Please do disturb is a social experiment, a community based project that aims to encourage social interaction in the context of a building. How many neighbors do you know in the building where you live ? do you interact with them ?
The idea is to design a communication system that encourages interaction inside a building.
The idea of this project came from the "Please don't disturb sign" that normally we see hostels that informs that certain room/ person doesn't want to be disturb. So the idea was to subvert it and create a visual system that invite people to disturb. I thought that the perfect place for this to occur is a building. Shared by so many people that don't know each other or if do, don't say more than a "Hi!" or " Bye!" .
Instead of using the signs posted in the door of each apartment, the idea is that each person when wanted to be disturb, should post a sign in the mailboxes. The mailboxes acts as a "shortcut" for the door, since it is visible to all the persons that lived and that entered in the building.
The system is composed of different signs, showing different availabilities:
- Throwing a party - you are welcome!!
- I did extra food!
- Want to watch a movie?
- I'm available to chat a little while
- Let's go for a walk
- I need someone to take care of my cat, please!!!
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