I won the "Red Dot Design Award Design Concept 2024," a collaboration with Yamaha and Caltech

I won a design award: The "Red Dot Design Award Design Concept 2024" for a project between Yamaha, Caltech and me.

“The "e-plegona" is an installation created by the research department of Yamaha Motor and both design departments in collaboration with research partner Dr. Mark Changizi and the Shinsuke Shimojo Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, based on their research into Kando* experiences. The installation has two people experience it at the same time, with players repeatedly communicating to each other through non-verbal and intuitive means. Based on the results of our unique research combining science and art together with our research partners, this experimental prototype artificially stirs the emotions with non-verbal, intuitive communication to produce a connected vibe between people like jazz improvisation or the same sense of connection people often feel toward musical instruments or motorcycles in order to simulate experiences of Kando*.

It’s a nice instantiation of loads of principles from my discoveries across half a dozen books https://changizi.com/books.html