Our starting point was a wide exploration of the tiny interactions we have with objects. Thanks to all the gathered videos we built a cartography of the communication modes of our objects. We defined five types of behaviors: human, robotic, animal, mechanical and natural, all divided into five categories: playful, dutiful, informational, warning and aggressive.
As smart speakers are rising concerns, we chose to focus on connected speaker to dive into this study. Using a test & learn method involving quick prototyping, we learned to identify the components of a successful interaction when it comes to connected speakers. A key finding was the balance we had to create between all five types of behaviors to reach a refined understanding between the user and the connected speaker.