Ambient Inbox

The purpose of this assignment is to examine ways of reducing the cognitive load associated with information management and multi-tasking. The subject is the email inbox. Your task is to design a new way of displaying email activity that makes optimal use of foreground and background. Your design can encompass any combination of physical platforms, from PCs to mobile devices to the physical environment. Please consider the different strategies we examined in class for reducing the cognitive load: Mapping, Periphery, Embodiment, Situational.