Prototyping: Greeting Card Dissection

Desmond and I have been working on a series of prototypes for sound, ranging from non-functional look-like ideations to semi-functional greeting card prototype simulations. Our initial efforts looked at others’ associations with buttons – this lead to a new breakthrough; a literal button. In order to create an acts-like prototype, we began dissecting audio-track greeting cards and had a prototyping competition (for dignity, judged by time of completion) to create a function where, opposite to the greeting card mechanism, the button would require a “push” command, rather than a “pull” command. We both produced our own methods, though I am convinced that I, with the lesser knowledge in the realm of gadgetry, am the more victorious candidate. It’s all a matter of opinion, I suppose.

-Aska

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