Tagged with product design

• Tomato Dice

  The "Tomato Dice" is a multimodal device designed to help remote workers take effective breaks through timeboxing, using visual and audio cues. After a year of ideation and prototyping, a usability study found users were fascinated by the dice and more likely to use it for relaxation. Recommendations included customization, volume control, and a silent mode for shared workspaces.

  • haptics
  • product design
  • mixed methods testing
  • prototyping
  • functional analysis
  • sentiment and thematic analysis
  • user interviews

• Improving Feedback Collection in Hospitals

  Faced with low survey response rates from teen patients, Boston Children's Hospital commissioned a design challenge. The team developed "Virtual Challenge," a mobile app offering gamified, bite-sized questions with rewards, which earned them an award for "Best End User Integration." The project also highlighted the importance of HIPAA compliance for patient data.

  • product design
  • prototypig
  • usability testing