Whats Your Weather Today?
Teammates
Tara Banatwala
Jasmin Kim
Tara Banatwala
Jasmin Kim
Role
Fabrication
Illustration
Fabrication
Illustration
Timeline
5 weeks
5 weeks
Overview
“What's Your Weather Today” is an interaction in Hunt Library on Carnegie Mellon’s campus. It is a mindful activity of documenting and interpreting daily emotions through visual reflections and journaling spaces. The resulting artifact is taken along with the participant to either be displayed on their person or kept as a personal item representing that day.
“What's Your Weather Today” is an interaction in Hunt Library on Carnegie Mellon’s campus. It is a mindful activity of documenting and interpreting daily emotions through visual reflections and journaling spaces. The resulting artifact is taken along with the participant to either be displayed on their person or kept as a personal item representing that day.
STEP 01:
See the stickers on Hunt Library signage prompting you to come to the 3rd floor. Then, approach the “What’s Your Weather” interaction.
Follow Signs to the 3rd Floor
See the stickers on Hunt Library signage prompting you to come to the 3rd floor. Then, approach the “What’s Your Weather” interaction.
STEP 02:
Walk up to the space and pick up a card.
Pick a Card
Walk up to the space and pick up a card.
STEP 03:
Use stamps to decorate the front of the post card according to how you are feeling today. On the other side, there is also a space for you to write a reflection on your day
Stamp + Write!
Use stamps to decorate the front of the post card according to how you are feeling today. On the other side, there is also a space for you to write a reflection on your day
STEP 04:
Tear out the attached tag on the card and add a string to your tag to then be attached to your person.
Tear the Tag
Tear out the attached tag on the card and add a string to your tag to then be attached to your person.
IDENTITY
Characters + Brand
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Process Overview
02. Illustrating
Our group decided to co-create modular illustrations. We each made some body’s, eyes, and graphics which we then combined to make each character.
Our group decided to co-create modular illustrations. We each made some body’s, eyes, and graphics which we then combined to make each character.
02. Prototyping
We began by storyboarding and crafting the interaction through a series of user journey’s and many different physical prototypes.
We began by storyboarding and crafting the interaction through a series of user journey’s and many different physical prototypes.
03. Fabrication
After the prototyping, we went into laser cutting all the components including the rubber for the stamps, and assembling it. This part of the project had us in the wood shop for a few days!
After the prototyping, we went into laser cutting all the components including the rubber for the stamps, and assembling it. This part of the project had us in the wood shop for a few days!
