VESTIGO

Experimentelles Tasteninstrument und performative Forschungsplattform zur intuitiven Aufspürung von Raumbedürfnissen

Sandra Holzinger

Februar 2025

Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen

Description

What does it take to create meaningful design?
A feeling. A decision. A trace.
VESTIGO is an analogue research tool — developed to reveal what often remains hidden and unspoken: needs, values, attitudes.
Using three buttons and a printed word roll, users playfully cross out terms or consciously leave them standing. Every movement — impulsive, clear, or hesitant — leaves a trace. What emerges is not a judgement but an expression.
VESTIGO makes things visible before passing judgement. It asks questions instead of making assumptions. It opens conversations — with others and oneself.
As a thinking and feeling interface using paper and ink, it connects research, design, and social interaction.
For processes that go deeper, and for experiences that move.