ARDUINO EXPERIMENT

Project B-hive

DURING WINTER 2013, BAJIBOT PLANNED A GET TOGETHER WITH 200 OF OUR CLOSEST FRIENDS.

WE CAME UP WITH AN IDEA FOR A GIFT DISPENSER THAT COMBINED HARDWARE, ARDUINO, 3D & USER INTERACTION. THE GOAL WAS TO ENGAGE OUR GUESTS IN THE PROCESS OF PICKING THE COLOR OF THEIR SWAG & TO SHOW OFF SOME OF THE FUN TECH WE WERE TINKERING WITH ALONG THE WAY.

PARTY GUESTS CHOSE A CARD IN ONE OF 3 COLORS, PUT IT INTO THE B-HIVE DEVICE, THEN COLOR SENSORS & ARDUINO TESTED THE COLOR AND DISPENSED A MATCHING SOUVENIR.

// PROCESS

WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD THIS PROJECT FROM SCRATCH IN A MATTER OF A FEW DAYS, WITH THE HELP OF LASER CUTTING TECHNOLOGY, SOME SOLDERING, DIY COLOR SENSORS & SIMPLE CODE. MY ROLE WAS TO OVERSEE CREATIVE EXECUTION WHILE PROVIDING HIGH LEVEL ART DIRECTION THE DESIGNER & 3D ARTIST FROM CONCEPT TO COMPLETION.

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// CREDITS

CONCEPT
VINCENT MEI
PRISCILLA GOMEZ
DMITRY PRUSHAK
MAXX BERKOWITZ

ART DIRECTION
PRISCILLA GOMEZ

DESIGN
MAXX BERKOWITZ

TECH & 3D
DMITRY PRUSHAK