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Music Rack
Project Leaders Massimo Banzi, Alessandro Masserdotti (external advisor) Group Yun Chen Chang, Roberto Pansolli, Peter Knocke Cristian Accardo (sound design) Object This project has been developed during an investigation focusing on physical interaction design. The main object was building playful interactions between humans and artifacts within a retail environment. Project detail By changing the arrangement of the hangers the user will be able to mix the music being played in the store. When a hanger is placed above a certain area of the rack, a loop from a song will be played. One rack can contain numerous loops and songs that can be played by rearranging clothes.
The prototype music rack was built upon the basic concept of completing a circuit. There are two metal contact points built into various positions on the top of the clothes rack. When a metal clothes hanger slides over the contact point, a circuit is completed and a signal is sent to an Arduino board connetcted to a PureData patch. The Pure Data program then will start and stop the corresponding music loop. When the hanger is moved and the circuit is broken, the music loop stops.Then, a proximity sensor, activated by people passing in front of the rack, triggers different sets of sounds. Process This project has been developed in 2 weeks following next steps; - Research / References - User Research (observing people in the environment) - Concept Generation - Prototype - Exhibition
Exhibition DotDotDot studio 2007, Rome Roma Design+ 2007, Rome
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