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KippBradfordTalk

Kipp Bradford, Design Labs, Providence RI talk on 29 Nov 2006

prototypes

• expensive / rapid (e.g., LabVIEW on PC)
• ready-to-mfg slower, cheaper prototypes (40c sound chip)

cut-n-paste

• designs (pcb, chips)
• code
• sounds

accumulated design

• knowledge
• practices
• stuff from previous projects
• stuff from the toy store (ripping the guts out of Elmo)

tools

• using
• finding
• adapting
• designing
• interfacing your own stuff to others' tools
• importance of tools and materials
• affordances and constraints of

industry knowledge

• people
• practices
• trust
• licensed characters

(many) design iterations

• brainstorm -> crystallize -> build -> test -> evaluate
• spinning off alpha, beta, pre-production, and production versions

design triangle of

• communicate
• thinking
• building

3 types of toys

• note-stepping
• sound-n-light
• animatronic