Gene Lu

In the upper right corner of the whiteboard wall, you'll notice a half-pilled shape drawing of a device, which we've called the Dongle. The Dongle is a device that keeps track of our short term tasks that need to be accomplished in order to achieve long term goals.

After bringing in our physical materials from the first class, we were split up into groups based on what we wanted to achieve with our first prototypes. I joined Kristin Gräefe, Russ Maschmeyer, and Evinn Quinn for the duration of the semester in researching, ideating, prototyping, and creating a unique device that will serve to keep people mindful and aware of their surroundings.

For our first assignment in Prototyping User Experiences class, featuring the guys from Frog Design, we were to bring in a sample of a physical material that we were drawn to in both touch and feel. This and the remaining prototypes that follow would all fall under the topic of awareness/mindfulness.