exploration

‘Mio’ gives the opportunity to consciously deal with loss. When using the product, the grieving person can request a moment with a loved one. Grieving is a very personal process, which Mio tries to guide in a meaningfull way.

For the projection, we looked at a number of different possibilities but finally went for a sand effect. We felt this fluid motion best suited the rotational movement and the context of our product.

How It Works

The pebble is moved, by the user, from the holder into the cavity of the toll. By tilting Mio sideways, the user can activate the product. The toll rotates while it’s playing a song, that the user has previously related to a loved one. After the song ends, the toll will tilt back into its initial position.

The toll is able to rotate because there is a magnet inside, which is attracted to a rotating magnet just below the top surface. That bottom magnet was fixed in a (3D printed) holder, which was screwed onto a servo motor. That whole structure was firmly attached to the surrounding structure.

Process

Foam models.

Initial tests of projections on foam scale models.

3D prints.

Multiple iterations in order to improve the shape and the performance of the toll.

First mechanism.

Arduino board with a push button and a 360° servo.

Interaction Design

Design a tool to help reduce longterm unemployment for people with a work disability.

‘Work disability is severe physical or mental impairment that results in marked limitations, preventing an individual from gainful employment, and is expected to last long-term.’

This target group consist of people who are trying to get back to work, but are often discouraged by the system.

Purpose

The tool serves as a conversation starter, enabling people with a work disability to communicate better with, for example, government employees about their struggles and the solutions that would work for them.

Systemic Design

To design fitting interventions, that can adequately respond to the needs of the target group, a systemic design methodology was used. Interviews with the stakeholders, who will ultimately be affected by the design, were conducted. This allowed us to make a causal loop-, and an outcome map.

Strategic Outcomes Tool Strategic Design

Highest level subgoals of the interventions, which are related to the defined leverage points.

Helping people with a distance from the labor market find sustainable jobs.

distance from the labor market DFLM a more inclusive labor market people with DTLM can easily enter the labor market less unemployement prosperous economy

The outcome map shows how the interventions and their strategic outcomes can lead to the predefined strategic impacts, as the ultimate end goal.

Ultimate Strategic Impacts

stigma around DTLM is reduced people with DTLM can fully utilize their skills information is centralized people with DTLM feel accepted rigidity labor market lowers employers are informed and actively engaged

Enabling Impacts

Impact that should be achieved through the interventions. In their turn, these impacts contribute to the ultimate impact.

Interventions

For each of the strategic outcomes, a series of interventions were devised. The outcomes are depicted on the rectangular cards, the interventions on the circles.

By rotating the board, one of the outcomes can be focused on. The person with the DTLM can place the interventions that appeal to them on the middle platform.

The middle platform has floors that allow the interventions to be arranged by priority.

Feedback And Experience Platform

One specific intervention, was a feedback and experience platform.

The platform makes it possible to adress certain target groups, or bring up certain topics using tags. Peers can turn to each other for support and questions but can also share positive experiences and tips.

Work experience is also shared on this platform. Both employer and employee can leave feedback, which can be interesting for them as well as for future employees and employers.

digital platform for peer support mutual feedback between employee and employer facilitate contact between peers