MemoryPin: Turning digitally co-present moments into tangible memory keepsakes

Abstract

MemoryPin (Cover Figure) is a digital keepsake device that-like a photo album-provides tangible access to memories formed during online social interactions. By tangible, we mean that we designed these keepsake physical forms to afford distinctive storage and interactivity for selected digital memories created during an individual's everyday social media experience with others. Through a series of iterative design inquiries, we explored new forms and possibilities for digital-content-bearing artifacts and built our initial prototype in this work in progress.