Project Prompt
Project Goal
To produce a convincing ‘smoke and mirrors’ prototype that convincingly demonstrates how the music player would work, without using electronics or code, and design a convincing and elegant mental model of user interaction.
Concept Metaphor
Listening to music is like traveling in the universe.
Exploring the mystery of space is like exploring new genres and artists.
Physical Prototype
Tokens: steel balls
Channels where the tokens roll over: magnets
The universe: foam core
The global share ball: glass marble
Visual Design
Process Iteration
Raw Sketches
In order to figure out the relationship between physical form and digital content, I began with raw sketches to visualize the concept and think about the affordability of the physical form. Keeping the whole system in a three dimension space helps us jump out of flat limitation.
