Table+Talk

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What it is/What it does
The makers of table talk see it not as a problem solving piece, but rather a cultural piece, which a interesting way of thinking about a piece of interactive design. The device interactive as users input all the information by talking. It uses the conversation around it to produce a unique visual design on its surface. The idea here is to enhance the conversation and social process. They makers mention that it is like a fingerprint that represents a conversation in form and colour. The more voices involved, the more complex the shape. As a general theme, the designers want to take something invisible and make it visible through creative design.



Analysis
This project was really of interest to me because it involved a new way of inputing information that I hadn't really thought about. My group's project involves the issue of sustainable community and this project really involves a sense of community being represented in a way that involves solely the community participants. It involves them making an impact, and through a simple method that anyone can easily understand. This project, in a larger sense, is interesting as it gives the participants a sense of identity. You are represented in a new way, and your social connection with others is also represented. Right now people are very interested in being seen and thinking of themselves as individuals, but also want to maintain relationships and this seems like a project that represent that. The creators mention that it is more about the aesthetic, it kind of seems like suitable art for the times.