Monica Bhatia : Product interests and Design values

I think the theme that stands out the most and was in every one of my initial interest diagrams is playability. If all activities can be classified as either work or play I would say driving is work but rolling a tire on the floor to create a print is play. Taking a bath is work but lounging in the dutch tub is play. If work is an end result but play is a process then creating an interactive sculpture with the imagination playground is play while the finished sculpture is work. Toasting a piece of bread is work for the toaster, manufacturing the toaster is also work, but the way Thomas Thwaites melted and crafted his toaster in his kitchen was play.... play that involved alot of research.


I just think this is beautiful, and it isn't hurting anybody, imagine all the advertising that could happen here....


Theres something about this that is so appealing. Sure, kids play with a bunch of random stuff around the house and build things all the time, but I like that everything is made from the same blue foam, fits so nicely in the box and can be expanded as wide as the playground and can be played with by every kid in the playground too.


Always attracted to things that look a little gooey, or melty, or gross. Why is everyone trying to hide the gross? Its natural. Since Chelsea showed this to me a couple days ago I keep imagining everything in my house looking as if it were sculpted by hand.


Since I saw this at a local nursery I really can't stop thinking about it. I think I love how simple it is, the color, the shape, the feet. I would like to see a version where solar energy could be absorbed through the coils to heat the tub or a little crank could be attached to the side so that the bather could wind it up and release the stored energy to create a whirpool