Slow Down, Look Up

  • FMP – Final Master Project2025




In an urban culture driven by speed and efficiency, navigation technologies often reduce attention and reliance on intuition. Offbeat is a haptic navigation device that replaces turn-by-turn instructions with directional cues, encouraging users to look up, explore, and move through the city with greater presence and rather than precision. Through user observations and interviews, the design process was grounding in the experience of walking in urban environments.


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