Fear and anxiety

Discomfort for sitting for long periods of time

Boredom

Lack of entertainment

Materials:

Busy Blanket includes multiple activities displayed on the felted top side of the blanket including:

  • detachable letter pieces,

  • a moveable clock

  • a felted map and stuffed plane

  • tying and loosening mechanisms for dexterity

  • a pouch for storage of other plane items

  • a journal for logging the trip.

  • inflatable pillow

  • roll-up carrying sleeve

Busy Blanket was a 2nd year project that studied users and setting within the design process. I was assigned to design a product that would assist a mother and child in airplane travel. Busy Blanket is a soft activity blanket that aims to find an intersection between comfort and play in a travel setting for children ages 2-5 who may struggle to sit through long periods of air travel.

Primary User: children of ages 2-5

Setting: airplanes

Pain Points: