Qoi is an interactive tool is facilitate storytelling. Designed with Edwina Liao and Pham Truong Giang, 2020.

The objective was to design and build an interactive object for children and their families. Considering the age of the co-designer as well as the material in play, here are some of the challenges:

• Boost creativity/imagination 

• Bring a balance between open-ended and intuitive 

• Consider more than the user 

• Regarding the chance of alternative uses 

• Develop good habits 

• Repetitive elements 

• Strengthen family bonds 

Function:

• A tool to facilitate story-telling. 

• Different platforms can be arranged according to the user’s preference with the help of pegs and holes. 

• The pegs are designed to hold pieces of drawings that tell parts of a story.

• Additional pieces like the pulleys and screws help give a dynamic feel to the interactive object. 

Materials and Key techniques: Birch Plywood; Pin routing and Laser cutting.