Next Steps

On our final demo day, we asked our reviewers, “What would you do to expand this concept?” They recommended that we start to explore the materials used to build this in real life. We should start considering what it would be like to work with translucent concrete, for example.

They also recommended that we start to think about expanding the light animations to be seasonal: halloween lights in October; christmas lights in December. They suggested that we envision little pleasant surprises into the animations. So every time a child returns to the park, it does something new. They recommended we explore other senses like sound. When children step on the lighted path, it could surprise them with the sound of a spring going ‘boing!’ or an ‘ow! That hurts!’. 

They mentioned how children may have been our initial target, but adults would equally enjoy our concept. Imagine if downtown Dallas had, in the center of the city, a play area for all the bar hoppers. They would get to experience the joy that adults rarely give themselves permission to.