High Five MUSIC
Designer- Chia-Yu, Yeh
Type- Individual work / class assignment
Date- 2018
Award- 2018 Best Presentation Award
High Five MUSIC is an interactive music device. It will play music by people’s high five or other body interaction. This experience of creating music by high five decreases the distance, creates the connection between people and makes people have more fun together. With High Five MUSIC, people will experience a delightful waiting time together at the train station.
互動式音樂裝置High Five MUSIC，透過擊掌觸發音樂，創造人與人之間的連結，讓大家享受等車的時間，一起營造更輕鬆歡樂的月台氛圍。
Problem
The are three factors to lead to the current situation that people care less about surrounding matters and even do not interact with each other anymore.
Inspiration
It's often to see that a piano is displayed at the public space. Music played by pianos is not only easy to attract people's attention, but also create their connection. However, Not everyone is able to play the piano.
Hence, it triggers me to come up with a new idea of an interactive music device which could play music by people's simple interaction (i.e. high five, shake hands, fist bump) Eventually, everyone can easily join playing music.
My design goal is
Create connection between people
for fun and active ambiance.
for fun and active ambiance.
Desired Interaction
Making people enjoy the waiting moment for fun.
#Active
#A Sense of Participation
#Surprising
#Humor
Sketch Process
Based on the concept(High Five Music) and insights got from tests, I change the shape and structure, sketch more details on the shape of design and consider the color, material, and finish of design.
Prototype
According to the sketches, I make prototypes to make sure the curve surface and shape of design on the real size. In the end, I adopt vacuum forming to make my final model and use polish spray paints to make the model get the better quality.
Mechanism of High Five MUSIC
In the two devices of High Five MUSIC, it contains two metal touching panels of hand-shaped , two bluetooth speakers and a makey makey board.
When people touch the metal panels and meanwhile high five with each other, it will form a circuit loop to play music meanwhile.
When people touch the metal panels and meanwhile high five with each other, it will form a circuit loop to play music meanwhile.
How it works
High five each other,
Enjoy music together!
Test in Delft Station
