Google’s skunkworks division ATAP designs products for the far-future. After acquiring Motorola, they put the team to work designing a new type of smart phone that was modular, fully customizable, and could compete with the iPhone.
The Problem was this: Re-imagine the Motorola Android Smart-Phone speaker system so that it has unbeatable quality, small enough to fit in a pocket, and who’s functionality would be so innovative that it could set it apart from the iPhone, and ultimately take some of their customer-base.
Inspired by my love of Origami, I created a unique foldable speaker-system which would fold out and click into various positions, or Modes, to serve various functions as well as produce sound.
Pocket Mode: folded up, just speakers
Theater mode: Where the its speakers actually become a stand for your phone—so you can comfortably watch your movies hands-free
Adventure Mode: Unfolded and clicked together, your speakers become like a claw. you can easily attach your phone to anything (like a backpack) for easy listening while you are on the go with your friends—Eliminating that invevideble cracked screen which comes from adventuring with your phone in your hand.
Through the use of Flat-Film speakers and a super-strong magnetic attachment mechanism, it was still able to fit in a pocket.
I (along with 2 others) was chosen to lead small design/engineering teams to build out functioning prototypes at Motorola Mobility Labs. Through an iterative/rapid-prototyping process, we created the first stage designs for what would later launch as Moto-Mods. View Here
Combination Student Project with Motorola Mobility
Team Size: 3, Role: Design Lead
