Human-technology Interface
Interaction Design: Access card reader redesign
Interaction Design: Access card reader redesign
Project Brief
Bravida requires a new concept of a card reader to be released in 5 to 8 years that works through touch free handling for alarms, and for opening and closing exterior and interior doors. The client has requested that the final result have a high tech feeling, be easy to manufacture, and be in harmony with the surrounding architecture.
Joyce Chow, Theresa Harmanen & Kyohei Yoshioka
3 week student project completed February 2010 at UmeƄ Institute of Design in cooperation with Bravida
Our Design Approach
ā¢ Improve usability & intuitiveness of interaction
ā¢ express āhigh-techā through form-giving
ā¢ user studies and testing
Bravida requires a new concept of a card reader to be released in 5 to 8 years that works through touch free handling for alarms, and for opening and closing exterior and interior doors. The client has requested that the final result have a high tech feeling, be easy to manufacture, and be in harmony with the surrounding architecture.
Joyce Chow, Theresa Harmanen & Kyohei Yoshioka
3 week student project completed February 2010 at UmeƄ Institute of Design in cooperation with Bravida
Our Design Approach
ā¢ Improve usability & intuitiveness of interaction
ā¢ express āhigh-techā through form-giving
ā¢ user studies and testing
Minimalist design. Text is eliminated ā unit instead communicates with colours and appropriate symbols. Simpler, more intuitive interaction.
Physical buttons give tactile, solid feedback for all users, including visually impaired users.
Keypad no longer dominates form.
Light elements are decorative and attractive.
Keypad no longer dominates form.
Light elements are decorative and attractive.
The access card reader senses motion, and depending on whether the person holds an authorized entry RFID tag, alarm administrator RFID tag, or no authorized tag, the unit displays the appropriate level of information.
