This blog is dedicated to Jesse and Tori's Wednesday evening section of Principles of Experience Design at the Ontario College of Art and Design, Winter 2008.
1) Dart Frame This is a creative take on an existing design. Ockham's Razor would suggest that this design is successful due to its simplicity. This game would provide an opportunity for storytelling - I can see it being used in smokey rooms. 2) Ash try hippo First - smoking is bad! Second, it is "cute", however I wonder if the design is a little immature ie. would be better suited to little kids. It looks like it would be made out of plastic which would be difficult to build. 3) Baby Coin Bank Humourous use of the diaper and cute design. Would be ideal for parents would feel that their money is turning into baby poop. This is fun. 4) Trash Monster Cute. Funny. I see it as being small, something that sits on a desk. Without a cute design, I don't feel that throwing trash in a can constituents fun. Maybe if more senses were activated, ie added audio or lights. 5) Jumping Frog Building a prototype for this looks difficult. It does look like something I would play with for fun because of the spring. 6) Pool bank Interesting twist on an existing game by implementing a physical constraint.... I don't feel this game adds to a positive user experience. Posted by David at 11:31 PM
Some of your artifacts at this point lack an entry point. They're amusing, but how can you develop lasting value? Similarly, how does the dart game become more than something we've already done with an existing dart board? Could it be a facebook applet?
Hi Phil! I think Jesse wanted me to offer some feedback to you. Dart Frame - I think this is a pretty neat idea, all though it seems like it's been done. Also, if someone has a dartboard already, they could just use that. Maybe you could think of a more unique "personal revenge"-type toy? there's potential, I think, and it would be pretty easy to make the prototype of this one. Hippo Ash Tray - This is cute. I don't smoke, but do you think that smokers would use it? I don't know, maybe if it looked like something not-too-childish that would be better. It seems like it might appeal to kids and that's not good because youngsters shouldn't smoke, well no one should but...I like hippos! Maybe you can make a garbage can out of it! Baby Coin Bank - This looks like one of those m&m's dispenser things. I like your idea. It's like a toy doll, but only you put money in, I think kids might like it too. Maybe if you did several different types of babies so it would be more collectible. Trash monster - this is cute! It looks like something that Neil would make on the show Art Attack out of paper machee. Seems neat. Jumping Frog - these exist already, and they have plastic ones as prizes in arcades. They are cool! But don't worry, a few of my ideas already were real. Pool bank - Seems like it would be pretty challenging to play. It's not too interesting - could you change the game of pool even more? ..Invent your own table-top game?
You have simple but achievable ideas, and I can see a few of them turning into successful designs! Try going further with them.
3 comments:
(David's Feedback)
1) Dart Frame
This is a creative take on an existing design. Ockham's Razor would suggest that this design is successful due to its simplicity. This game would provide an opportunity for storytelling - I can see it being used in smokey rooms.
2) Ash try hippo
First - smoking is bad! Second, it is "cute", however I wonder if the design is a little immature ie. would be better suited to little kids. It looks like it would be made out of plastic which would be difficult to build.
3) Baby Coin Bank
Humourous use of the diaper and cute design. Would be ideal for parents would feel that their money is turning into baby poop. This is fun.
4) Trash Monster
Cute. Funny. I see it as being small, something that sits on a desk. Without a cute design, I don't feel that throwing trash in a can constituents fun. Maybe if more senses were activated, ie added audio or lights.
5) Jumping Frog
Building a prototype for this looks difficult. It does look like something I would play with for fun because of the spring.
6) Pool bank
Interesting twist on an existing game by implementing a physical constraint.... I don't feel this game adds to a positive user experience.
Posted by David at 11:31 PM
Hi Phil:
Some of your artifacts at this point lack an entry point. They're amusing, but how can you develop lasting value? Similarly, how does the dart game become more than something we've already done with an existing dart board? Could it be a facebook applet?
Hi Phil!
I think Jesse wanted me to offer some feedback to you.
Dart Frame - I think this is a pretty neat idea, all though it seems like it's been done. Also, if someone has a dartboard already, they could just use that. Maybe you could think of a more unique "personal revenge"-type toy? there's potential, I think, and it would be pretty easy to make the prototype of this one.
Hippo Ash Tray - This is cute. I don't smoke, but do you think that smokers would use it? I don't know, maybe if it looked like something not-too-childish that would be better. It seems like it might appeal to kids and that's not good because youngsters shouldn't smoke, well no one should but...I like hippos! Maybe you can make a garbage can out of it!
Baby Coin Bank - This looks like one of those m&m's dispenser things. I like your idea. It's like a toy doll, but only you put money in, I think kids might like it too. Maybe if you did several different types of babies so it would be more collectible.
Trash monster - this is cute! It looks like something that Neil would make on the show Art Attack out of paper machee. Seems neat.
Jumping Frog - these exist already, and they have plastic ones as prizes in arcades. They are cool! But don't worry, a few of my ideas already were real.
Pool bank - Seems like it would be pretty challenging to play. It's not too interesting - could you change the game of pool even more? ..Invent your own table-top game?
You have simple but achievable ideas, and I can see a few of them turning into successful designs! Try going further with them.
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