st, Wed Nov 22nd, Thu Nov 23rd, Fri
My bathroom RoutinesNov 19th, 2012 ~ Nov 23rd
Anxiety in my bathroom
50% Blooding
30% Irritation
64% Itchy hair
37% Sensitive
31% Hygiene
PERIOD: Nov 1st - Nov 30thDURATION: 24 hoursTOOLS: different colors of Post-It such as orange,green and blue in order to differentiate time.Method: Using different colors of Post-It, I wrote down how anxious I was everytime I used my bathroom. Then I calculated how many times and which objects made me more anxious. KEY POINT: How many times I feel anxious and what the main reason of it was when I use my bathroom.
77% Feces76% Urine
40% Clogging
32% Blooding
16%
Toilet
Shaving
Brush teeth
Blow dry
Shower
Wash hand
Anxious quotient - Reason or Place
Feel anxiety 23 times out of 27 times usages
Feel anxiety 130 times out of 150 times usages
Feel anxiety 2times out of 5 times issues
Feel anxiety 5 times out of 10 times usages
Feel anxiety 3 times out of 10 times usages
Feel anxiety 23 times out of 62 times usages
Feel anxiety 20 times out of 62 times usages
Feel anxiety 10 times out of 62 times usages
Feel anxiety 32 times out of 50 times usages
35% hot waterFeel anxiety 25 times out of 70 times usages
Feel anxiety 20 times out of 70 times usages
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For next step, I want to make more inforgraphics about my bathroom routines and even
my friend’s bathroom routines. I want to create printed book for my project and also
interactive books such as I - Pad magazine that has included all my researches and designs.
I plan to include motion graphic of my research and possibly videos of my bathroom
document in my digital book.
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Comme Des Garcons, Moving 6
Opening Ceremony magazine for I pad
EXAMPLES
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