Public spaces Link to Body and Interior Space

Our Body and Interior Space module trip to London helped to obtain a deeper level of understanding regarding human perception. We visited public spaces such as the Design Museum as well as the Victoria and Albert Museum, which are great examples of how body and interior space are intertwining concepts. While on our visit, we were tasked with creating viewfinders that we would use in order to narrow our point of focus- enabling us to notice things and take photos of things we would not have necessarily done otherwise. Focusing our attention in a more meaningful way, we were able to see deeper into the bigger picture, see things on a smaller scale and really break things down into their elements.

This task really helped us to figure out what was interesting about what we were seeing, forcing us to see things for what they were. It ultimately provided a new perspective on how we see things and analyse them which is an incredibly useful tool within any design process. When we met up again after this to discuss the day, it was really interesting to see the way in which so many different opinions had been expressed. It, again, links back to the idea of phenomenology and the concept that reality is how one perceives it. The multitude of alternate takes that the group had on what they had seen really highlighted how, although we were in the same place and saw the same things, our experiences were completely different. Grouping back together to collate these thoughts was a great way to explore these views and help to see other people's perspectives and how they were formed.

The way in which no one person's experience was the same, explains how the link between body and interior space is an entirely subjective experience but it is a distinct connection nonetheless.