Camila Mosso DPL65 Woohool Report

Woohool Motu

June 2013

Camila Mosso s114682 Coach: Jesse Asjes

Structure Explanation This report has been structured in a way of categorizing the activities realized during the whole process. The first Chapter will be destined to introduce the project and explain some general concepts related to it taken from the first part of the research. The second chapter will be destined to the user; a qualitative research will be described as well as a tactile and sight material test. The third chapter will work as a consequence of chapter one and two, in this chapter new ideas will be presented to explain the evolution of the concept and conclude with the final concept to develop. Chapter three will be destined to explain some materials and techniques explored. These activities while not being executed at the same stage of the process, were grouped together to give a general idea of the amount of explorations and its reasons to be discarded or selected during the process. The need of locating these explorations almost at the end of the document arises from the requirement of understanding the whole theoretical background before being able to comprehend the decisions made in material and techniques selection.

On chapter five, the development of the prototype will be described, and most of the shaping decisions will be shown in this section.

Finally, on chapter six, a new user test will be shown in the shape of a small qualitative research, where the concept was explained to people and they were asked about how they would use the product and how they felt with it.

Chapter 1: Starting

Intro

Motu is one of the Woohool project. Wool became the material to work with and part of our work was to find a property which could be potentially interesting to develop an interactive product. Being a project focused on interactivity, the decision of focusing in the user was evident.

All long this process the user is take into account to guide the project into a user based product. Among with this, several explorations were made related with wool related techniques and the integration of other technologies. This experimentation allowed having a broad range of alternatives when choosing the best way of translating the concept into a physical prototype.

meditation and introspection. This moment can be supported by creating a comfortable and safe situation.

In object oriented meditation most of these objects are dynamic. Observing how a candle changes gives enough information to our senses to keep focused. A candle and a landscape have this in common, both are everchanging and that is why they stay fascinating. In line with that Motu keeps changing when being touched.

As a result, Motu is made as a cuddling object which invites for a moment of meditation. The shape of Motu is meant to be embraced by the body and explored by your hands while your sight is absorbed by patOne of the main issues addressed during the research for this project terns continuously changing. This experience will allow the user to focus refers to the relationship between our emotions and wool. Intuitively their senses in some external element, and at the same time allow your wool can be related with feelings such as comfort and safety. Starting thoughts to flow. from this idea a free association test around the concept of wool was set up. It became clear that others share these associations as well. In an experimental setup it was tested which characteristics make wool more appealing for either sight or touch. The materials varied from industrial textiles to hand made felt in different thickness.

After this evaluation the concept focused on the phenomenon which occurs when moving to a new environment. We often find a discrepancy between our expected and achieved social interaction. This discrepancy leads us to feel lonely even though we are not necessarily alone. It becomes necessary then to find the benefit in having time on your own to not fall in loneliness. The personal space can be a valuable moment of

Chapter One: Starting

Visits

As part of the field research two main visits were made. The visits provided a first idea of textile techniques and specifically wool. These were a main source of inspiration to define the direction of the project by providing the necessary contact with the material to relate it with personal experiences.

Textile Museum Tilburg

Herders

van

Baloo

Textile Museum is located at the city of Tilburg which is known for being Herders van Balloo is an atelier which produces and processes its own the wool capital of Netherlands. The museum offers an historical view of wool, specifically from the Dutch Drents heideschaap, a kind of sheep the textile production in Tilburg and also offers a Textile lab for design, which is originally from West-Europe. production and development of textile as a material.

Two workshops were held, carding and spinning, and felting. The conWhile visiting the museum it was possible to appreciate old techniques tact with the material provided a first impression of what is to be in close as well as new techniques which integrated new technologies to wear- contact with it. When being surrounded by this amount of wool. The ables. Visual and tactile textures were the elements which called more first impressions about how wool can be an emotional trigger were put attention. These elements, closely related with our senses, gave a first in mind. idea of the direction in which the research would be oriented subsequently.

Woohool

Herders

van

Baloo

Textile Museum Tilburg

Chapter One: Starting

Wool

and

Imagine having the height of a table, and then you enter to a big storage room full of big shelves and on each of them you can see a huge amount of fabric rolls piled on top of each other. Now imagine the smell of new clothes, textile paint and touching all these textures. Weaved, knitted, printed and dyed, endless colors. Then you see from one side of the table a skillful man cutting a piece of it. This room is a playground and a place which allowed me to spend time with my mother while she was buying fabrics for her sister which owns a touristic clothing company.

Emotions

In summary:

Visceral is related with our first impression Behavioral is related with usability and our interaction with the object of design Reflective is related with our previous experiences and our relationships with the design.

In the story told at the beginning of this chapter you can see how the These experiences I had with fabrics, I had them with wool as well. See- experience influences our way of feeling certain emotions ing my grandma knitting was, and it is still now, something quite usual.

Touch

as an emotional sense

This story is told to give an impression about the possible feelings related with wool. A way of categorizing how we process emotions is explained As observed by many studies, touch is a sense related with emotions

by Donald Norman in his book Emotional Design (2004). Visceral, Behav- and attachment, this is clearly said when stating ioral and Reflective are three ways of processing emotions. The best way “Touch, skin, attachment and development are positively inter-linked”1 of explaining these three levels is through an example: This statement is related with the development in early life, but it can Take for example a piece of design, such as a chair. A visceral emotion also be extended to adults. Many experiences in our lives have a tacwould be the first impression we have from it. Is it nice? Does it look tile element. It is not necessarily related with a single object that we comfortable? Then a behavioral emotion would be related with the use are touching and seeing at the same time, it could also be related with of the chair and how is the performance of its usability for example. And observing some situation and touching some element in that circumfinally the reflective emotion would be related with what it reminds stance. An example given at the book Touch in Museums (2008) us, maybe we have already used a chair that looks like this one, or our “(…) a colleague, Bruce Hood in Bristol, has reported a nice example from his lectures grandpa used to sit on a similar chair, all these memories and maybe on people’s mystical beliefs where he describes handing a sweater to the audience when opinions will be reflected on a reflective emotion. he gives a talk (personal communication, 9 November 2007). When he asks the audience how much they like to touch the sweater, people typically sat that it feels fairly nice. But

1 M. Raluca Popa & P. A. Best (2010): Making sense of touch in dance movement therapy: A trainee's perspective, Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy: An International Journal for Theory, Research and Practice, 5:1, 31-44, doi: 10.1080/17432970903545941

Chapter One: Starting

Wool

and

then when he tells the audience that the sweater once belonged to Fred West, the infamous serial killer (‌) educated audiences will immediately discard the object, with some even refusing to touch it)�

This is an example about how people are influenced from a reflective to a visceral reaction specifically talking about a tactile experience. In the following chapters these elements will be tested and it will be possible to appreciate emotional processing from Reflective to Visceral and vice versa.

Emotions

Chapter Two:

the user

Free

association test

A free association test was held with the goal of identify general parameters that could help to determine the variables for a user test which will include the test of different wool samples of diverse techniques.

By + or -

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The questions made where 1.

Which emotions come to your mind when you read/hear the word “Wool�?

Results Question 1 The main results were related with the neutral feelings of warmth and softness; the main emotions were related with Coziness, Happiness, relaxation and feeling safe.

Content

excitement

amazement

Fun

10 2

Friendly

1

Love

4 1 Care

Question 1.

After doing this, the answers were presented by the amount of times mentioned with the intention of have an overview of the relations with wool. The goal is to determine/confirm if wool is mostly related with positive or negative feelings.

Happiness

Trust

2. Can you explain in general why this word reminds you these emotions?

For the first question several characteristics were mentioned, these ones were related with emotions and characteristics that wool can have. These adjectives were grouped by a relation to each other and categorized by its relationship with a positive, neutral or negative feeling.

Value

safe

Gentle

sweet

Cozy

Comfort

Pleasant

Relax

Calm

Peaceful

7 2 gezellig

17 8 1

chic

+

Family

1 Together

2 6

Cuddly

3

Warm

18 Fuzzy

Neutral

4

Old Fashion

3

Natural

1 1

Winter

-

-

prickly

1 Ticklish

itchy

4

Creepy

1

sadness

3

Discomfort Impotence

irritated

annoyed

4 1

Chapter Two:

the user

Question 2.

Free

association test

visceral (visual reaction) are influenced by wool. However, what can be rescued from this free association test are the first impressions of wool.

Question 2. The second part was intended to find out why people have These emotions will be taken in consideration when designing the new these feelings and how these can be related with the three previously Material Test. mentioned levels of perception of emotions Reflective, Behavioral and For more information about this test see Appendix 1.

Visceral.

As a guide for reference, a moodboard was made (see Link) inspired by Result Question 2 these emotions. With this in mind, the process could go further without • 26 answers were identified as Reflective processing forgetting the sensation that the final product should have.

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18 were related with Behavioral

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2 were related with Visceral

These results show how conscious were the answers provided by the subjects, a Reflective processing is related with experiences, opinions and memories; Behavioral is related with the body interaction with the material, and how people experience it; and Visceral is our first impression of what we see.

A reason for obtaining these results could be related with the procedure applied, the question was made with no reference (Tactile or Visual) and for this reason the subjects needed to rely on their memories and previous experiences.

General Conclusions: Since these impressions were obtained without any reference, a material test is needed to check how behavioral (material interaction) and

Chapter Two:

the user

Material Test

A list of emotions generated by wool was obtained from the previous 1. free association test. These ones will be evaluated for each sample and 2. finally get the relation between these ones and general characteristics 3. of wool 3.

This test is focused on the touch sense. However, the subject will have to evaluate the samples blindfolded and sighted, always evaluating from a touch perspective (the characteristics to evaluate are related with touch and not necessarily with sight). Is preferable to evaluate both senses separately to clearly see how the subjects are influenced by them in terms of perception of their emotions.

Thick Handmade Felt Thin Handmade Felt Industrial Felt 3mm

4.

Thin Mixed Felt: Mix of viscose and wool

5.

Thick Mixed Felt

6.

Jersey

7.

Thin woven fabric

8.

Thick brown woven Fabric

For the first part of the test, the subject was be blindfolded. This is to 9. Thick Woven Fabric/Felted avoid the influence of sight in their feelings.

An adjective was taken as a clear characteristic if the total points was The user had freedom to manipulate the samples, with some recom- more than the half of a hypothetical 100% positive answers (all 10 mendations of the standard way of manipulate the fabric points). It had more than 50% of positive answers4 and it would have no For the emotional section, the subject was be completely free of ma- disagrees (i.e. 4 or less points per answer). Finally, the sample with the nipulating the sample, this is to get an idea of how people react when more clear characteristics would be the adequate for each sense. being asked of evaluate certain emotions.

The results gave that the samples 1 and 9 were the best for sight and The second part of the test was sighted. The subject was be told that he/ sample number 4 was the best for touch. she is going to evaluate new samples; this is to avoid him/her of trying Along with the data analysis, some observations were made regarding to recognize the samples previously tested. The subject was not able of the way the subjects manipulated the samples while testing them. touching the samples. Same questions as before will be made.

It is possible to appreciate how people tend to wrap the samples around Lists of samples: their hands while being asked about the emotional aspects of the de3

L. Bacci, F. Camilli, S. Drago, M. Magli, E. Vagnoni, A. Mauro, & S. Predier (2012): Sensory evaluation and instrumental

measurements to determine tactile properties of wool fabrics, Textile Research Journal, 82(14) 1430–1441, doi: 10.1177/0040517512438125

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An answer would be considered as positive if is bigger than 5 (1 to 4 = disagreement, 5=Indiferent, 6 to 10=agreement)

Chapter Two: scription.

the user

Material Test

Another common observation is related with the interaction with the surface where the samples were placed, people tend to use it as a base for the evaluation of certain characteristics.

People felt different when touching with their hands than touching with their faces. The comments made by the subjects suggested that the contact with the face allowed them to feel more itchiness from the material; this effect was perceived as not really good to facilitate the feeling of positive characteristics.

To conclude, wool has the potential to be an emotional trigger element due to the relationship with some reflective and also the possibility of experiment it through a visceral emotion perception. Memories and texture can provide a rich tactile experience.

Chapter Two:

the user

Samples

1.

2.

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6.

7.

8.

9.

Thick Handmade Felt Thin Handmade Felt Industrial Felt 3mm Thin Mixed Felt: Mix of viscose and wool Thick Mixed Felt Jersey Thin woven fabric Thick brown woven Fabric Thick Woven Fabric/Felted

Chapter Three: Concept M

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As part of the development of the concept, several graphic pieces were editation ools developed. The reason to present them almost as raw material is due to One aspect of meditation that seemed interesting was the idea of focusthe value I found in doing this part of the research “by hand�. ing your thoughts in only one thing for a period of time. Reading some Along with these graphic research, a set of references were grouped in blogs and personal experiences of people who meditate and specially form of a pinterest board which can be checked in this LINK those who are starting on meditation the information pointed to object oriented meditation. The objects used where related to sound, touch and sight. Among these last two, tools a mala and a candle where the ones that called attention. The first of these, the mala, is a tool used by used by Hindus and Buddhists as a way of counting while meditative repeating a mantra. This tool can also be related with the Komboloi (from Greece) which is used with no religious or spiritual purposes but mainly to release stress.

Loneliness - Introspection - Meditation

The main characteristic of a candle when meditating is its ability of changing in a constant way. This is to say, the shapes we see are mainly the same, but there are some details which allow us to say that there is a change in the flame. This is easily related when looking a landscape, which give us a peaceful feeling. A landscape is everchanging but in a detailed level. The threes don’t change position, the leaves are there, but they are constantly moving in a small level.

By doing this research it was possible to conclude that Loneliness is not Using these examples as reference the approach of the product would the same as Solitude. Solitude can be a positive experience. When think- be to use sight and touch to give the user a tool which facilitates introing about some activities that are considered positive and we can do spection. while we are alone, meditation came to mind.

Chaper Three:

the concept

First “hand

made” research

Transform in Something Positive

LON ELIN ES S Feeling

INTR O NSPECTIO N Trough Solitude

Loneliness: Discrepancy between one’s desired and 1 achieved levels of Social Interaction

· 20% of the population in USA feels lonely

* People might need help understandig the value of being alone.

SUBJECTIVE

* Individualism leads to spend time alone and less sharing?

*Recomforting in a way that people understand this value and NOT to stimulate this loneliness feeling

* Learn how to be alone can help us to feel less lonely

* Transform a Negative Feeling in something Positive

Loneliness v/s Solitude Loneliness is not necesarilly a consequence of solitude Solitude can be a Positive Experience Growth of: 2 · Selfsteem · Selfconfidence · Selfeficacy Sense · Identity Development · Creativity Due to the Lack of externalJudgement

* Loneliness might be usual in expats, this can be related with Nostalgia or Homesickness HOME

family + Friends (stablished Network)

NEW ENVIRONMENT No Network

Solitude + Loneliness

Passing from a known environtment with a stablished network to a new environment with no network at all

HOW? *Will a safety feeling help to feel less lonely? *Which activity is practiced alone and helps you grow? *MEDITATION is often practiced alone. It makes you improve your selfsteem, etc 1. Peplau, L.A. & Perlman, D. (1982). Perspectives on loneliness. In L. A. Peplau & D. Perlman (Eds.), Loneliness: A sourcebook of current theory, research and therapy. (pp.

1-18). New York: John Wiley and Sons.

2. Suedfeld, P. (1982). Aloneness as a healing experience. In L. A. Peplau and D. Perlman (Eds.), Loneliness, Chichester: Wiley.

Chaper Three: IN T R O S P E C T IO N

the concept

M E DI TATI O N

* Using meditation resources might help distracting from negative feelings

To Distract: Make an object interesting for enough time?

Use a detail that changes all the time? (for long time)

Object oriented Meditation

Second “hand

“Focusing on an Object: Here, you completely focus attention on Examination of an object. Look at it in immense detail for the entire meditatio. Examine the shape, color differences, texture, temperature and movement of the object.” www.mindtools.com/stress/RelaxationTechniques/meditation.htm/

made“ research

“The idea behind meditation is to consciously relax your body and focus your thoughts on one thing for a sustained period. This occupies your mind, diverting it from the problems that are couseng your stress.

It gives your body time to relax and recuperate, and to clear away stress hormones that may have built up” www.mindtools.com/stress/RelaxationTechniques/meditation.htm/ “I found that using tones or music helped get me into a meditative state more easily” “I use a candle, and sometimes use kum kum (red dot) for my third eye, and just stare at it in the mirror” “Focussing on one word and refocussing on the word every time you drift off into your toughts” www.collective-evolution.com/topic/do-you-use-meditation-tools/ “Meditation can also be practiced while walking, such as kinhin, or doing simple repetitive tasks” SAMU: “Physical work that is done with mindfulness as a simple practical and spiritual practice” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditative_postures

A “mala” is used also with meditation purposes

G r e e k Komboloi: Used to release stress

Chapter Four:

materials and techniques explored Open Explorations

These explorations are called open because they don’t intend to explore any specific technique. These activities were part of the organization of the project or workshops which were realized by students at the TU/e

Pressure Cooker

During the pressure cooker we worked with several techniques such as needle felting and embroidering. The free way of working allowed me to experiment with the material and think about the way I would like to continue with the project. The fabric wool samples that were used during the pressure cooker were also used afterwards for the material test described previously

Chapter Four:

materials and techniques explored Smart Textiles Workshop

For the smart textiles workshop my main focus was on integrating electronics to wool samples. This was achieved in three ways: first needle felting curled piece of wire, by curling the wire it can’t move when felted since is fixed in the curled sections by the wool. Second, the wire was wrapped with a wool thread using a macramÊ technique; this would allow fixing a straight piece of wire to a wool fabric using needle felting.

The third sample was an experiment with conductive wool, it was interesting to see how it can be used as a pressure sensor as well.

Needle felted curled wire

Macrame + needle felting

Chapter Four:

materials and techniques explored Smart Textiles Workshop

without and with energy

needle felted conductive wool conected to a LED, + and - signs are indicators where to connect the cables

Different brightness when pressing wool to make electric contact

Chapter Four: Crochet

materials and techniques explored

Specific

materials and techniques explorations

This was a simple exploration to understand wool as a yarn. Crochet is a technique which offers several 2D and 3D textures. It was discarded as a technique due to the need of having wool at its most basic structure to being able of evaluating it later on the material tests.

Light

Some experiments were made to see the effect of color light on wool.

The initial idea was to relate touch with sight. Controlled light tends to be too unnatural when not filtered, these explorations lead me to work with reflected light (colors) instead of emitted light (light bulbs, LEDs, etc‌) due to the subtle effect they provide when changing.

Chapter Four: Nitinol

materials and techniques explored

Specific

materials and techniques explorations

Nitinol is a metal alloy of nickel and Titanium. This alloy has the particularity of changing to a “programmed�5 shape when being exposed to a certain temperature. It was considered because of its ability of enhancing a tactile experience, but the smell interfered with the experience and it was too weak to applying hand pressure to it.

The programming is made by exposing the metal to high temperatures as seen on top left

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The pictures below show the change of a nitinol spring when current is applied, and by consequence heated up

Chapter Four: Thermocromic Ink

materials and techniques explored

Specific

materials and techniques explorations

Thermocromic paints are those which change color due to a change in temperature. This effect, due to the lack of control over the heat when warming a certain area, gives an effect which can be related with breathing or some other natural movement or change. That’s why this was the main visual element selected for the final prototype.

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Soaking half of the felt in paint would facilitate the colour change due to the amount of paint to be heated

2 placing wire under the felt

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1. Top: Blue Thermocromic ink on Jersey Bottom: Red dyed Jersey then it was painted with blue thermocromic ink.

2. Top: Half soaked sample 9 (thick weaved and felted) in thermocromic ink Bottom: Fully soaked sample 9 in thermocromic ink. The paint tends to go through the textile when fully soaked 3. Left: red dyed thick felt fully soaked in thermochromic ink. Middle: Half dyed thick felt and painted with pink thermocromic ink to check the color differences when having a background color. Right: Thick Felt fully soaked in thermocromic ink 4. Red Cotton painted with blue thermocromic ink

wire through felt

heating up wire through felt

Chapter Five: Prototype

Shaping

The first ideas were oriented to kind of blanket you could adapt as you wanted; this was inspired by the blanked some kids use to sleep. Since it was too open for the concept the direction changed.

Next iteration was in the direction of a habitat, inspired by those refugees kids build with sheets in their rooms. An inspiration for giving comfort and safety was the use of the gesture when hugging (since we release dopamine and serotonin when doing it) the shape went in the direction of a cuddling object. When asking people (mostly expats) the general opinion was that having an object which imitates a hug literally would be even sadder due to remembering the person(s) we are missing.

That’s why the shape evolved into a ball, remembering a teddy bear, and taking the body as a reference for making it more comfortable for cuddling. The final shape was modeled in Rhinoceros to being able of printing accurate patterns which can be modified afterwards.

Chapter Five: Prototype

Shaping

Chapter Five: Prototype

final shape and use proposal

INTERACTION: The object will react to your touch in a visual way by showing random patterns on the reaction surface.

This reaction won’t depend on the pressure or place where you touch but whether you TOUCH IT OR NOT ACTION: Touch REACTION: Sight

USER TEST: some decisions were taken to make a relation with the way people evaluated the material during the user test.

Firm surface: To compare it when people touched the material against a table.

Pockets: Wrapping around their hands and when they evaluated thickness.

Soft Foam Base: When testing the prototipe, flexibility on the bottom was important to being able to adapt to several positions of the user.

Visual ≠ Tactile

GEOMETRIC SHAPE: A contrast between Natural (Felt) and artificial. The shape gives also an interesting tactile experience

Like it was experienced during the user test to keep a “separated” experience from each material, the shape avoids the user to see the touch material.

PATTERNS: Inspired by MANDALAS The pattern variation comes from when we look to a landscape or a candle. These are everchanging and is because of this that we can fix our attention on them for a long time.

The little control given to the user comes from the same source of inspiration.

When we look to a landscape we don’t have control over it. The only options we have are whether to look at it or not.

Chapter Five: Prototype

Sensors

As part of the Action Element, a sensor had to be applied. As a first attempt a soft button was designed. The button consisted in the use of foam with a hole in the middle and adding conductive wool on each side of the hole. A sort of net avoided wool of making contact without applying pressure. This button could work as a pressure sensor.

Due to the need of an on/off reaction, there was no need of a pressure sensor since a contact sensor would be enough to do this job.

A capacitive sensor made of aluminum was tested first under the touch element (thin mixed felt) but it was not enough to detect the presence or not of the hand, that’s why a mix of wool and conductive thread was placed in the shape of lines highlighting the edges of the shape. This worked to not lose the geometric structure due to the soft material.

Chapter Five: Prototype

Felt + Thermocromic Ink + Heating Elements

As mentioned before during the user test two materials were selected for the visual material: Thick Felt and Thick weaved fabric. When doing some explorations with thermocromic ink the best material for using heating wires was Thick felt. The heating elements used were resistance wires; whit these ones the use of energy would be minimum while heating more than regular wires.

As explained before, Mandalas were taken as inspiration for the patterns showed by the prototype. These are sand figures which are often drawn as meditation tools. The shapes are mostly geometric organized around a center. Usually after finishing a mandala (which can take weeks) the sand is removed and the mandala is gone.

It can also be painted and when doing this the shape should be colored from inside to outside.

Chapter Five: Prototype

Arduino + Electronics

Transistors had to be used since the need of producing a short-circuit in order to heat the wires and to control the amount of voltage going through the Arduino. These were connected as shown in the pictures.

As a final decision the program showed the patterns appearing from the center to outside, this to avoid wires overheating when using the random tool of Arduino (the “random� numbers would repeat too often) but at the end this was not a problem since the material itself gives a natural effect due to the lack of control over the heating area.

The transistors had to be connected to a cooling surface to avod overheating.

Chapter Six:

“It

feels like a teddy bear”

A simple user test was made during the final exhibition. The idea was to ask people whether they would use the product or not, and to see how they interacted with it.

About the place where they would use it, most of the people agreed on using it at home, some few said they would like to have it for a crowded environment since “it makes everything else peripheral” Other observation was about the way Motu interacts with you. It would be a possibility to try to make it interact with your breathing, maybe this would make focusing even easier.

Some people didn’t know how to handle Motu, many tried to interact with it by trying to touch the pink visual element on it. This is a good sign in a certain way because is an element which calls attention, maybe the colors should be studied to make it less button-like.

Appart from those points, when understanding the use of it people adapted really easily and started interacting with Motu.

Conclusions

Trust

my intuition

This was a project in which I learned to trust myself and my ideas. Start- cultures. But also design which can solve and integrate cultural probing from the point of being spired by a really personal story, and follow- lems. ing my intuition without forgetting the research as an important part of my process.

I used new tools such as Evernote for research, in which I could group what I read and see on the web by categorizing. I started using Pinterest, which was a tool for keeping my ideas in a visual medium. And I also continued using my physical folders for the beginning of the process, whit these I can have a general idea of what the project is going to be. All these tools allowed me to understand that I don’t have a lack of ideas, but a really disorganized head which can be organized by using some simple implements.

My agenda was also much more organized than previous semesters since I was forcing myself to take decisions. Not everything was exactly as I planned but the general plan helped me to have an overview of what had to be done.

Using my intuition as part of the inspiration came from the contact I had with wool since I was a child, and I felt I was able of transmit this feeling in a simple object in which almost everything can be explained as part of my research.

Without noticing I applied one of my main interests which is my cultural awareness. Moving from one country to another makes you realize about the need of having design which can communicate with different