How do you like your tea?
How much do we really know about the personal preferences of our friends and family?
We might ask ” How do you like your tea? (milk/sugar/strong/weak).
But do we ever ask what would you like to drink your tea in?
Mug or cup? Large or small ? China or stoneware? Patterned or plain? Colour?
Arakawa and Gins challenge the value environments that are easily accessible by asserting that health and wellbeing is maintained by living in more challenging environments. They collaborated to create a variety of environments that use features including vibrant colour, obstacles and uneven floors to create barriers in the environment as a deliberate means to challenge the user. Their thesis : Reversible Destinies, asks Could Architecture Help You Live Forever? proposes that by stimulating our senses to a conscious experience, architecture can be a means to extend life indefinitely.
I know what I like