The Radish Project
Experimental case study (choice-decoding probe)实验性案例（选择行为解码装置）
Year
2024
Duration
10 weeks10 周
Overview
A 10-meter table of identical radish cubes in four flavors. People walk along and pick one per row, and what they leave behind gets scanned and turned into live sound. A playful probe into whether taste leaves a pattern.一张十米长桌，四种口味的萝卜方块，外观完全相同。人沿着桌子走，每排挑走一块；剩下的被扫描、转成实时声音。一次带着玩心的尝试：想看看口味的选择会不会留下某种规律。
My role
Interaction Systems Designer / Prototyper交互系统设计师 / 原型搭建
At a Glance
A behavioral decoding probe that turns taste choices into a live audiovisual composition数据不是拿来的，是设计出来的
The core mechanic
Repeated choices重复的选择
I designed the setup so data is produced by doing, not by reporting—the participant doesn’t describe preference, they leave it behind.偏好很难被准确描述，问出来的答案总会被记忆和措辞过滤一层。所以这里不问：人只管选，偏好自己留在桌上。这次要验证的是它读不读得出来，而不是它读出了什么。
Identical tokens (no visual bias)外观相同，排除视觉偏好
Each row = one 4-choice decision每排一次四选一
Leftovers = trace of decisions剩余即决策痕迹
Trace becomes a dataset痕迹汇成数据集
Delivery
Introducing The Radish Project这就是 Radish Project
GENERATE
Make choices until a pattern appears一选再选，规律自现
TRANSLATE