Right now I have finished my prototype and I need to focus on my presentation
Right now I have finished my prototype and I need to focus on my presentation
The abstraction of separation of thought displays how difficult it is to focus on anything that one can not see, and demonstrates how challenging it is to think about multiple things simultaneously.
The abstraction is a cardstock object made of 14 concentric cavities, 6 cavities are square, 8 are triangular at their opening. 5 of the square cavities have electronics(LEDs, potentiometers, buttons), the last square is closed off at its opening, it is used to store the wiring for the electronics. The walls of the cavities separate the different components visually, while keeping their behaviors be connected through the wires that run through the center of the object. This creates a sense of complexity, and forces the user to be constantly observing the abstraction from different angles.
My story follows a box of colored pencils and the main character is a pencil who feels like he is an ugly color and feels left out because the person drawing doesn't use him. The abstraction I related this to was helplessness because he can't do anything to be used. I thought of two different ideas for my prototype the first one was a colored pencil that the more you draw the color changes and the second idea was a colored pencil that changes color by heat. I made a prototype of the first idea and you can see it in the last picture.