Well… I think people with ID background will enable people to integrate some interesting idea to BUILDING a character. ID helps people solve problem. That gives chance to re-exam a character, something like romantic or its reverse side. Nowadays, smart character is fond by people, so when it comes to TOY, no matter it’s a mankind or any kind of form of creature, how it can have a smart character, it depends on how it solves problem… the old fashion with gorgeous look even the dead cool look…people are so easy to be fed up with things like that…so…it’s a right time for ID to get involved in, definitely it can include any other people from all kinds of fields.
Some friends and I started a short-run program to study SOLVING PROBLEM TOY about 4 weeks. Well you may call it as under the name of TOY either. The design theme was called BUTTON. The main idea was focused on the function of all kinds of buttons. We tried to extend the definition of BUTTON, even the cap of a soft drink bottle can be regarded as BUTTON. It turned out that brilliant things were born… Sometimes people are having a hard time when it comes to story, things like the background of a TOY. But through this way, we found it’s fun to create new story. Totally based on FUNCTION. FUNNY IT IS!
But unfortunately, I don’t know how to post those images here. Any clue? THANX IN ADVANCE.