Dewbop is a series of wall-mountable shower media devices designed for the bathroom environment. Dewbop provides a more specialized shower room music interface and usability built on a person’s needs in a bathroom while showering, bathing and brushing teeth, etc.

User Research

Can you find the right button when your eyes are covered with shampoo?

 
The problem of using a shower media player

We interviewed some shower media device users and tried some products in the market. We found that the shower media interface was difficult to use. There are too many buttons to confuse user, it’s hard to operate a shower media player with soapy hands. When you are washing hair, you cannot operate the music without seeing the buttons. Also, the devices are not stable while standing or hung on the shower head. When pushed, it goes backward and falls.

Dewbop Concept 1

Dewbop concept 1 introduces a new interaction method for a humid and wet environment. The player body is rotatable. You can tilt the dewbop toward left and right to jump to last song and next song. The LCD screen and speakers are integrated in the body. A strong locking suction cup fixed on the wall is the pivot of rotation. One can operate it with wet and soapy hands, even blindly. The whole body is an input module. With a well organized software interface, all the tasks can be done with the rotatable body and a single, generously proportioned knob. A time button is dedicated for time display only.

Below is a flash demo of Dewbop concept 1.

Dewbop Concept 2 

Inspired by a user talking about her shower experience under candle lights, the concept 2 is a music CD player with modular blocks. Each block is a button to control music. It emits weak light when you turn the lights off in the shower room

Dewbop Concept 3

The concept 3 is a shower CD player simulating the interface of a faucet as a music controller. What if the most classic interface- the caucet, controls the flow of music, instead of water?

Dewbop Concept 4

Concept 4 “Faucet” User Interface

Dewbop Concept 4 lets the users control music with its  faucet-like interface, just like concept 3, but with a simple form. It can be placed on the bathtub or wall-mounted.