Inflating Cash
How soft body electronics capture emotion in technology
Uni Project | 3rd Master’s Semester
Timeframe | 6 weeks, 2022
Project Scope | Industrial Design, Coding, Prototyping, Model Making
Communication through changing volumes
For this project, the goal is to use the change in volume of an object as a means to communicate data and information to the user.
I found the ambiguity of using that very tactile, analogue form to communicate a completely digital process very enticing.
Giving life to an object
A living object
With digital payment replacing most of the cash used, a wallet bulged by folded coloured paper bills isn’t something most people have in their pockets anymore.
Imitating that change in shape, the object dynamically grows or shrinks depending on the cash stored and the light breathes based on your spending behaviour.
The seemingly natural behaviour of the object creates an emotional connection that rarely exists with digital products.