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With just under two weeks to Internet Week Europe (IWE), we're busy getting together a couple of Made by Many events.
[ELL image borrowed from Dave Hill's London blog; Rory Hamilton with an experience prototype Flourbaby]
On Monday 12th November, we're running 'A Journey through the Connected World' and then on Wednesday 14th November, 'What's it like to be an app?': an experience prototyping workshop.
Previously I wrote about the Alphabet Porridge Idea, a concept for a mobile connected ball for creating and playing digital games. The principal reason for Tom and I joining Made by Many was to explore the world of connected devices as part of a two month internship. This post describes the next step of the project where we developed and tested the idea.
We setup two testing sessions to find out how receptive people were to the two ideas, after collecting feedback we set about prototyping Alphabet Porridge. In parallel we began to focus on two things
A little blog covering some Service Design elements within the evolution of Picle.
I've been creating the user journeys and mapping flows to determine the layout and structure of Picle 2.0 ... here's a little taster of my process.
Hi, I’m Ben, I am a product developer at Made by Many. In July I joined as half of an internship project tasked to explore the world of connected devices. Together, Tom (currently studying Software Development) and I (recent Industrial Design graduate) were given two months to identify key opportunity areas, and develop a final internet-connected product through iterative prototyping and consumer feedback. From the beginning of the project, we have kept a tumblr of everything connected and a little of our progress at alphabet porridge. For the full journey of the project, read on…
There are few of us who didn't dream of meeting an astronaut when we were little (hell, I'd be excited to meet one today). And now, through Skype in the classroom's inspiring new partners, learning about living and working in space is now a real possibility. NASA's Digital Learning Network™ is just one of the many new partnerships that we are launching today; we're also collaborating with British Council, the National Museum of the Royal Navy and HMS Victory, Action Aid, Woodland Trust, Verbalizeit, Education through Expedition.
