Materials and Technology
By looking at other living organisms and their environments, we found different avenues to pursue. We discovered that the vibrations could best be thought of as an unknown or unfamiliar world, a private space with luminous energy.

To help guide our vision, one of our goals was to create working prototypes incorporating the right materials and technologies. We asked ourselves, is it alive? Are you holding it, or is it holding your hand. We concluded that it was both of these things; and as a result that tension was an inherent part of the object’s materiality.

To inspire the development of our technologies we analyzed a variety of electronic toys with similar behaviors and characteristics. In some cases we repurposed parts and in other cases we invented new approaches and working prototypes.

We came to a turning point, where we decided rather than having an object encompass you, you would encompass the object. This is when the final design of the Mobo began to take shape.