Reflection

My inner critic is real proud of this project. Developing the idea into a physical installation was extremely rewarding, and it was amazing to see the positive reactions to it during presentations. I believe that we created that "relaxing" environment we were going for, and that our project positively influence the participants. 

I've learned that there is more to consider when thinking about material choices. We felt balloons worked the best logistically- easy to make different sizes, easy to put lights in, easy to manipulate, easy to push. However, we did not account for the fact that balloons are extremely prone to static electricity. This caused some problems as hair and dust was constantly being attracted to our balloons as we hung them up. 

If I were to do this differently, I would try to expand upon it to fit towards children. This means not using fishing wire because children could choke themselves. We could have floating balloons (using Helium) with these lights and having the children be able to toss and throw the balloons in a room.