THINK #11 ACCESSIBILITY-ADAPTABILITY:
Who gets to use your design? Does it morph?
As accessibility becomes a more important issue, the idea that products morph will become a new area of design research. The IPhone is the first morphing product. It is an array of products d in a neutral form. It is a camera compass, level, phones, calendar, weather stations calculators and video camera because the IPhone “morphs” into them when we need it.
iPhone
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Compass
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Calculator
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Camera
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Scissors, Knife, File, Can opener.
The classic Swiss Army Knife is an example of a “mechanical product that morphs” into anything we might need for camping. And it seems to perform each use pretty well. Why can’t other mechanical objects morph? |
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