Process

Our design was inspired by the ambiguity of emotion.  Because there is an entire spectrum of discreet emotions that could not possibly captured with an object, we chose to pursue three objects that were representative of emotional categories.  Our inspiration came from the weather, which like an emotional state is always shifting and can take on many forms.   

The design of our mobile container created several serious challenges.  Especially because we made an aesthetic decision to combine the mobile and the alarm clock housing, we encountered a huge amount of interference during testing.  Our wires touched, which created issues with conductivity, and our speakers played sound that was fuzzy due to the many signals in a small place.  

We also struggled to correctly activate the mobile elements.  We tried working with vibration sensors before changing our project to utilize touch capacitors.  Almost every sensor that we tried to utilize was too sensitive to work.  The touch capacitors were finally made to work with some insulation, but they still misfire frequently when they don't receive the proper trigger.