Memento Design Process

Sharing Digital Memories with Real Objects

2013 Graduation Design Report Po-Hao Wang Hsung-Chieh Li

MOTIVATION Through photo taking, film shooting, sound recording, we hope to keep the precious moment in our lives, hope we won't forget those which belong to us in our life journey, and better to be vivid in our mind. Touching human psychology and behaving, we're interested in learning from it, and also how we can apply it in a design, through combining technologies, and the imagination of the near future we have.

PROBLEM FINDING 1. Lots of our memory are store in computers now in forms as digital photos, films, sound records. Is there a better way to review those memories?

2. How can a person share the story, the emotion bondage to the souvenirs which is significant to him/herself?

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RESEARCH INTERVIEW Through interviews, we hope to understand how people recall memories and their feelings while recalling it, seeking out deeper demands on memory reviewing and the chances where we, as designers, can provide a better solution.

Outline： 1. Ask the user to bring the most memorable object and share the story of it.

2. Where does this object usually be placed?

3. How often do you recall memories through this object?

4. How do you usually record you memories?

5. Is there any statement or proposition you want to make while recording?

6. What do you usually do when you are in a bad mood? in a good mood?

7. When is the last time you share memories with others?

8. In what kind of situation you share the memories? and in what kind of mood?

- She wants to tell the others where she is now when she is in a special location - She will write down the location on the photos, in case she forgot where they were taken.

- She likes to take photos with people in it.

- The photo of the midnight sun is meaningful to her, despite we seen it as a usual photo of sunset.

- Post cards made her think of the smell and taste of the food.

- Many memories are emotional.

- Journal： (1)：drawing + words (She think it is inconvenient to use photos.)

(2)：She record both good and bad mood.

- Beautiful photos are more likely to recall to her.

- What strikes her is the experience, not the photos.

- She will watch those photos when she is bored.

- She wanted to record many people, even if they were just a small part of the journey.

RESEARCH JOURNAL We write down more detail when we try to record something like photos , pictures, words ,sound ,video, etc. recording contentďźš ďź‘. date and time 2. location 3. companion 4. recoring tools 5. motivation 6. mood 7. recording outcome - People would likely to do certain movement in some special location.

- Photographer seldom appear in photos.

- We hope everybody is in the photo.

- Instead of recoding the whole event, sometimes we want to record the at - Sometimes people record for the oringinal infomation without any emotion.

- Recording outcomes can be seen as an proof.

- virtual recording elements :massive recrding/ easy to share / easy for after production - tangible recording elements : more emtional/touchable/more possible to be treasured/can decorate environment/unique - Polaroid photos can draw and write on it easily - Sometime it is good to be unexpected.

- We do not know if the person we aks to take photos is good at photography or not.

CONCEPT BRAINSTORMING

CONCEPT DEVELOPE

PLAN TRIP

PACK

SET OFF

ARRIVE HOTEL Object

- luggage - backpack - reservation information

Activity - check-in - unpack

EAT

Environment Individual - friends - hotel - family members - hotel room - waiter - clerk - other tourist

Individual - friends - family members - clerk - local people

Object

- local food - drinks

- camera

- backpack - money

SIGHT SEEING Object - landmark - historical place - souvenir - beautiful landscape

Activity - buy things - take pictures, videos - sight seeing

Individual - friends - family members - other tourist - guide - local people

Environment - city - country place - historical place

PACK

RETURN HOME

SHOPPING Object - postcard - camera -backpack - souvenir - interesting things Individual - friends - family members - clerk - local people

UNPACK

PROBLEM REDEFINE

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Activity - buy food - eat - take pictures, videos - rest

Environment - restaurants - stores - malls - stand

Activity - buy things - take pictures, videos

RETURN HOTEL

Environment - stores - malls - city

Object - postcard - notebook - digital camera - souvenir

Activity - write postcard - diary - organize digital media

Individual Environment - friends - hotel room - family members

ORGANIZE / EDIT DIGITAL MEDIA Object - notebook - digital camera - memory card - souvenirs - digital medias

Activity - organize - edit

Individual - self

Environment - home

SHARE TO FRIEND

Object - digital medias - computer, tablet, TV, projector - souvenirs - printed photos

Activity - chat - share experience

Individual - self - friends - family members

Environment - home - coffee shop - restaurant - tea shop

FINAL CONCEPT Connecting digital memories to real objects, the smartphone app can transform digital memories, such as photos, videos, sound records, into RFID tags which can be attach on related objects. Now, you’re not only presenting souvenirs to your friends as gifts, but also sharing your experiences with them all at once.

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Take pictures, vedios, or record sounds with the smartphone app.

Generate RFID tag through NFC, the app will associate the tag with relative digital media.

Take out the RFID tag from the generator.

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Stick the RFID tag onto the souvenir.

Present the souvenir to your friend as a gift.

Bump the souvenir with the smartphone. the app will show all the pictures, vedios, sounds your friend recorded.

take photos

take photos

storage photos

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CUSTOMER

APP

ClOUD SEVER

GENERATOR

TAKE PHOTOS

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selcet photos on the cloud

send meassages to the cloud

move/delet photos

select photos

manage photos

MANAGE PHOTOS

CUSTOMER JOURNEY

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link the RFID code to the photos

bump the device

GENERATE RFID

push out RFID

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press the device

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detach the protection of glue

STICK RFID

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stick to an object

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read the code of RFID

bump the phone with the object

READ RFID

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send the corresponding photos to APP

show photos

watch phots

WATCH PHOTOS

(creating photos)

Phone

SYSTEM

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upload

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write

2 address

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TO READ

TO WRITE

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(reading RFID)

APP WIREFRAME GESTURE press and holds

Tap

FUCTION BAR (drag to show/hide)

ALBUM

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CAMERA GENERATE

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slide

drag

sound recording

record

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CAMERA (initial page)

video recording

front/back camera

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please bump the device.

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DETECT NAME OF ALBUM

NAME OF TRACK

detect RFID

( if more than one )

please bump the object.

( if only one )

Sucessful

APP GUI

ALBUM

CAMERA

DETECT

GENERATE

GENERATOR STRUCTURE

FINAL CONCEPT REFINE Connecting digital memories to real objects, the smartphone app can transform digital memories, such as photos, videos, sound records, into RFID tags which can be attach on related objects. Now, you’re not only presenting souvenirs to your friends as gifts, but also sharing your experiences with them all at once.

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Take photos, videos, sound records with mobile app.

Select digital media that you wish to connect to the souvenir. Then gently touch the sticker with you phone.

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Push the generator, then take out one NFC sticker.

Presnet the souvenir to your friend.

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Stick the NFC sticker to the souvenir.

Your friend can now see memoris you shared with their smart phone through the NFC function.

APP GUI

ALBUM

CAPTURE

Organize your memories into albums and give them names.

Capture precious moment in photos, videos, and also sound records.

DETECT

GENERATE

Through NFC, you can see memories that are stored on souvenirs

Select photos, videos, and sound records you wish to connect to souvenirs, then gently touch the sticker with your phone.

Memories will be stored on the sticker through NFC.

APP FLOW Tutorial

Album

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next photo

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Camera go to ALBUM

preset camera

wait for 1 second

Generate

Bump

go to ALBUM

NFC Detect

prev photo

next photo

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next photo

GENERATOR PUSH

SCENARIO VIDEO