Guide 2 project

presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1a2H6gPsT7QdK8xzMEh_cj6YjNvG5kSBwQP3ckl5SYR0/edit?usp=sharing

Guide link:https://github.com/YunshanJiang/guide2.git

critique: Younger Generation Lost Interest in Buddhist Culture and Art

Intention: I want to share buddhist culture and art with younger generation by merging modern or fashion elements with the basic forms of Buddha, which also gives younger generation more opportunities of knowing buddhist philosophy. 

Research trail: 

1. I had a general looking on different countries Buddhist figures and made the system map: https://itp.nyu.edu/lowres/critex-monika/2022/10/31/topic-2-system-map/
2. For the daily practice, by changing some key elements or feature, I made the collage of different countries’ buddhist figures.

3. Buddhist figures are various according to different countries and cultures. So I narrow down my research and image resources on Tibetan area Buddhist figure and Chinese Buddhist figure.

4. I did a series of research on natal Buddha 8 patron saints which are common in east Asia. Each of them and their parts have particular meaning. Research note: https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVPFj1a44=/?share_link_id=712752205624

4. After analyzing the traditional buddha figure, my idea was to imitate the layer or structure of buddha figure. 

Guide: 

Original idea: I tried to make a fiction website that shows disassembled 8 natal Buddha figures and presents each part by 3d models, I redesign the parts and user reconnects them. 

After elaborating my guide forms to my brother who are taking the art doctor degree in Japan and one of my friend, he gave me some suggestions. Here is the link of user testing: https://itp.nyu.edu/lowres/critex-monika/wp-admin/post.php?post=3905&action=edit

Finally I decided to make a fictional website for user to DIY their own buddha figures by collage.

Before building buddha, the website show the samples of 8 natal buddhas and explain their meaning and key features.

step one: choose avatar

step two:choose accessories

step three:

final results sample:

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