Neighborly Love: Devices That Work Together – The brief was to pick some thing or things that we interact with on a regular basis and create a wholly new way to specify/control/trigger/accomplish that interaction. The goal was to craft a brand-consistent user experience that employed a distributed collection of tiny screens (www.sifteo.com), equipped with sensors for juxtaposition, orientation, shakes, and screen presses.
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Letting Go and Taking Control– In this project, the basic charge was the same as in Letting Go – create and flesh out a compelling story about a new way to control a familiar device, system, or service. However, in this assignment, the technologies were unlimited (always a mixed blessing) and even more futuristic. The challenge was to look at a whole user experience and make the overall story exhibit consistency, simplicity, and elegance.
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New Arrivals – This brief looked broadly at acquisitions – it could be a purchase coming home, a device being relocated, or subscribing to a new service. Projects formulated and demonstrated reframings of the experience of new things, while investigating how branding, design, and recognizable interaction modes can be employed to ease transitions.
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The Gathering: Strength in Numbers – Almost in spite of our rising level of apparent connectedness and extensive social networks, being together often seems a lot less intimate and special than in years past. The task here was to create a compelling and productive, or a fun and delightful, experience for a gathering of people, technologies, or both.
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