Expressive Signals
Enhancing expression through crafted connectivity and microinteractions
Project description
How might we enhance expression through micro-interactions in digital communication? How might we introduce quirkiness, fun, and personal expression to our unified, unemotional black screens? I am proposing a repository of explorations that friendly invite to break design systems and utilise micro-interactions and tools that elicit what you don’t expect. By deconstructing digital communication, I could detect many components that can be understood as signals and sensors that we can connect to create new ways of communicating. My results propose combining, tweaking, and exploring new digital communication features to enhance expression.
This passion project dwells on my interest in language, communication, storytelling, and every nerdy-cognitive science bit around it. I anticipate contemporary needs for stretching design systems and want to inspire and provoke future ones. This project focuses on play, joy, and other aspects of life that I feel have been neglected in favor of utility or pragmatism.
Context
Master Thesis in Interaction Design, Umeå Institute of Design
Keywords
storytelling, communications, micro interactions, design system, haptics
Year
2023
Role
5 months of individual work from concept to execution
Mentoring
Ambra Trotto, Jadie Oh, Christoffel Kuenen, Ale Argenio
Awards & Recognitions
Red Dot Distinction Award: Brands&Communication 2023
Design for and with communication
Presence's poise
What if we could play with presence, visually enter conversations and give a sneak peak at what’s about to come?
Tactful treasures
While texting: speech bubbles do a great job of visually differentiating content. What if they could match their content?
Twinkling trove
Similar to holding onto cherished letters, this feature allows users to keep messages that hold sentimental value, creating a digital repository of meaningful exchanges.
Dedicated delivery
For some messages, there needs to be the right place, the right time or the right mood. What if we could ensure our message doesn't drown somewhere in between?
Personal palette
Emoijs are the hand gestures of the internet. What if they could become even more unique, like your way of speaking?•
Process bits👀