Shape-a-Phone Musical Blocks Secret Seashell

motivation motivation motivation

How can we use the There is a very high Providing a physical
shape of a cell phone floor for children who medium to share
as an additional want to create a piece feelings/ideas/secrets
channel for interaction? of music: they must intimately and
remember the notes, anonymously within
Cellular Structure:
Battery, screen,
sequence, musical a local community
notation, etc. idea
touchpad, circutry are
separate components

Microphone + Speaker

Tangible construction set Tangible container that

for music composition. Activation Button stores a thread of audio
messages
re + fa + ti
idea
Cellular Structure can ti + la + mi
organize itself into a
sphere

mi + fa + mi

do + fa + mi
idea
Cell phone that has a
reconfigurable shape to
enrich interaction and
expressiveness.

-Configurable meaningful shape
and mapping
-Human <-> phone
-Human <-> human
-Reduces intrusiveness
-Twisting, stretching, squeezing
-Three alternatives: Matrix of pins, cellu- -Wooden blocks that play a note -Collaborative construction -Records an anonymous voice message -In order to take one, you return one
lar structure, accessory -Stretching out or squeezing changes -Configurable mappings (i.e. pitch) for -Sequentially plays thread of messages -Randomness, serendipity, democratic
-Only cover changes length of note different instruments. -Portable -Metaphor of confession
-Empowering user to configure -Color-coded recording blocks -Distributed network of repositories -Takes life of its own
their phone -Blocks arranged sequentially in a rack -Color indicates whether it has
-Exploring possibility of a new paradigm with several layers messages or not