Key Varients

Jun 18, 2008

An awkward mixture of wood, carbon fiber and RFID to turn on lights - in this Yakushima hotel room. For all the freedom afforded by having a tray on which to place key fob, it was only practical to place it in one position and have the RFID tag read.

The designer had a choice whether to adopt international practices to control the master power for the room - place room key in slot by the door / have a master 'light' switch. For frequent completed tasks - introducing a new way of doing things can be the right solution but for occasional users - most guests would stay one or two nights in their life-time, introducing a new form of interaction is the wrong choice.

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 Japan Keywords:
 choice | Hotel | key | proximity interaction | RFID