Design for Dad by Kicker Studio
June 19, 2009
With Father’s Day around the corner, faculty member Jennifer Bove shares a Kicker Studio concept project: a phone for her dad. Integrating new product behaviors to basic tasks such as receiving a call, dialing and hanging up, and telling time, the design reshapes experience for differently-abled individuals and invites the question “So what would you design for someone you love? And who else could benefit from your design ideas?”
Photo Credit: All images by Tom Maiorana.
“My dad’s new phone would be a VoIP phone designed to sit on a side table next to a chair or a bed.”
“A natural, rounded shape, oriented vertically, would be ergonomic and easy to hold with one or two hands, positioned like a microphone instead of like a traditional handset. “
“Tap: “It’s 4:15 in the afternoon” - easy!”
“During prime sleeping hours the photos of people he normally calls could be dimmed to indicate that they’re inactive/sleeping and probably shouldn’t be disturbed.”
