Initially while designing the system, I developed device models that experimented with formfactors and the shape of the product. However, this drew the focus of the dialogue toward the device itself rather than the experience and interactions it allowed. As a result, I stripped the formfactors away from the device and turned them into "blank devices". These "blank devices" directed the focus toward the potential experience and interactions of the system and its story rather than specific forms of the individual devices, which are saved for a later stage of the design process. In this case I am making an analogy to the “primitives” (sphere, cube, cone) that are dropped onto a plane when beginning a model in a 3d application such as Maya or Alias. I then embedded microprocessors and sensors into the devices to make them interact with the story.

NEWS

April 2006
"Experiential Prototyping" Wins bronze at the 5th Annual Horizon Interactive Awards

April 2006
"Experiential Prototyping" featured on Netdiver.net

March 9 , 2006
"Experiential Prototyping" is selected and published in the Media Design gallery.

Feb 8, 2006
Selected to participate in the Openroom at the Post-Digital Creation Conference (OFFF).

Jan 19, 2006
Presented "Experiential Prototyping" to the research labs at Sun Microsystems in Silicon Valley.

Jan 11, 2006
BusinessWeek Online: Design Gets Its Due in Davos

Feb/Mar 2006
Article in Dwell Magazine titled "Thinking Design" regarding an interview with IDEO's David Kelley and his ideas on methodologies leading to innovation. "From aesthetics to economics to education, says David Kelley of Stanford University’s d.school, it’s time for each of us to think like a designer."

Dec 15, 2006
Public presentation of Experiential Prototyping in Art Center College of Design's LAT auditorium.