Message Box

Message Box is an attempt to put the joy back into receiving voicemail.

Physical, tangible, real objects are, at present, more intimate than their digital counterparts – bits are yet to acquire the charm of the atom.

Message Box extends a versatile, fine-grained digital voicemail interface into the real world. Benefiting from everything that transition brings with it: affordance, ambience, and embodiment.

Incoming messages are instantiated as wooden marbles which can be used to playback their corresponding audio files.

Based on user input and google latitude data; Message Box diverts incoming calls, prompting the caller to leave a message if the recipient is busy, or connecting the call if the user is either available or not in the vicinity of the box.