Overview
SensiLab is a multi-disciplinary research lab bringing together art, design & technology, enabling collaboration through experimentation.
This project engaged a group of Design & IT students to create an interactive installation for Monash Open Day. With installations at Caulfield & Clayton campuses, it aims to create a delightful remote communication experience for visitors.
Part of the Winter Research Scholarship at SensiLab. Read article here
My role
Designing the physical structure & user interfaces of the phone booths | Research | Ideation | Prototyping & experimentation
Each campus portal consists of 4 telephones “booths” with different interactions.
At one booth, visitors create music using a keypad, which is played at the other campus where someone may reply with another music piece.
At another booth, as people speak into the phone, their conversations manifest in text projected onto the floor. Certain buzzwords trigger images to appear, adding another layer of surprise and delight.
Retro phone models were chosen to create a sense of nostalgia, while digital display is kept to a minimum. The physicality of picking up a receiver, pressing buttons, saying something into it and waiting for something to happen enriches this playful and social experience.
Nhu Duong 