Throughout the past few weeks I've been a professional stalker in order to research different accessories for technology.
...And I generally despise this topic. I suppose, in my head, a handheld/high-use technology shouldn't need accessories.
Or, they shouldn't need more than what's already around.
As a designer, I know that I should always find a problem in any situation, but I honestly think there is a concept of "too much" when it comes to designing accessories.
Regardless of that sentiment, I also think designing something so common and pointless is a good lesson in business practice. This is a whole lot less of sharing my strengths as a designer, and a lot more "sell it and make it count."
On that note, everything that I've focused on has involved food (no surprise if you know me)
How do people interact with their technology in an open environment?
What comes first? Your sandwich or your boyfriend's text?
The issue is, people in public still consider the phone to be a completely taboo device.
One on one conversations should never be replaced with One on Phone.
Which leads me to my problem:
How are we going to comfortably incorporate the private texter/phonecaller into a public environment...
In my opinion, the solutions for this problem rely more in a system than a product..but a product is what my end result has to be.
Hum.
...And I generally despise this topic. I suppose, in my head, a handheld/high-use technology shouldn't need accessories.
Or, they shouldn't need more than what's already around.
As a designer, I know that I should always find a problem in any situation, but I honestly think there is a concept of "too much" when it comes to designing accessories.
Regardless of that sentiment, I also think designing something so common and pointless is a good lesson in business practice. This is a whole lot less of sharing my strengths as a designer, and a lot more "sell it and make it count."
On that note, everything that I've focused on has involved food (no surprise if you know me)
How do people interact with their technology in an open environment?
What comes first? Your sandwich or your boyfriend's text?
The issue is, people in public still consider the phone to be a completely taboo device.
One on one conversations should never be replaced with One on Phone.
Which leads me to my problem:
How are we going to comfortably incorporate the private texter/phonecaller into a public environment...
In my opinion, the solutions for this problem rely more in a system than a product..but a product is what my end result has to be.
Hum.
No comments:
Post a Comment