Campfire - Final Project Proposal - Austin, Andre

Themes

• Campfires are places where people gather
• The outside world melts away
• Encourages engagement
• Interaction
• Engage with materials/food
• Engage with one another
• Observing
• Random pops and light patterns

Concept

• We want to create a modern day campfire
• Light
• Sound
• Interaction from 360-degrees
• Engage with other people over the top
• Suspense

Cube or pyramid with light up buttons.  People gather around the cube and press buttons to experiment with what happens.  Different light and sound patterns will occur depending on the order and combination of button presses.  People will naturally be drawn in and want to experiment .  There will be a stasis mode of a light pulse of light and sound from the object; a state which it will revert to without stimuli.

Background

-Monome

-Led Light Cubes

Tech

• Arduino
• Max/Msp
• Chronome

Materials

Prototype Specific

• 4x4 PCB LED Boards (x2) - $20
• 4x4 LED Button Boards (x2) - $20

Final Project

• 7x 74HC595- $5-$10
• 7x 74HC165 - $5-$10
• Possibly using adafruit 24-channel LED Drivers -$15 each
• RGB LEDs x80 or x45 - $10
• Arduino
• Acryllic Sheet - $50
• Buttons (either 45 or 80 depending on prototype grid size) - $5-$10

Timeline