TOUCH THAT TASTE! - PROJECT BY YNAYNA BARBARA p rojec t MART by MART B ARBGOLIK ARA G OLIK CONCEPT Project TOUCH THAT TASTE! started by a fascination In order to get data to work with a study group of 10 of combining two worlds of my interest: textiles and food. people was undergone a synesthesia-inspired experiment where each of the person had to eat and smell representatives of five tastes and try to translate these experiences it One of the main source of inspiration was studying synesthesia - a neurological disorder occuring when the into vision and touch. After analyzing the outcome of the stimulation of one sense causes the automatic experience experiment data was collected and used for experimenting of another sense (from the Ancient Greek syn, “together”, with materials and techniques and creating various textile samples and at the end choosing 2-3 samples for each and aisthēsis, “sensation”). taste. TOUCH THAT TASTE! is an attempt to translate smell an taste of food into touch and vision to create an exper- In the next step the textile samples were used in a second experiment with the same group of 10 people where the imental collection of textile objects. More specifically, food was categorized by the five main scenario was reversed: after seeing and touching the samples, a person had to try the representatives of five tastes tastes: umami, sweet, salty, bitter and sour in order to design a collection of five interior related textile and afterwards choose which of the samples would be the objects where each of the object is a translation of one best translation. After this step one textile sample for one taste was taste. selected and used for creating the final collection. The collection is focusing on combining different materials and techniques. Function and design of each of the objects is related to the analysis of the experiment with a study group and research about food, senses and synesthesia. The objects come to live while being used. The collection consists of: - carpet for umami meant for exploring its different structures and textures with bare feet and combines technical felt, tufted woolen yarn and rubber part; - pouf for sweet which is slowly coming down while seated creating a feeling of sinking in. Made of memory Collection TOUCH THAT TASTE! is telling a story about foam and upholstery made in technique invented by me; how abstract can be turned into tangible, about how experience with food can be translated into functional - blanket/chair cover for sour that comes to live in collection with a focus on experiencing the objects and movement creating a beautiful structure. It encourages to creating a relation with it. come into interaction with it. It is made of woolen fabric and liquid rubber; - room divider for salty that invites a user to interact with it by changing/adding/removing its layers. The room divider marks changeability and adaptability to different spaces. It combines woolen and polyester fabrics; - slippers for bitter being soft and heavy at the same time making it hard to walk. Made of foam and felt. Each of the shoe weighs 2 kg. As a visualization of the concept serves the video (click on the image to see). The video was made by Andreas Omvik, food for it was made based on the analysis of my experiments by Karlos Ponte and Louis Moreno and produced by me. UMAMI SWEET SALTY SOUR BITTER TOUCH THAT TASTE! will be exhibited during Salone del Mobile in Milan. 14-19 april, Ventura Lambrate, via Privata Oslavia 7, stand number 38. textile designer www.martynagolik.com m a rty n a .g o l i k@g ma i l. c om + 4 5 52 74 4 56 6