Experiment - Public Capsule

While I was thinking about the relationship between public and personal space, I read a book called The Uncertainty Space. It mentions an interesting point that people listen to walkman (now music on your mobile phone) creates a capsule in the public space. People are able to enjoy privacy through censoring external sounds. I decided to test out this point through an experiment.

So, I decided to do an experiment -

1. You are provided a laptop & a headphone

2. You can play the music you like. The volume of the music needs to be loud that you can't really hear what people are talking to you.

Task 1 Work- 15 mintues

1. Please continue to finish the H&T essay

Task 2 Play - 15 minutes

1. Please play a game on the laptop

Results Questions

Task 1

1. How concentrated are you when you are doing this task?

2. How is it different from working at home?

3. What do you feel when you are working on the street?

4. In a scale from 1 - 10, are you be able to finish the task required?

Task 2

1. How concentrated are you when you are doing this task?

2. How is it different from working at home?

3. In a scale from 1 - 10, are you be able to finish the task required?

So we did the experiment in three locations in Central London.

Task 1 - Leicester Square

Task 2 - Piccadilly Circus

Task 2 - Bus station near Leicester square

Results:

Headphone is a good tool to create capsule.

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