IxD Lab: Final Project

2. Ideation

A former experimental piece of “particle”.

I started from 2 points:

1. focus one feature of design: communication and visualization;
2. the interaction between the audience and the installation/video, what are the input and output?

My initial idea was “The performance of design”. When the audience say something, I can use Natural Language Processing to find the according animation, then the word “design” will give a short performance. For example, an audience said “longly”, little “n” will shake its head, slowly walk away from the crowd (“desig”), become crestfallen then crouch in the corner.

Then the problem came to the world list. What kind of words should be audience’s choice? What kind of performance would they like see?

I referred to Ji Lee’s Word as Image and found he has already done very well in visualizing and personifying words . How can my “Performance of Design” be different? Jee li using these words themselves as actors, will the word “design” perform better? It seems there is a gap. I mean, I can also using the word “actor” to make the performance.

How about using words related to design?

Then, how about making it more personal? My design website is called “Rui.Design”, kind like a personal brand. So how about do my design principle, my design style, my design value?

Pic from Internet.

So here comes the words list:

D — Delightful

I treat design as a delightful journey with serendipities on the road and hope my design also brings delightful experiences for users.

E — Engaging

My design provides value in an engaging way, it invite people rather than forcing people.

S — Storytelling

I think the essence of design is the story behind it.

I — Illuminating

I would like to use the power of design to illuminate people, for example to create a context for people to do something rather than directly give them something.

G — Game

My design should be fun and engaging, like a game.

N — Next

The charm of design lies in possibilities. I am always positive and looking forward to next inspiring.

A former experimental piece of “particle”.

I will use particle to realize my idea. When the audience approach the screen, particles will form the world of “design”. If the audience interact with a certain letter, the correspondent word will show up.

The trigger can be different according the interface platforms.

1. small screen/mobile: click
2. web page: hover / click
3. Large screen installation: touch / gesture / posture (using Kinect to capture motion)