Process

We went through many iterations in our design. Originally, we envisioned a lock that was simply motion sensitive and would play the recorded sounds when someone passed, so the entire bridge would play then if one person walked the entire span. We refined the idea to be more sensory sensitive by limiting the experience to an anniversary, such as the day, month, or year. We then took this a step further by deciding to create an interconnected web/network that were linked by year and activated by touch and motion of those in the same year. We also took feedback into how the locks responds to time with the “breakup” feature of the lock unlocking if the couple has broken up so the symbol of the bad relationship is no longer there and sharing of their past special moment is stopped.