Öxe is the name, which a small boy chose for his interactive device in the course of a co-design process as part of the Outside the Box project. Simply put, Öxe is a multi-purpose open-ended digital toy featuring a multi-color LED matrix and controls to manipulate those lights. It can be used to animate abstract shapes and figures, or it can serve as a stage for directing play. Due to Öxe's popularity, Julia Makhaeva and me created an advanced iteration of Öxe in our spare time as shown in the below video.

Prototyping Process

Acknowledgements:

• Partially funded as part of the Outside the Box project
• Julia Makhaeva created the renderings and video-showcase
• Katta Spiel participated in the user research and ideation phase of the Öxe prototype

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