Prototype Development Notes and Sketches - Katie
These were the sketches I created while we were developing ideas for our prototype. We had settled on using the ground-based volcano alert levels as our way to visually indicate the threat level. It's a set of colours that is universally recognised. A user can intuitively understand that green is good news and red is bad news. I proposed a different kind of clipping attachment to Tala and Eanna's concepts, one inspired by an accessory that was already tested and on the market: the Pokemon Go Plus accessory. It's an example of a product with the flexibility we wanted. It has a clip on the back that can allow you to attach it to anything you want-- your belt, your bag strap, your pocket-- but if you want, you can slide the accessory into a wristwatch attachment and wear it like a watch. At this early stage, a lot of the concepts were focused on making the product aesthetically pleasing, so I wanted to draw our attention back to the most important feature, which was making su...
