Yesterday I participated in the graduation jury of the L'École de design school in Nantes, France. Impressive in many respects, also because I happened to judge the student who got the highest grades of all.
Nicolas Cloarec is specialised in event interaction design and is a great experience prototyper. Here is a video of his BOBI graduation project, an interactive kit specifically thought up for festival-goers, helping them find their way around in a packed open-air music festival.
BOBI has two main functions: enabling the user to spot his/her buddies in the crowd, and adding up to the event's interactive outdoor design. The kit is comprised of an inflatable balloon, a luminescent device and a batch of interactive armbands.(more...)