1 design 3 materials creative caffeine with megan

For our new project, I worked with Megan to work out some ideas about Hype: what it is, some examples, and different ways to integrate it into the community.
We started with a bubble map of what Hype is and what it does.

Next, we made lists of issues that could be addressed using hype and some sort of product.













Here are the 10 actions hyping something that we came up with..

This is a coffee cup sleeve that shows you an effect of drinking too much coffee: blood shot eyes.

This would be a trash can cover of some sort with a large picture of a landfill to make people think twice about all of their food waste.

This is an identification card, as found in plants, for humans. It is meant to show that people do not get as much time outdoors as we need.

This is a mask for a person to wear to remind smokers that secondhand smoke affects everyone, and urges them to "keep it to yourself."

This light switch cover is used as a deterrent for excessive energy being wasted. It takes more effort than the average light switch, and therefore makes people think twice about using it when it is unnecessary

This would be a sculptural piece of some sort. It uses green toy soldiers to show that war and imagery of war is everywhere, maybe in some places that it shouldn't be.

Here is a button urging people to "Talk don't Text," because Americans are so reliant on technology.

This product integrates a sign, which reads "Be Germ Free: Protect your fingers from the keys," with some sort of finger guard, against germs. Every person would carry around their own germ guard to keep them from getting sick.

This sticker makes people aware that sleep deprivation can be a problem, and is unhealthy.

This sign takes the idea of recycling and makes it more appealing to people by showing them that they can save money at the same time, by recycling expensive textbooks and buying them used.