This post will be a quick recap of the speed dating session at the start of the semester. The goal was to create prototypes for a possible master’s thesis topic. In class we divided into two groups and talk about each others prototypes in a small amount of time. Due to my decision on swapping majors after the first semester, this task was a challenge for me. I had no clue what to do actually and just tried to connect my previous knowledge with the goal of this task. My love for typography always played a big role in my work and I tried to develop a playground to interact with letters and their movement.
The first concept was to have some kind of object that will is suppused to be thrown against a wall. It should invite people to let out their emotions. Imagine it like a rage room but the collision of the object and the wall is interactive. Depending on the speed of the object, the wall displays a collection of words as type.
The second prototype was a more relaxing way to interact with typography. Based on movement and impact on pressure plates, the wall shows different letters being formed by the people. My idea was to show their behavious in form of typography. Letters are always expression a kind of personality. In this case I want the people to connect with letters and get to know the power of expression through typography.
Class Feedback
It was interesting to see that noone acutally understood what I actually wanted to express. This also lead to a feedback saying the second concept could be offensive to some extent. As I mentioned in the first paragraph, it was hard to create something understandable as a lofi prototype, so I understood the reactions and i tried to reflect how I could make it more understandable. So I knew I had to get more experience to learn more about prototyping and interaction.
