Simple Communication Through Connected Objects
EMail
Facebook
TwitterThe School of Visual Arts' MFA in Interaction Design program has created a communication device that connects people without the use of words.
Touchstone is a project out of the School of Visual Arts’ MFA in Interaction Design program. The interactive rock-like object senses when a user holds their hand around it, responding with a warm, colored glow on one of its halves. Each touchstone is part of a pair, which indicates when the other is being held with a similar glow on the other half. The project demonstrates a method for communicating that one user is thinking on the other in a simple, human manner, without the use of words.
Now Track More Ideas
- NYRIW Preview: How Home Cooking Trends Will Change Grocery & Restaurant Businesses
- NYRIW Preview: Hollwich Kushner Executive On Building Dynamic Store Experiences For Casper, MINI, Uniqlo And More
- NYRIW Preview: Experiential Retail Studio Founder On Captivating The Phygital Consumer
- PSFK Retail Conference Preview: How A Venture Capital Firm Helps Brands Like Macerich Corner The Market On Next-Gen Omnichannel Retail
Learn About Our Membership Services
What’s New For Members
Join us virtually to experience our annual Future of Retail conference, and hear from pioneers from Bonobos, Dirty Lemon, Eileen Fisher, Hello, Lively, Pinterest and Mastercard.
Watch LiveThe China Debrief examines three major players — Alibaba, JD and Tencent — highlighting their key innovations along the purchase path, in order to provide insight into the near-term future for CX innovations across the globe.
DownloadPSFK’s Future of Retail 2019 report unpacks the Direct-To-Consumer opportunity, covering enterprise-critical strategies around supply chain and technology infrastructure, store design and service, and CRM and loyalty systems.
DownloadThe PSFK Last-Mile Delivery Debrief provides in-depth research on new customer demands for delivery services, and key strategies all retailers can pursue to meet them, detailing how to implement everything from flexible product pickup to on-demand delivery wherever customers are.
Download
