Design Intervention

Minimize Distractions.

For this project we were assigned to design our own invention to fix a bad habit or help a problem in your life. First for a week we tracked everything we did, eating, sleeping, working, and everything else in between.  I've always had the bad habit of getting distracted by people and things around me when I'm working as many people do. Getting distracted is the habit I decided to address. I tried to consider all things that can distract people to get to the root of the problem. The most common cause was other people whether that's roommates, coworkers, peers, and visual distractions. This led me to creating something that would intervene between the person getting distracted and the visual distraction surrounding them. My first thought was to create a simple sign but I knew I needed to push that idea, something that would be able to further intervene in the process. I had the idea to design a retractable and portable banner that would block your view of visual distractions while also giving the message to people outside that you're busy working.