Links for Oct 31st
on 31/10/2007 - like it?

These are my del.icio.us links for Oct 31st:

• Medallia Blog: dyeSight $2 Multi-Touch PadIf I could make this it would make a great interface for the laundrette managers.
  [tags: touchscreen architecture unit9 project2 design gadgets]
• People watching - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe idea that one might watch laundrette customers from behind some sort of screen or interface.
  [tags: unit9 project2 architecture]
• Radio-frequency identification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaPossible remote way for laundrette users to interact and “interface” with the surroundings.
  [tags: rfid tags unit9 project2 architecture]
• Cyclean Pedal Powered Washing Machine (TreeHugger)A possible “interface” to enhance the laundrette experiance.
  [tags: unit9 project2 washing machine eco]

Tags: architecture, del.icio.us, design, eco, Gadgets, machine, project2, rfid, tags, TouchScreen, unit9, washing

All the Possibilities on Interface
on 31/10/2007 - like it?

[Via medallia.com]

Working on my project 2 interface ideas as we speak. Having a lot of trouble getting an idea I want to run with. Finding an interface that works with the manager is tricky, so I decided to play with the idea that the customers experiences the interface which I hope isn’t breaking the rules too much. This lead me to thinking - do they want their experience enhanced? (as the brief says)

The laundrette is an escape for a lot of people and they want the mundane - and they don’t was enhancing, I feel it might get in the way. But I need to some good ideas to present to Gabby and Jason tomorrow. So I went back to the managers and the idea from My Beautiful Laundrette of watching people and observing in secret from behind a screen (thanks Gordon!) - Hence the awesome home-made touch screen, which if I could make would be amazing and would enable the manager to interface with the images of the customers.

Tags: design, Laundrette, Project 2, TouchScreen, Unit 9

Stop Motion, Keep Moving
on 27/10/2007 - like it?

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Had my end of project 1 crit on Thursday, went quite well although I didn’t get to complete the actual 4D drawing. The above stop motion animations is a development from my storyboard.

We have now been set project 2, which is dealing with the same character as project 1 (laundrette manager) but to create some interface that somehow changes the way he view something, not exactly sure what I’m going to do yet….

Tags: Laundrette, Project 1, Unit 9, Video