research Archives - claudeverett

questionsaboutnature@fuzhou

ImageOctober 27, 2021October 27, 2021taonews, researchexhibition, fuzhou

Exhibition “Is it natural to ask these questions?” @Aspen, Fuzhou, China

guest lecture at lund, 2020

StatusSeptember 17, 2020December 27, 2020taonews, researcheducation, news, 2020, lecture, sweden

Thanks for the invitation of Jesús, we had our first connection with Sweden. And we were excited to know Tormod, who’s probably the best birder-architect in the world : D

guest lecture at polimi, 2020

StatusApril 21, 2020September 17, 2020taonews, researcheducation, italy, polimi, 2020, lecture

Thanks for the invitation from Prof. Gennaro Postiglione, we did our first online lecture for students of Politecnico di Milano. Is it funny? Yes. Is it better than face-to-face experience? No.

finger heart

ImageJanuary 10, 2020March 24, 2024taoimage, research, yoko can drawgraphic, art, yoko can draw, 2020

questionsaboutnature@shanghai

ImageApril 18, 2019September 17, 2020taonews, researchart, nature, exhibition, words, 2019, shanghai

Glass’s waist (and its relationship with your waist)

December 20, 2018March 18, 2024taoresearchthink twice, research, 2018

One night, we were drinking sake with the glass shown below. We had our last sip. We put the glass back to the table. Looking at the glass, a strange thing hooked us: the sake is not finished.

Out of curiosity, we did a research on it.

One Calendar Every Month Every Year

ImageDecember 12, 2018March 6, 2024taoobject, researchcalendar

If you place the black column at the center of your fridge, you would never need to move it again. | New Calendar, 2018

the hand of a true maid

ImageDecember 14, 2018December 14, 2018taoresearchthink twice

We Were Wrong about The Correct Side of Pillow Case and Bed Sheet

January 7, 2018April 21, 2019yokoresearchlife, think twice, 2016, prototype

It is not rare to see someone wearing t-shirt outside in, like the one below. He just discovered the mistake, feeling a bit embarrassed mentally and uncomfortable physically. Common sense strongly suggests us the correct way of wearing/producing clothes is decoration outside, if there is decoration. We need decoration to satisfy people’s eyes. The inner side that closely touches our body ensures our maximum comfort. It has to be soft, pure, and natural. In conclusion, when we wear correctly, we feel being ‘covered’, we feel warm, safe, comfortable, and confident.

Two Names

January 19, 2018September 17, 2020taoimage, researchthink twice, 2016, yoko can draw, culture, language

For me, heaven and hell were separated by merely a single piece of paper.

Arch within Arch

ImageApril 23, 2019September 17, 2020taospace, researcharchitecture, 2016, research, undercurrent architects, patent

We Pinned an Unpinned Safety Pin for Safety Reason

January 6, 2018September 17, 2020yokoresearchlife, art, think twice, 2016, sculpture

Pin, or Safety Pin, was invented by an american named Walter Hunt in 1849.

Sugar from a C2C World @XXI Triennale

January 18, 2018March 22, 2024taoresearchmilan, 2016, research, italy, exhibition, culture

On October 2015, yoko saw a news on Facebook, shared by a never-really-talked friend. It was a call for under-35 designers participating the 21st triennial of Milan.

Monthly Trend-watching by Granted Calendar

January 8, 2018March 24, 2024yokoimage, researchgraphic, product, life, 2017, research, communication

Granted Calendar is not a calendar. Calendar tells people today is Friday, April has 30 days and 5th is Saturday. Granted Calendar goes deeper, unveiling the underlying patterns of time that nobody has ever seen. These hidden messages could possibly assist you on study, career, thinking, relationship, and almost any human activity. In a word, smart people follow Granted Calendar.

Granted Calendar grants us to do trend-watching of any given week, month, and year. From January to May of 2017, we have tried to predict what would happen in each month by looking carefully at Granted Calendar.

Yoko Poco ma Yoko

December 22, 2017March 23, 2024taoresearch2015, workshop, milan, think twice, education, italy

You see, we did trick on the feedback rating stars:

Then we got back some trickier stars:

Coat’s eye

ImageJanuary 6, 2018September 17, 2020yokoimage, researchanimal, graphic, think twice, nature, 2016

t is f

ImageJanuary 6, 2018March 24, 2024yokoimage, researchgraphic, think twice, 2016, language

Instant Holiday

January 6, 2018March 22, 2024yokoobject, researchlife, 2014, think twice, interior, prototype, valsassina

Thanks to the big window facing east, our bedroom is filled with sunshine from early morning till noon in clear days. During the period of not being too cold, say from late spring to early autumn, we would open the window and let our pillows sunbathe there.

Auguri, Via Castagneti!

January 7, 2018March 22, 2024yokoobject, researchgraphic, public space, art, 2013, communication, pasturo

Castagneti is the name of the street where we live. This project was done two months after newly settling in the area, during the Christmas period of 2013.

Strange faucet

ImageJanuary 17, 2018September 17, 2020taoobject, researchgif, experiment, product, diy, life, think twice, 2013, appropriation, prototype