by Mo Akade


Interview/Observation and Insights

I designed a learning toy for Ben Loh, a rambunctious 3-year-old boy. I was concerned initially about the first interview because I didn’t think Ben would be able to verbalize what he likes. I had prepared some interview questions, but went into the interview knowing that I might not get much. I decided that my time would be better spent observing Ben and asking him to tell me what…

Exploration #1:

I looked at the segregation model first. I was interested in this model because it was inspired by writings about social systems like housing patterns in cities. The model shows the patterns that develop when an individual turtle from one of two groups…

Mo Akade

I was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but came to the states with my mother, sister, and brother in 1985. I was three, my brother was two, and my sister was seven. My sister caught the chicken pox from a girl she was sitting next to on the plane. My brother and I caught them soon after. I distinctly remember my grandfather picking us up from JFK airport. He was meeting my brother and I for the first time (my sister was born here in the US before my mother decided to…