Gyozip
Ji Yoon Kim
‘Gyozip' is an interactive scalable partition system designed to enhance and encourage joyous interactions between the users. ‘Gyo’, meaning interaction in Korean, and ‘zip’, reflecting the image of a single fastener, is put together as its name to reflect the main experience of ‘scalable social interaction’. Gyozip allows changing levels of interaction.
Scalable interactive partition system
By altering the openness of Gyozip, users can selectively interact with others; closing, when busy, opening up when idle. Gyozip not only creates diverse patterns and degree of openness, but also works as a fidget and catalyst for interaction between people in various atmospheres. Gyozip is adapted in the office as its first application.
Process
Inspired by the Korean traditional drum ‘Jang gu’ Joigae, the leather sliders of the drum to adjust the pitch, I’ve substituted the face of the partition with the zip fastener system. Similar to how drummers would adjust the Joigae prior to performance the ‘zip’ works as a starting point of interaction.
