The Embodied eXperience Design module focuses on designing for the multi-sensory body. In a Western society that is still dominated by visual and auditory stimuli and the subsequent communication and interaction design domain, we within ExD are exploring the possibilities of designing for the entire body and with all senses. By designing for the whole body, we try to penetrate deeper into people.
For this project, my group and I followed the course 'Work It', which focused on designing for the entire body in the therm of jobs.
You design an embodied experience with a self-determined experiential goal in a specific context in such a way that it is possible to experience how this installation could lead to a change in behavior (thinking, feeling, acting).
During this project, we focused on the care that elderly people receive in an elderly home. Because I work at an elderly home, I often see certain behavior pass by.
We made an old-age suit using Arduino. The user had to do all sorts of tasks, like picking up items from the ground and playing little games. Meanwhile, I was dressed up like a care taker and I treated them like many elderly people are treated in a care home.
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