Project :: Interaction Design with Audio (IDwA)

Interaction Design with Audio (IDwA)

IDwA is a hands-on workshop that explores how sound can be used meaningfully in Interaction Design

Participants take an everyday object that doesn't usually make sound and imagine what kinds of sounds it could make when you interact with it: A watering can that tells you stories about plants when you water them, a chair that becomes a musical instrument, a cup that sings songs about owls when you drink from it at night time.

We use simple physical computing and audio tools such as IoTings, Arduino, Audacity, Adafruit Wave Shield, TinkerKit, and a variety of sensors and actuators. Currently, we work on an exciting, all new IDwA hardware toolkit.

People

Nick Bryan-Kinns

Research Areas

Sonic Interaction Design
Physical Computing
Design Education