The Sleeping Beauties

Iyagi: Immersive Storytelling for a Dynamic Bedtime Routine

Prototyping Iyagi

With a final concept in hand, we began exploring options to prototype our idea for our final presentation to Philips. We settled on a name, Iyagi, which means story in Korean, and began looking at the technologies, partnerships, and interactions that would bring Iyagi to life.

Moving towards a Final Concept — Exploring Novel Interactions

Following our presentation to the Philips team, and their feedback on our concepts, we moved into a final round of brainstorming. We wanted to push ourselves to consider more novel interactions, incorporate tangible objects…

Notes from Interview w/ Dylan Vitone 9/21

Our final interview at this stage of our design process was with Dylan Vitone, father…

Notes from Interview w/ Joe Lyons and Peter Scupelli 9/16

With three further refined storyboards in hand (digital artboard, interactive path, interactive object), we conducted another set of interviews, testing for usability, usefulness, and comfort level with our three concepts.

Bedtime routine + Kids, interviews with fathers, Joseph Lyons and Peter Scupelli

An overview of interviews with Peter Scupelli and Joseph Lyons

Joseph has a son aged 4 and a 3 year old daughter. When asked about their transition from play to the…

Refining Design Concepts w/ Insights + Principles

Following our intensive brainstorming session, we took a step back to ask ourselves how our many ideas might fit with the insights we’d culled from initial research. While we felt good about the general direction, we thought more clearly…

Notes from Interview w/ Bruce Hannington 9/9

As a continuation of our research, we interviewed Bruce Hannington (father of three) about his family’s bedtime routine, and the challenges he’s faced. Bruce has two daughters (8 and 6) and a son (4), and is in charge of baths and bedtime for his…