TABLE FOR TWO
TABLE FOR TWO is a co-op game that encourages collaboration between two elephants while creating social opportunities by hanging the object between two enclosures. By using food as a hidden reward, it increases foraging time and with the tactile experience of pulling, it encourages physical activity.
BEHAVIORAL ENRICHMENT:
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee collaborated with us to create Environmental Enrichment (EE) which encouraged the elephants to exhibit species-specific behaviors while giving autonomy and greater choice to the individual. The Environmental Enrichment requirements vary seasonally and our team decided to create EE for winter as this is the time the elephants mostly spend in the heated barns and not their natural habitat. Therefore, EE is necessary to promote social interactions, cognitive thinking, and increasing physical fitness.
PROTOTYPE:
MANUFACTURING PROCESS:
Measuring, Plasma Cutting, Welding, Grinding, and Assembling.
KEY DESIGN FEATURES:
MEET: Ronnie and Minnie!
PHOTO CREDITS: THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE
Co-creators: Jiaqi Zhang | Colin Forsyth | Rong Bao | Saiyyamee Surana