2019 Galleries

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Slow Pixels

Finalist

Competition: Spark:Fall/Winter Student
Designer: Jisu Kim - Unist
Design Type: Concept
Company / Organization / School: Unist
Website: http://jjidang.myportfolio.com
Team Members: Jisu Kim & Faculty Advisor James A.Self

SLOW PIXELS is a personal photo printer to stimulate reflection & memory recall through the re-materialization of digital photos.Photos are retrieved dependent upon position of two sliders: 'When did I take the photo (photo date slider)' and 'Where did I take the photo (distance from home slider)'. We tested SLOW PIXELS to 20 participants for two weeks to investigate how SLOW PIXELS could support reflective retrieval of personal photos. Findings revealed that SLOW PIXELS encourages users to reflect their past when they expect which pictures come out from SLOW PIXELS. We also found that SLOW PIXELS has a potential in the public space for event-like situation. For example, people can use SLOW PIXELS with their friends to share surprising memories together at the cafe. They feel surprized and excited when SLOW PIXELS prints out the unexpected pictures. These findings suggest several contributions, such as designing for stimulating reflection of one's past,empowering communication,and so on.