Drawing Machines

This project presents a line of various ‘drawing machines’, designed to allow children to control an ongoing drawing composition generated through an interactive electro-mechanical structure. The machines are operated with large joysticks and switches, allowing even simple input gestures to influence the drawing process. Fascinating questions arose in regard to the degree of control and agency, such as the recurrent challenge in designing an interaction where the motor control demands are minimized while the sense of exercising control over the drawing is maximized.