Project 1 Description
Novella is a Smartbook for mindful digital consumption and socializing. Instead of mindlessly scrolling though content, what if you thoughtfully flipped to the next page? Rather than browsing through endless feeds, you reach the end—maybe you’ve had enough for today. The goal was to create a more meaningful, romantic and intentional experience of digitally consuming and socializing. Inspired by emerging e-paper technologies like flexible screens, full color and rapid refresh rates, Novella is a miniature book of digital paper. It has the capabilities of a screen and the feeling of paper, like the magical newspapers from Harry Potter.
Project 2 Description
Sound Tool is a speaker exploring tangible interactions and rituals. To make it louder, you make it bigger—or open it up. To make it quieter, you make it smaller—or collapse it to pause/turn off. The goal was to create product defining interactions that were simple, tangible and human. I tried to forget how we’re used to interacting with sound (through buttons, knobs, sliders etc) and imagined new, simpler interactions that metaphorically made sense. How I thought about it: if sound existed in a physical form, how would you interact with it?
Project 3 Description
From my speculative design project: Love, Nostalgia, Bloom is a fictional piece of smart jewelry exploring what our relationships and interactions with technology devices and artificial intelligence could look like in the future. Our sense of smell is one of our most powerful senses. It is directly connected to the limbic system, the part of our brain processing emotion, memory and learning. Using scent and health monitoring sensors, Bloom captures the scents around you during your most memorable moments and saves them for you to re-experience. Via a synthetic scent system, Bloom emits captured scents to evoke feelings of nostalgia.
Bio
Raised in Portland Oregon, Ben Lorimore has a deep seated affection for the pacific northwest. He can usually be found exploring the outdoors, cooking long and intricate meals or meditating and conversing with friends. Through his exploration of mindfulness, he endlessly pursues a heightened awareness and connection with his self and those around him. He believes love and empathy are fundamental to the human experience and explores such themes in his passion for design. He aspires to create products and experiences that warm the heart and inspire us to love, connect and grow.
Ben Lorimore
Category
West
Description
University / School
Western Washington University
IDSA Membership Status
Student Member
Portfolio Link
benlorimore.com
LinkedIn Profile
https://www.linkedin.com/in/benlorimore/
Instagram Handle
@benlorimore
Winner Status
- SMA Finalist