Context

1.Herman Miller’s Live OS system and Aeron Chair: Movement sensing and communicates with the desk. This is a precedent that we can reference: for our object, we can use specific types of sensor to detect users' states of working/rest(such as movements or distance to table) and get users connected to each other to keep updated by the status change of each other.(Source: https://www.hermanmiller.com/products/smart-office/live-platform/)

2. Ninja Bottle: Remote Ambient Communication. This precedent is a reference for us to add ambient lights or signals as a way for remote communication. Also from different modes of light we were able to relate different signals to different status/status change. (Source: https://www.tomorrow-lab.com/work/ninjabottle)

3. Empathy Box: Stay real time connection. Through Empathy Box, we are able to relate real-time status connection to a way of users’ specific behaviours: for example close up the laptop/ a book to indicate the change of status. (Source: https://www.sophiabrueckner.com/empathybox.html)