Augmented Fridge Magnets

Microsoft Research Cambridge | 2005

This project on augmented fridge magnets evolved from an ethnographic investigation of home life and the usage of refrigerator surfaces. For this particular concept initiated by Alex Taylor and myself, the team adopted the design philosophy of less is more. Using the idea that functionally rich solutions could be created by designing simple fridge magnet modules which when combined could potentially create more complex functionality.

Publications
Eardley, R. Swan, L. Sellen, A. Taylor, A. Hodges, S. Wood, K. and Williams, L. (2005) ‘Designing Augmented Refridgerator Magnets’, Proceedings of Ubicomp 2005, Tokyo , Japan.

Product & Interaction Design | Rachel Eardley
Ethnographic Research | Laurel Swan & Alex Taylor
Hardware Development | Lyndsay Williams & Steve Hodges
Other Members | Abigail Sellen & Ken Wood

Illustrations of the fridge magnet modules

Created using Hand sketching & Adobe Photoshop

The poster presented at Ubicomp 2005, Tokyo , Japan.

Created using Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop