Interactive ExperienceSpeculative DesignPhysical Computing

Casting Lots
in Modern Form

A Modern Interactive Experience for Qiuqian

@ Milan Design Week 2024@ Isola Award — Nominee
Casting Lots in Modern Form — installation
Time
3 Months2023
Role
Interaction DesignerCreative Technologist
Team
Yutong LuoChenchen DuJiaxin He
Skill
ConceptCodingRenderingGraphicPrototyping

Promo Video

Jump to Final Design ↓
01

The Problem

Problem framing — ritual · randomness · modernity

Digital Prototype — Try It

78.81% of young people have tried this.
Not because they believe —
because they needed an answer.

02

Research

Research — temple visits · cultural context · user interviews
Field research
Cultural mapping
03

Design Decisions

Each fortune stick carries an NFC tag read by an Arduino. The tag ID maps to a fortune in a Python database. A thermal printer outputs the fortune as a receipt.

System diagram: NFC → Arduino → Python → Thermal printer
NFC stick close-up
Arduino wiring
Thermal output
04

Final Design

Final enclosure — hero render
Enclosure detail — front
Enclosure detail — interior
05

In Exhibition

Installation full view · Milan Design Week

Visitor Interactions

Visitor photo 1
Visitor photo 2
On-camera explanation

Promo Video

Promo video embed
06

Process

Making of — hardware iteration · software dev · fabrication
Prototype v1
Prototype v2
Final build
07

Reflection

[Yutong to write — hardware challenges, cultural translation, what changed between prototype and exhibition.]