Jingyi Wen – Spring Show 2020 /shows/spring2020/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:35:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Grandma’s companion /shows/spring2020/grandmas-companion/ /shows/spring2020/grandmas-companion/#respond Mon, 18 May 2020 03:42:35 +0000 https://itp.nyu.edu/shows/spring2020/grandmas-companion/ Continue reading "Grandma’s companion"

]]> An installations for my grandma to provide awareness of my well-being and daily activities through photographs and voice mail.

Jingyi Wen

A photobox with a few control buttons displaying a photo on the screen
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12eeKMK5SBXKU5cnzOnwtHk6ofzHg9-Gg/view?usp=sharing

Description

While modern technology is making remote communication easier, senior people like my grandma still don't have many choices. Even learning how to use a smartphone is challenging enough for her and she still prefers to use a flip phone and she’s only doing phone calls with it. But phone calls are far from enough for our communication.

My thesis project aims to explore a more accessible way to strengthen the bonding and create better companionship for elder people like my grandma. The end goal is to create an easy-to-use product that can show my daily life visually and auditorily to my grandma.

IMA/ITP New York
ITPG-GT.2102.00002
Thesis
Product Design,Accessible
]]> /shows/spring2020/grandmas-companion/feed/ 0