BUKAS: Material Messages from Filipino Migrant Workers and Their Transnational Families

Creator

Yap, Analyn Lao, Tata

Title

Subject

Interaction Design -- Exhibitions

Graduate students

Date Created

2020-09-18

Relation

PolyU Design Degree Show 2020: Profile Cards

Finalist: 2021 People's Choice Award

The Best in Connecting at Interaction Awards 2021

Format

Photographs

Identifier

ASSD2020MDIDD02P001

ASSD2020MDIDD02P002

ASSD2020MDIDD02P003

ASSD2020MDIDD02P004

Is Part Of

MDes (Interaction Design)

Award Winning

Description

This design-led research project looks into the phenomenon of communication and expression in the diasporic family relationship, particularly between Filipino domestic workers and their kin. The research also looks into material culture and the meaning of the “balikbayan box” metaphor as a design prompt, leading to the creation of design guidelines and a concept development for Bukas, a tangible product linked with a mobile interface that facilitates meaningful daily communication for migrant Filipina workers and their families through a material artifact.

Collection

PolyU Design Degree Show 2020