1st semester
3 week project
individual project
BRIEF: final project
I decided to focus on an object in the public
space that we all use everyday but don’t pay
so much attention to; the control box. I think
it is fascinating how used we are to this object
and how little it has changed over the years. It is
although an object that we all share. Why is it not
more experimental I wonder?
Looking into what factors that are involved in this
site I realized very fast how complex this situation
is. It is designed to move people in a certain way
at a certain time. But I would argue that it is on
the cars condition rather than the pedestrians.
My aim for this project was to rethink what the
control box could do for you while waiting.
Sometimes you have to wait up to 90 seconds to
get over the street.
I did an experience prototype trying out the role
of the control box. Everyone got cards of what
personality they had to put themselves into. It
was everything from drunk to stressed lady to a
small kid and old lady. I was X that everyone had
to ask for permission to get over in first phase.
I was very strict and hard in the first round, if
they tried to get over I stopped them. In round
two I; X was very symphonic asking what I could
do for people while they waited to get over.
When people was over they got to answer some
questions related to the experience. I learned a lot
from this prototype, mostly about what questions
to ask than the actual control box.
It was very hard to look at the control box in
a different way. Much harder than I would have
imagined. I video sketched some of the ideas I
had. But to be honest I feel I never really got to
the phase where the really quality ideas comes.
