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LadyBug
 

BILINGUAL BY DESIGN

Designing Toys for Children
Bilingual
in French and English

Master's Thesis, MIT's Comparative Media Studies

This project explores the play environment of bilingual children. It aims to create a series of toy prototypes designed especially for children who grow up speaking more than one language. The Talking Lady Bug is the first prototype in this series. It can deliver short sentences in French and in English.

 
     
Flower
  FLOWER ROBOT

Course Project

"Computational Media Design" Course
Professor John Maeda
1st prize of the final class show

This robot is driven by a small motor placed on top of its petals. A leaf-shaped switch triggers the motor to open and close the robot.
 
     
     
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