INTERACTION
HAPTICONS
Interaction Design, Concept, PrototypingPROJECT: Explore the use of touch and tangible interfaces in mobile communication.
CONCEPT: Use textural icons to represent the emotional tone of text messages. Apply these textures to the back side of a mobile device using dynamic materials.
INSIGHTS: As dynamic materials emerge, designers will be seeking out ideal applications for them. An interesting opportunity is applying these materials to communication devices. Based on what was learned from participants in the Textural Icons research, certain patterns or textures can be associated with certain emotions when touched. The ability to associate these textures may be a similar process to the way people associate certain words with actual objects or concepts. Using touch as the medium for communicating emotional tone is an appropriate application of this sense because of our innate association between the physically felt and the emotionally felt.
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