I am a versatile industrial designer with a particular passion for creating meaningful visual and interactive experiences within my work. Ahead of my final year, I completed an industry placement at Designworks Windsor, working as an industrial design intern.
Meet Saymo
Saymo is an interactive storytime companion that looks to address issues surrounding school readiness in pre-schoolers by hosting story experiences that encourage imaginative play, vocalisation and collaboration between parents/carers and their children.
Saymo does this by integrating soundscaping, sound effect recording, expressive vocalisation and imaginative play/scavenger hunt activities into stories.
The Saymo experience
A pivotal part of this project was having the opportunity to test and validate elements of the Saymo experience with pre-school children and their parents.
Recording sound and vocalising“Looking for food to feed Saymo“Parent helping child “reach even higher for food to feed Saymo“Getting Saymo to move around like a chosen animalParent and child collaborating to record soundscape
Following this I have been able to refine and deliver an interactive and engaging experience that can be translated across many stories.
Design features
Saymo has a durable ABS body which is further child proofed and customised with a silicone jacket. Saymo also features a large tactile top button/dial for recording sound and adjusting volume.
Located on the back of Saymo you’ll find a button and slider configuration that offers story navigation and mode selection as well as a wrist loop to support carrying during play.
Behind Saymo’s face and within the funnel there is a mic for sound recording. Saymo also utilises a speaker on the underside of its body with internal haptic motors to create an immersive experience.
A- ABS face plate, B- ABS face/mic housing, C- Mic, D- ABS body shell, E- Haptic motor, F- PCB with accelerometer, G- ABS top button/dial sub assembly, H- Nylon wrist chord with rubber washer, I- ABS back plate, J- PCB with USBC port, battery, buttons, slider and micro SD, K- Haptic motor, L- Rubber coated speaker module, M- PCB with RFID antenna and reader, N- ABS feet/bottom housing, O- ABS body shell, P- Silicone jacket
