GRACE GASPARDO UX RESEARCHER






PORTFOLIO
OTHER PROJECTS
ABOUT






RESUME

DESIGNS AND BUILDS

Some additional work I’ve done while at GeorgiaTech .

teaTIMER


A timer designed to help you brew tea.

Project for ID 8803 - Interactive Products with Drs. James Hallam and HyunJoo Oh.
 The timer works by pulling the tea tab to add time. A green light will shine from the TEA cutout each time it is pulled. When the desired amount of time has been accrued, pressing start with turn on a light that will glow brighter as time progresses. When time is up, the light will stay on and a short tune will play. Reset to clear the timer.

The objective for this projects was to create a timer. A basic timer code was provided and I edited it to support my timer design and its interactions.

Skills and Tools
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Laser cutting
  • Arduino

Storydome


An interactive storybook and display depicting the fairytale of The Three Little Pigs.

Project for ID 6763 - Design of Interactive Environments with Hunter Spence.
Through projected animations, visitors are guided to make changes to the story of the Three Little Pigs by pressing buttons within the book. Each button selects a scenario for the characters, and as the pages turn, the story progresses. An RFID reader mounted on the spine of the book reads the tag that’s attached to each page, keeping track of the story’s progression.

My primary role was graphics and building the book.

Skills and Tools
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Laser cutting
  • Soldering
  • Sensor technology

Teammates

Three Days to Launchpad


Play the role of barista trying to help design students make it to the end-of-year student showcase.

Project for ID 8803 - Interactive Products with Drs. James Hallam and HyunJoo Oh.
The objective for this game was to create a video game and game controller with handmade sensors.

My primary role was graphics for the game.

Skills and Tools
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Soldering
  • Sensor technology

Teammates


Jelly the Jellyfish


An interactive toy for infants and toddlers created with LittleBits.

Project for ID 8803 - Interactive Products with Drs. James Hallam and HyunJoo Oh.

Jelly the Jellyfish responds to sound and motion, dancing when it “hears” and “sees”.

The objective with this project was to create a product with personality using LittleBits.

My role was building the jellyfish. It’s made using half of a Christmas ornament, burnout knit jersey, non-woven polypropylene fabric, and elastic.

Teammates: