MAMAgotchi is a tangible, room-based interactive concept developed in response to the exhibition MAMA at the Deutsche Hygiene-Museum. Rather than being created as a final installation for the museum itself, the project explored speculative design ideas that could inspire possible interactive formats for the exhibition. Designed for children aged 7–11, it translates themes such as motherhood, care work, and social images of mothers into a playful and accessible spatial experience through different care-giving stations, including feeding, soothing, playing, and dancing.

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Communication Infrastructure and State Visualization

Julia-Robin Schuster Janek Engel Hong Lâm Nguyen Finja Adam

An overview of the communication protocol stack, server-side business logic, and visualization architecture developed by the interface group for the MAMAgotchi tangible interaction project.

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Model Making

Aaron Pech Oliver Mey Sandra Beckert

The model making group within the MAMAgotchi project was responsible for material research, procurement, 3D printing, and the physical construction of models. Our primary objective was to translate the conceptual ideas developed by the individual room groups into tangible, functional prototypes. Acting as an interface between design concepts and their physical realization, we ensured that each spatial idea could be experienced in a material and interactive form.

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Visual Arts

Marcel Knauf Lisa-Marie Müller Benno Ulitzka

The Visual Arts group was responsible for the visual design of the elements for the MAMAgotchi project.

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MAMAgotchi - Kitchen

Emma Kirchner Maja Ruprecht Mohamad Kadabashi

The kitchen station is responsible for feeding the MAMAgotchi via playful interactions.

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Bedroom

Niklas Kothe Johannes Horn Torben Warnke Enrico Hasenclever

A tangible bedroom station for the Mamagotchi system, where users create a calm sleeping situation through touch, light, covering and an alarm clock interaction.

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Burning Feet

Frederic Schneider Laura Richter Josina Andrees Marco Rudolph

How can a museum installation invite children to move, play together and care for a digital creature without relying on a screen? Burning Feet is an interactive dance station that turns music, movement and collaboration into a playful care activity for MAMAgotchi.

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MAMAgotchi - Playroom

Sophia Katrin Reutner Philip Poplutz Weixi Song

MAMAgotchi – Playroom is a tangible-interaction project built for the playroom within the larger Tangible Interaction course. The playroom station is resposible for entertaining the MAMAgotchi via rhythm games.