KIDKIT

Art & Design

KIDKIT is an IoT system of connected components equipped with actuators, sensors, and interfaces to feature a dynamic, and expressive experience for children’s low-threshold exploration. We design it for the young visitors at Maker Faire with the intention that children are able to engage in self-guided exploration activities and discover a complex system on their own.

Yu Zhang

Yu Zhang has a background in fine arts and design. Her Ph.D. research investigates the theory and artistic practice of interactive technologies for public, large-scale installations. As a researcher and artist, she approaches visual art with mixed reality installations and projections, sensor-based interactives, and computational arts. In the past five years, Yu Zhang has participated in different Arts Residencies and her work has been exhibited at galleries, museums, and festivals worldwide. Besides, Yu's teaching experiences cover a broad space including traditional classrooms, workshops and design-led project-based learning activities. Currently, she lives and works in Eindhoven.

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What inspired you to make this project?
I personally have been working with IoT system toolkits for some years, and an IoT concept is complex in general. For instance, how many of us, who have Philips Hue at home, without looking at the product introduction, know precisely whether the Hue app or the Hue Bridge controls the lights, or both? Therefore, I wondered what would happen when children encounter an IoT concept at the Maker Faire? This project is my experiment.