Personal / Prototyping, Design Thinking
What is design to you?
This project reflects how I think about design as a process of gathering scattered thoughts and gradually giving them form. Working with materials such as paper, clay, wood, and a 3D-printed cube, I used each medium to test resistance, precision, and intention. Each iteration became a way to think through making, rather than aiming for a finished result right away.
The cube emerged as a moment of temporary resolution, where decisions paused and the form felt settled. Instead of emphasizing the idea of thinking outside the box, I explored what it meant to work within one.
Through this process, I came to see design not as endlessly generating options, but as recognizing when a form feels coherent enough to move forward, while remaining open to change in future iterations.
- The Cube
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The Cube — open
- Paper Cube
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Clay Cube
- Wooden Cube
06. the TEAM!
What is design to you?
This project reflects my understanding of design as a process of arriving at form. Working across paper, clay, wood, and finally a 3D-printed cube, I treated each material as a way to test resistance, precision, and intention. While these iterations functioned as explorations, the cube represents a moment of resolution—where decisions stop and form becomes fixed. In contrast to the idea of “thinking outside the box,” this project embraces the box itself as a meaningful outcome: a structure shaped through constraint, judgment, and refinement. For me, design is not the generation of endless possibilities, but the discipline of knowing when a form has arrived.