I want to explore ways of building social relationships through eating. This direction is still rather broad but could has a lot of potential for a strong meaningful product. I have looked at a couple ideas about how to aproach this. i started with some problems i have come across and some thoughts about how socialization can be improved.
In restaurants tables can be restraining and keep you from the other people that may only be 5 feet away from you. although in a room with many people you are forced to focus only on the person across from you and the people in front of you. many Asian restaurants use tabletop preparation which seat many who may not necissarily be together to encourage collectivism. some may want to be in an intimate setting and so the focus can be nice, but this brings me to my next topic.
Intimacy can be nice but does not have to be stagnant. Learning about someone through forced conversation at a nice restaurant can be...nice, but one will find that a date can be so much more interesting in other locals. I found that store are a very nice place to learn about people and it is much easier to learn about who someone really is at a grocery store. this interaction can then be continued into the home where the groceries can be consumed imediatly or prepared and then consumed furthering the interaction.
The third direction i would like to explore is in the kitchen at home. the common kitchen is designed along the walls. Kitchens are designed to keep the sink the oven and the referigerator in close proximity but they still remain along the perimeter connected by countertops. Because of this perimiter set up it forces everyone working in the kitchen to face away from each other. i would like to explore the ways of turning people around and focusing on the center of the room which promotes socializing and interaction.
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