Bam :
The Off Switch from Work
Designed by : | Pang Shi Jie |
Under the Supervision of Associate Professor Patrick Chia.
Through ritualizing a sense of closure from work, Bam empowers people to take small steps to overcome their unhealthy work-from-home habits that affect their health and lifestyles over time. By placing Bam on the home work desk, it immediately reminds users to mentally and physically unwind after work by letting go of work-related worries and productivity guilt.
Bam’s physicality is a key feature, making it an environmental cue and every user interaction intentional.
Appreciation quotes to evoke profoundness as if the workspace is thanking you for your day of hard work.
Using Arduino Leonardo to communicate to the device, rounds of user testing has been carried out to maximise the final design.