1_ 2_ 3_

1_radio (working prototype)

2_answerphone (non - working prototype)

3_alarm clock (non - working prototype)

1_ 2_ 3_

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I have used human facial expressions which are an extraordinarily intuitive and understandable way of communicating in order to explore
new representations of electronic products.

Above are three explorations exhibited at the RCA show 2002: a radio(1_) based on user behaviours, an alarm clock(2_) based on
confronting this alternative representation with an existing electronic object and an answerphone(3_) based on a conceptual approach.

To set up an intuitive interface between the user and the object, I have decided to avoid any kind of buttons or switches which would
place the user back in the known pattern of use. The user operates simply the object by moving blocks.

With a vocabulary of basic shapes, the affective relationship is only created by the behaviour of the display. Moreover these objects
are no longer passive boxes. They build their own behaviour and therefore tie a unique emotional relationship with the user. It places
my concept in-between products and robots.

c. copyright Nicolas Gaudron, Paris 2005