Concept

The concept of this idea was to initiate some kind of social interaction between loved ones which is non-intrusive and does not require urgent attention of the actors. We wanted to create an object that not only facilitates this interaction but also fall back to function as a regular everyday object that is in the natural surrounding of its users.

We chose to augment a photo frame because it has always been an object that stimulates emotions and is associated with memories and nostalgia. It also felt like a suitable tangible medium to connect people with their loved ones whose pictures are already placed in a traditional photo frame.