All Projects.

Goal

• - Send care between users.
• - Show individual users they are being thought of by their loved one and friends.

Details of Experience

• - Passive connection
• - Sharing care between users

Artifact Description

• - Purpose: Planter that exchanges audio messages.
• - Care: User performs care mechanisms to maintain plant health and cultivate interaction.
• - Passive Connection: Peripheral insight for user to be informed of another user thinking/sending care towards them.
• - Shared Digital Experience Among Users: Connection vis virtual community garden through their Care Plant.

Ideation

Core Concepts

• - Plants Have Feelings Too
• - Materiality/Material Culture

Related Readings

• - Ishii, Tangible Bits
• - Glassie, Material Culture
• - Wilberg, The Materiality of Interaction

Final Design



Reflection

• How does "care" relate to material culture?
• - Care is a massice part of culture.
• - Material culture is a big part of how we interact with materials on a daily basis.
• - Materials are how we show we care.
• - Audio and voice are closely associated to care.
• Future Work
• - How a plant being moved in and out of sunlight or rotating in response to care.
• - Exploring more passive sonification of auditory cues that evoke care and connectivity.