Speech Bubbles
Concept
Speech Bubbles physicalises the emotional weight of digital boundaries, following actions such as “typing…”, “seen” and “delivered”. By turning flat interface symbols into stuffed, stitched textile forms, the artefact reveals the softness, tension and uncertainty, the emotional labour of waiting, the digital silence, and the hidden emotions derived from reduced-cue communication.
Materials
Fabric, thread, stuffing.
Digital Cue
Typing indicators, read receipts, delayed replies and digital silence.
Details
Process
Development images showing stitching and construction. Stitching styles, stuffing amount, fabric dimensions, and text embroidery differs between each bubble. 'Typing...' stays the smallest, with a medium thickness to represent a vulnerable affect, 'seen' is the largest with the thickest amount of stuffing, along with raw hems and loose threads to connote a heavy and anxious feeling, and finally, 'delivered' is the sharpest, with clean hems and neat straight line stitching to display a neautral ground.
