War Table
Furniture-mediated Interaction for Neighbors
2006
With Oren Horev for Interaction Design Institute Ivrea · An example of ‘no-tech’ interaction, the war table is intended to encourage neighbors in urban single-occupant dwellings to affect each other's space. Preserving such domestic compromises of cohabitation supports peripheral social connectedness.
By staking your claim using a peg, you define how much table you need vs. how much you are willing to share with your neighbor. Your generosity (or stinginess) is made clear when your neighbor tries to pull more table to their side.
Copyright © 2006 Nicholas Zambetti