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Published inOct 2019
Reading LevelIntermediate
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ISBN-139781789341782
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Tim Pulver
Tim Pulver
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Tim Pulver

Tim Pulver is a Berlin-based freelance interaction designer and developer. In his work, he combines his physical prototyping experience and knowledge of interface design with modern technologies such as 3D printing, laser cutting, web technologies, and machine learning to create unique interactive experiences. In recent years, he has worked on interactive data visualizations, web-based audiovisual experiences, musical interfaces, and cables an innovative browser-based visual programming language that enables the creation of interactive audiovisual prototypes without writing any code. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in interface design from the University of Applied Sciences in Potsdam, Germany.
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Improving the visual appearance

Let's improve the visual appearance of our food dispenser:

  1. Wrap a piece of paper or cardboard around the dispenser. This way, we can hide the plastic and servo:

Cardboard sleeve around the plastic bottle, fixed using tape
  1. You can use DIN A4 cardboard to build the sleeve. Wrap it around, fix it using tape, and then cut off the top part (next to where the bottle ends) to make it evenly round.
  1. To hide the inner parts even more, we can build another cylinder-like part around the bottom part of our dispenser (near the cap):

Another piece of cardboard is wrapped around the bottom part to form a cylinder and hide the servo motor
  1. Before fixing the cylinder-shaped cardboard, try moving the cap to see whether it still opens and closes properly. When you find a good position, fix it with tape:

The second cylinder-shaped cardboard hides...
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Tim Pulver

Tim Pulver is a Berlin-based freelance interaction designer and developer. In his work, he combines his physical prototyping experience and knowledge of interface design with modern technologies such as 3D printing, laser cutting, web technologies, and machine learning to create unique interactive experiences. In recent years, he has worked on interactive data visualizations, web-based audiovisual experiences, musical interfaces, and cables an innovative browser-based visual programming language that enables the creation of interactive audiovisual prototypes without writing any code. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in interface design from the University of Applied Sciences in Potsdam, Germany.
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