Planty
conect
A Gesture Controlled Toy
Academic Project
Instructor: David Acuna
Time Span: 4 Weeks
Contribution: Product Designer-Concept, Research, Prototyping, Visual Design, Video
Team Members: Jiyao Zhang, Tong YAng
![]() |
---|
SOlUTION OVERVIEW
CONECT- A Gesture
Controlled Toy
PROBLEM BRIEF
Kids are addicted to virtual games.
Nowadays, more and more kids get access to all kinds of the electric screen easily. Instead of running with other kids outdoors like us who had the best time in park or garden in childhood, kids now prefer to have different activities with iPad, iPhone. They just occupy sofa lonely at home and stare at screen with few movements. It is universally acknowledged that electric screen has more bad effect on children than adults. Parents could not force their children to play some simple and boring toys which were invented 20 years ago. It is new technology that made all the things happen. What could we do to improve this circumstance?

USER JOURNEY MAP
RESEARCH + INTERVIEW


PERSONA
3 Kinds of Participants

Emotional Change

BOTANY RESEARCH
5 Decisive Factors

In order to know better about information of plants growing process, our group and my tutors went to the Beijing Botanical Garden to collect study samples.
With professional staff Mr.Wang's explanations, we acquire lots of knowledge about different kinds of plants and flowers. Plants have their own characteristics which decide their growing situation they are comfortable with.

IoT
Technology Concept


Logic & Wireframe


Final
Know Your Plants
