Concept Statement

The Notification Toaster is one of our speculative artifact series of 'physical metaphors of digital interactions'. By finding the parallel between the moment when a toaster pops up the toasted bread and the notification pops up on a phone, we suggest a new way to reimagine how digital information is presented and consumed.

Using the Notification Toaster is similar to using a regular toaster: users need to put their phones into the phone slot instead of bread. After pressing down the lever, the users wait until they have a new message coming into the phone, and they will see the toast pops up augmenting the notification pop-up process.