Client: Marriott Hotels
Position: Interaction Designer at MIT Mobile Experience Lab
Skills: Interaction Design, Research, Design Thinking
Collaborators: MIT MEL Team- Federico Casalegno, Amar Boghani, Andrew Johnson, Catherine Winfield, Noel Braganza
Dates: Fall 2013-Spring 2014

Details: CASE STUDY
Website: Marriott Six Degrees
Press: Fast CoExist, Engadget, PSFK

"Marriott Six Degrees is a lobby-centric social platform based around events. Through Six Degrees, guests can discover how they are connected to one another, and can network or socialize in events planned by Marriott. In this way, the platform is designed to highlight the connections that already exist between guests, while encouraging new connections to form."

The three components of Six Degrees are: the mobile app, the interactive surface and the public display. The three components interact together in one system.

The project went through two major phases, each ending with a working prototype and testing phase at the Cambridge Marriott Lobby space. For further details on my role in the project see case study