serious play
meet otlet It’s not your typical piece of office furniture and it’s not your everyday gaming center. It’s not just meant to help facilitate meetings and it’s certainly not just meant to play games. It’s really not meant to do a single one of those things. It’s meant to do all of them. And more. Otlet is a multi-functional conference table that combines work and play to enhance creativity and collaboration in the workplace like never before. By serving as a hub for employees to ideate, innovate, and create using a new game-centric approach to professional collaboration, Otlet makes it hard to even call work...well...work.
eraser paddle
idea puck
the process
Actuating table legs allow for sitting or standing conference room meetings.
Rotate outside ring of Idea Puck to switch from slidable to magnetic surface.
Recess inside whiteboard surface to reveal air hockey goals. Drawers for accessories.
Use magnetic side of Idea Puck and stick to a magnetic board, like a whiteboard.
Idea Pucks have a writable, inner whiteboard surface for creative ideas.
Eraser paddles contain a felt bottom for revisions and cleaning of whiteboards.
Share ideas and brainstorm more by sliding Idea Pucks.
Record, document, and capture Otlet sessions with overhead office camera.
appearance model Using a CNC Router (computer numerical control), Otlet was constructed in layers of MDF. Other materials consisted of Aluminum, Bamboo, and Whiteboard Material. The accessories were 3D printed with ABS plastic.
serious play
GRA 465: Spring 2015 Collaborative Design Development II
Students: Kayla Bellman, Alicia Guccione, William Gutkowski, Cailey Nunez, Ryan Lynch Instructors: Bone, Boradkar, Peck