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müzmood driven music player for young moderns

• Peter Centgraf Laura Dabbish Lorrianne Nault

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Overview

• Target group Young Moderns
• Design goal Develop fixed music player for use
  in entire home
• User Needs Research
• Focus Group Feedback
• Concept Development
• Final Design - Video Sketch

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User needs research

• Shadowing
• user interviews
• Shopping
• Media

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Design themes

• The Coolness Factor
• Total Experience
• Access and Control
• Control

Central showpiece
Mood or activity based selection
Music throughout the house
Controlling the system from anywhere
Guest music control
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Initial concept development
Auto home
The Ring
Synthetic DJ
Taste blender
Guest access cards
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Focus group feedback

• 3 males in 25-30 year old age range

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Focus group feedback

• Coolness factor is critical
• Music was selected based on its mood
• Access and control should be everywhere

I didnt spend 3 years in law school to have the
same stuff as Joe Lunchbox U2
Im more cerebral in the morning and more
sensual at night U1
Im the king of shuffle U2
I want to glare at the stereo to change it U1
I wish I could train my cat to do it U3
more important for the music to be everywhere
than to be quality U1
I wish I could glare at the stereo to change it
U1
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Focus group feedback
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Final concept

• Inspired by tangible experience of these toys

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Final concept

• And natural mapping to the affect-grid
• Russell, J. A., Weiss, A., Mendelsohn, G. A.
  (1989). Affect grid A single-item scale of
  pleasure and arousal. Journal of personality and
  social psychology, 57, 493-502.

energy
frustrated
excited






pleasure
relaxed
bored
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Final concept müz

• Mood based music selection

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Final concept müz

• The system automatically determines the mood of a
  song

Preloaded playlists and saved mood settings
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Final concept müz

• Remix intelligently selects new music based on
  current selection

Disposable remotes can be used in the whole house
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Video sketch

• This video demonstrates the interaction and
  experience of the müz
• Play video sketch

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Questions?