Little Signals Engages Users With Gentler, Calmer Forms of Notifications
What if your devices got your attention with calm movements, gentle sounds, or even the use of shadows instead of annoying notifications"
Did you wake up this morning to the annoying sound of an incessant alarm tone" Is your day a perpetual cacophonous symphony of annoyances under the guise of notifications" While the integration of digital devices in our lives is generally seen as a net positive in regards to connectivity, convenience, and communication, many of us are beginning to evaluate the trade-offs in relation to our mental wellness when our senses and attentions are perpetually at the beckon of notifications. Google’s Seed Studio’s collaborative effort with Map Project Office, Little Signals, imagines six conceptual objects designed to calmly gain our attention through a gentler use of movement, shadows, and sounds.
You might already be aware of efforts to address sensory overload in other categories of devices. Alarm clocks like the analog-ish OneClock and ambient Loftie both set out to offer more pleasant forms of device-to-user engagement, retaining function while subtracting the sounds that might induce a wince (now do this for dentist drills already!).
Similarly the six concept Little Signals devices investigate different modes of gaining our attention without the psychologically jarring affecting methods traditionally used to notify.
https://design-milk.com/images/2022/04/Google-Little-Signals-Button.mp4
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Did you wake up this morning to the annoying sound of an incessant alarm tone" Is your day a perpetual cacophonous symphony of annoyances under the guise of notifications" While the integration of digital devices in our lives is generally seen as a net positive in regards to connectivity, convenience, and communication, many of us are beginning to evaluate the trade-offs in relation to our mental wellness when our senses and attentions are perpetually at the beckon of notifications. Google’s Seed Studio’s collaborative effort with Map Project Office, Little Signals, imagines six conceptual objects designed to calmly gain our attention through a gentler use of movement, shadows, and sounds.
You might already be aware of efforts to address sensory overload in other categories of devices. Alarm clocks like the analog-ish OneClock and ambient Loftie both set out to offer more pleasant forms of device-to-user engagement, retaining function while subtracting the sounds that might induce a wince (now do this for dentist drills already!).
Similarly the six concept Little Signals devices investigate different modes of gaining our attention without the psychologically jarring affecting methods traditionally used to notify.
https://design-milk.com/images/2022/04/Google-Little-Signals-Button.mp4
? Button combine...
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