The Energy T-Shirt is a Wearable Display system for visualizing in a playful way how sportive you are while using it. The product was intended for promoting sportive behaviors in young individuals.
Duration
6 months
Role
Interaction designer
Approach
The energy t-shirt project departed from finding new applications to flexible paper ink, single coloured displays. At first the paper ink technology constrains were investigated and documented, for example duration of charge, intensity of constrast, led blink velocity, etc. As additional technology the use of a thermoelectric resistor (charge obtained from heat) was proposed to be able to charge the display while wearing it.
After this initial research a basic design was defined inspired in the enlarged pupils (myadriasis) occuring when people are in an over excited state. This design was represented in 6 states of someone being more and more sportive.
Then a user scenario was used to describe the typical step sequence, as well as an atypical sequence an the changes resulting on the t-shirt.
Finally a showcase video and a product documentation were presented.
Hochschule für Künste. Bremen, 2012