anjalika bose

ABSTRACT : This paper will outline the process and result of an experience prototyping exercise carried out by the author and one other design student, as part of the Interaction Design programme at the Umeå Institute of Design, Umeå, Sweden. The design students used the Experience Prototyping course to observe user behavior inside a small, cocooned relaxation space, given that the user had tools to change the emotional and sensorial content of this space, that is the lights and sounds within. The paper has two primary intentions. One, it aims to illustrate how Experience Prototyping is a valuable sketch tool, to gather rich user feedback in the early stages of an interaction design process. Two, it intends to support the fact that giving the user a certain level of control over sensorial qualities of a physical space, can alter the emotional state of individuals. Author Keywords Space, Environment, Interaction, RFID tags, light, sound, confined space, spatial interaction, experience prototyping. 8 pages

A paper written in collaboration with colleague Nick Sontag, for the SIDER 2006 conference held in Gotenberg, Sweden. 5 pages.

A report written in collaboration with colleague Fabricio Dore, for the project Uzone. 5 pages.

Final bachelor's research thesis at the School of Interior Design, India. Addresses the trends of Flexibility in habitats and traces the history of flexibility as a concept in built environs. Awarded a Gold Medal for the best thesis in the year 2005 by the Gujarat Engineer Society, India. Voted as the best Thesis of the year 2005 at the School of Interior Design, CEPT. 175 pages.