Thoughts About New Interactions
Project Documentation and Collection of Things
After revising the shape of the radio, I came up with a more reduced and simpler appearance. The current progress is visible in the pictures above. A wooden block as a core and only few controls attached to it. To make the speaker covering, I had to come up with a clever idea how to generate a dot-pattern in illustrator.
This script emerged from this. Check it out.
To get a roundish — almost cute — shape, I lasercut slices to achieve a very organic form. I intend to stick them together and sand the edges down until I obtain a smooth surface. The shape will then stand on for small posts. The look will be similar to the one of the small foam model.
The shape for the radio object should be like the one in the model. Or at least similar. Very few controls, to not confuse the user about functionality (few controls = few gestures). I’d like the shape to be roundish, a little like the colored iMacs. The object should not feel too technical, because there is already a big step between the current radios and gestured controlled radios – which is based on technical changes. By making the object rounder I intend to increase the feel of talking to something «smart», something alive.