{ Interface Project }About

}

}

For my interface project I chose and idea

of a bed alarm clock which would wake

up even a hardcore sleeper.

Before starting the projects, I came up

with a few ideas to choose from, such as

chair that scans your pulse, and plays

music according to music according to your heart beat.

There was also a coat that adjusts its temperature automatically, for example if you are

cold, it will start heating up, so that the temperature stays neutral every time, and

you don’t sweat of freeze.

But all there ideas where too basic, not enough interaction, so I decided to make

something that is not only useful, but also fun, and has a few interaction options.

So I had an idea to make a bed-alarm clock.

An alarm that would wake up no matter

what. So how does it work?

first step is to setup the time and

date on the touch screen panel.

You can setup the aggressiveness

of music, or just pick a custom track.

And there is also a shaking power And there is also a shaking power

setting up option.

After that, the next day, when alarm goes off, bed starts shaking, and plays loud music.

So what do you do to stop it?

The first step is to get up, and the bed will stop shaking, but music will not stop playing.

Instead, you will see a screen pop-out from behind the bed with lyrics of the song.

So to stop the music you will need to sing for minimum 30 seconds (you can setup your

own time) own time)

To make it more effective, you have 2 large speakers

on the top of the bed,little ones ( can be hidden)

right under the big ones. And there is also a pair of

extra speakers that pop-out from left and right sides.

}

}} }

{ Interface Project }

To produce the final outcome and

experiments, I decided to create

a few sketches and collages to see

the final look of the interface.

In one of the experiments I show

how it is possible to connect

something that vibrates to the

alarm clock.

A brief collage for the main experiment

which shows the whole idea, and how

would the bed work. There is also a

screen design for setting up the alarm

clock.

Sketches

All the experiments are film-based.

First I record the raw footage, and then

add special effects and sound effects to

make it as real as possible so that the

user would understand how it works.

{ Interface Project }Experiment №1

}

}

}

This was my first

experimenting which I

wanted to show how the

device would look. So

what I did is took some

pictures, and animated

them in After Effects, so them in After Effects, so

it would look as good as

possible.

Video starts with a few sketches I

made earlier, they are shown with

highlights of everything that makes

the bed work. This was just an

introduction to the actual animation.

so people would understand the

concept and idea.concept and idea.

After the introduction

the main animation is

shown so that people

could actually see the

device in use. Everything

pops-up out from behind pops-up out from behind

the bed, like speakers,

slim screen for lyrics,

and double speakers

That pop out from the sides to provide more powerful sound. You also have a little setup

screen that pops out on the side, so the user can set up the time, day, volume, vibration

power and music track or aggressiveness.

I also tried to animate everything as realistic as possible, so I added some physical effects

and sound effects when everything pops out from the bed.

{ Interface Project }

}

This is the second experiment

in which I decided to show

how it is possible to connect

vibrating engine to the alarm

clock.

There is a lot of things that

vibrate, buy I chose

Playstation joystick and mobile

phone.

I made a short video

experiment in After Effects experiment in After Effects

with some animation and

sound effects that illustrates

how it would work in reality

if you connect clock and

vibrating engine.

AAt first I was thinking about

making a real thing, and

try to put everything

together, but due to some

circumstances I had to

give up that idea, and

stick with a simple video

explanation.explanation.

Experiment №2

{ Interface Project }

} This was my main

experiment and user

testing. I made a video

which explains all the

steps and the setup.

There is also an explanation on how to use the setup for the alarm clock, which is

shown as a touch screen.

Video goes on for 1 minute 6 seconds, everything starts with an explanation why is this

device not only fun, but really useful for people who have hard time getting up in the

mornings.

After a short explanation, everything is explained step by step with written comments

below. First you have the user sleeping and waking up because of the bed shaking and

loud music, after that he needs to stand up. The screen with lyrics pops up, and the

user needs to sing for about 30 seconds.

Main Experiment №3

{ Interface Project }Websites + HTML

<head> </head>

<body>

</body>

<footer>

</footer>

I decided to make my

portfolio website all about

the work. So all you see

when you go to

www.knyaz.co.uk

is logo, icons, and footer.

The rest is The rest is my works that

have hover effect. This was

not the first layout version,

I think I changed it more

than 10 times before

uploading it to FTP.

At first works preview where colored, but it seemed too messy, so I gave it black and

white look, so now it looks more serious. Icons are animated, and in the footer you

have all of the social networks I’m in, plus link to stock portfolio.

The coding was a new

thing for me. Never coded

but always wanted to

manage my own portfolio

website, and now I can.

I also made a subdomain

on my website for the

interface experiments, and

changed the layout a little

bit.

}

}

}