Anders Mellbratt

Hardware & making 2015

Prototyping in hardware

Making stuff helps you understand it better

With Arduino LittleBits Particle

I teach and advise on prototyping in various forms and contexts — usually with hardware platforms like Arduino, LittleBits, Particle and similar. Settings have included formal teaching (Berghs School of Communication, Hyper Island, Openlab Stockholm), community work (OpenTechSchool), and in-house at various companies.

The objective shifts. Sometimes we work to express brand values through physical interaction. Sometimes it’s communicating a concept to an internal or wider audience. Sometimes it’s a race to cover as many tools as possible, so we know which to reach for next time.

Close-up of hands holding a smartphone and a pink NFC-tagged card over a printed map
Close-up of hands holding a smartphone and a pink NFC-tagged card over a printed map
Hand holding a smartphone next to a small glowing green dome prototype on a table
Hand holding a smartphone next to a small glowing green dome prototype on a table
Three workshop participants gathered around a cardboard box labelled 'A.P.C. Interactive Changing Room' working on a prototype
Three workshop participants gathered around a cardboard box labelled 'A.P.C. Interactive Changing Room' working on a prototype
Two hands holding up a large sheet of paper with a torn-edge opening filled with dark berries or beads
Two hands holding up a large sheet of paper with a torn-edge opening filled with dark berries or beads
Two people in a workshop space examining a small camera or projector device set up on a table next to a laptop
Two people in a workshop space examining a small camera or projector device set up on a table next to a laptop
Desk setup with several laptops and phones displaying a man's face, alongside small boxes decorated with logos
Desk setup with several laptops and phones displaying a man's face, alongside small boxes decorated with logos
Breakfast buffet bowls of fruit and snacks with a small cardstock sign holding paper banana and label cutouts
Breakfast buffet bowls of fruit and snacks with a small cardstock sign holding paper banana and label cutouts
Three workshop participants gathered around a table examining a red and white prototype, with a laptop displaying a logo nearby
Three workshop participants gathered around a table examining a red and white prototype, with a laptop displaying a logo nearby
Person at a café table working on electronics components beside a laptop showing a presentation slide and a takeaway coffee cup
Person at a café table working on electronics components beside a laptop showing a presentation slide and a takeaway coffee cup
Close-up of white sneakers on a wooden floor next to a small electronics prototype with wires trailing across the floor
Close-up of white sneakers on a wooden floor next to a small electronics prototype with wires trailing across the floor