WAVE - SEVEN DAY DESIGN CHALLENGE









Client Brief

Design a product that allows you to escape from the digital world and embrace the physical world
Interviews with users and peer-reviewed articles were used to understand the impact that the digital world has on users. Social media has a significant amount of research attention over its impact on users’ lives.

Research & Investigation

(Hunt et al., 2018)
“limiting social media use to approximately 30 minutes per day may lead to significant improvement in well-being”








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Proposal


To physically display to the user the amount of time spent on social media, in a manner that allows for competition amongst users, encouraging (not forcing) a reduction in social media usage.








Detail


WiFi Router notes time spent on each social network site by each device’s MAC address.

The router then compares this to others’ usage and forms a graph.

A higher peak (shown in red) indicates excessive time spent on social media, a lower peak indicates a healthier usage.
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Concept


The e-paper display shows the names of users and the network status.

Selecting a name gives a breakdown of that individual’s time spent per site.

The scissor mechanism is covered by a fabric sheet suitable for the home environment.








Citation
Hunt, M. G. et al. (2018) NO MORE FOMO: LIMITING SOCIAL MEDIA DECREASES LONELINESS AND DEPRESSION, Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology.









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