Suggested aesthetics of new pendant alarms
Suggested aesthetics of pendant alarms was a theme that
all participants noted as a major problem in the animated
scenarios. It was noted that participants presented new
aesthetics suggestions, while one participant also
suggested making the alarm look like a users favorite
object; ‘make the alarm look like a favorite object [say] a
wine bottle; dog icon; etc., must be attractive’. A
common aesthetic theme was to make emergency alarm
pendants look like jewelry or wristbands. One participant
noted that ‘I would like to see…a necklace with a “clipon’
attachment that looks good, not like an alarm and a
pendant’. Interestingly, one participant also made a
reference to companies that manufacture and design
emergency alarms; ‘Have the pendant company thought
of a bracelet that is less obvious for others to see?’.