As computing becomes more ubiquitous in our objects, designers need to be more aware of how to design meaningful interactions into electronically enhanced objects. At the University of Washington, a class of junior Interaction Design majors is exploring this question. These pages chronicle their efforts.

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Knolling Constance Wellman and Haley Knox





We chose to take apart the Bop It, which we found at Value Village in Fremont. As we took apart the Bop It we thought it was interesting how intuitively the parts were designed to fit together. One aspect that was surprising to us in the beginning was that the speaker was much smaller than expected. As we created the circuit map we made sure to make clear distinctions between all of the various sensors that coordinated with the Bop Its interactive functions such as the slide, pull and twist.

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