Project Overview

Love to Hate: Spatial Duality
Love to Hate: Spatial Duality
Love to Hate: Spatial Duality
Translating psychological tension into a highly dimensional interface through projection-mapped physical origami structures.
Translating psychological tension into a highly dimensional interface through projection-mapped physical origami structures.

[Role]

Concept / Interaction / Motion Designer (Solo)

[Duration]

3 Weeks, 2025

[Tech Stack]

After Effects, Projection Mapping, Paper Fabrication, Motion Design

Spatial Prototyping

Mixed Media

Sensory Translation

The Challenge & Logic

Execution & Craft

Impact & Takeaway

The Challenge & Logic

Mapping the Emotional Pendulum

How do we give physical form to abstract psychological states? My primary challenge was translating the invisible 'emotional pendulum'—the constant oscillation between opposing forces—into a highly tangible, spatial experience.

Rather than relying on flat screens, I deeply investigated the physics of imbalance. I needed to design a spatial system where emotional tension is physically captured, enabling viewers to visually perceive the active weight of duality.

To achieve this translation, I utilized the mechanical properties of a pendulum—its timing, tension, and gravity—as the core driver for the design logic. This oscillation directly dictated the structural proportions.

By mathematically mapping this rhythm, I constructed a conceptual bridge between digital motion and material reality. This systemic logic ensured the physical geometry naturally expanded and compressed, flawlessly mirroring the hidden forces of human emotion.


Execution & Craft

Bridging Digital Motion and Material Form

This project required synthesizing screen-based animation with hands-on physical sculpture. I designed a complex 3D accordion structure—a 'pleated canvas'—specifically engineered to mimic the organic expansion and compression of human lungs.

This precise geometry was meticulously scored and folded by hand to create deep architectural volume. The physical model remains completely static, acting as the structural 'body' that eagerly awaits the injection of digital life.

To breathe life into this static body, I created a rigorous motion study in After Effects, exploring visual tension and release. This digital layer acts as the dynamic 'soul' of the installation.

I then projection-mapped this digital motion directly onto the physical folds. The light actively interacts with the peaks and valleys of the paper, distorting the animation to generate a beautiful, mutating sculptural hologram.

Execution & Craft

Bridging Digital Motion and Material Form

This project required synthesizing screen-based animation with hands-on physical sculpture. I designed a complex 3D accordion structure—a 'pleated canvas'—specifically engineered to mimic the organic expansion and compression of human lungs.

This precise geometry was meticulously scored and folded by hand to create deep architectural volume. The physical model remains completely static, acting as the structural 'body' that eagerly awaits the injection of digital life.

To breathe life into this static body, I created a rigorous motion study in After Effects, exploring visual tension and release. This digital layer acts as the dynamic 'soul' of the installation.

I then projection-mapped this digital motion directly onto the physical folds. The light actively interacts with the peaks and valleys of the paper, distorting the animation to generate a beautiful, mutating sculptural hologram.

Impact & Takeaway

Anchoring Time to Spatial Surfaces

This dynamic mixed-media installation serves as a rigorous exercise in sensory translation. It successfully demonstrates how to take a time-based medium—like flat 2D video—and deeply anchor it into a dimensional, spatial canvas.

For interaction design, this core principle is critical. Understanding how digital content 'lives' and breathes on physical surfaces is the fundamental key to designing truly immersive environments and next-generation spatial computing experiences.

Anchoring Time to Spatial Surfaces

Impact & Takeaway

This dynamic mixed-media installation serves as a rigorous exercise in sensory translation. It successfully demonstrates how to take a time-based medium—like flat 2D video—and deeply anchor it into a dimensional, spatial canvas.

For interaction design, this core principle is critical. Understanding how digital content 'lives' and breathes on physical surfaces is the fundamental key to designing truly immersive environments and next-generation spatial computing experiences.

All Works