Accepted Student Design Challenges
We're happy to announce the accepted Student Design Challenges for TEI '26
- Daksh Kapoor; Sophanit Sebuh; Mingqi Wang; Yueyi Zhu; Puffer: Breathing Regulation Through Sequential Soft Robotics
- Zhengkun Li; Asher E. Gannon; Interactive Bakhoor: Reimagining Fire-Safe Ritual Through Multisensory Robotics
- Rinchong Kim; The Loops: An Interactive Artwork on Reclaiming Agency in Involuntary Repetition
- Juliana Covarrubias; Jannes Feldmann; Stephanie L. Tondow; Chetan Goenka; William Carter Valle; Memory Bottle
- Xixiang Nie; Xin Shu; Somaditation: A Multisensory VR Meditation Experience with a Wearable Glove
- Severin Göbel-Groß; Rest in Pieces, Design of a Speculative Ritual for Letting Go of Old Smartphones
- Yangyang He; Feiyang Liu; Ruijie Jin; Qiwen Chen; Samten: A Ritual-Based Robotic Design for Restoring Focus
- Natalie Jarrett; Yuhan Hu; Young Jin Choi; The Magic Coat Hanger
- Songah Seo; Jiyeon Lee; Kyeongmin Ha; Sungbeen Lee; Seok Young Hwang; TILO: Designing Soft Kinetic Cues for Embodied Biofeedback
- Uzayr Syed; Sarah Sears; HabiTree: Using the Growth of Nature to Develop New Habits and Rituals
- Suk Min Hwang; Apolline Tardy; Tasting Letters as Tea: Reviving Archives into a Multisensory Social Experience
- Ethan John Armas; Audrey Brienza; Katherine Shober; Audience Responsive Canopy (ARC) for Enhancing Audience Engagement and Sensory Experience in Concert Venues
- Alexandra Preuss; AnnaBelle Burleson; From Cones to Pines: A Multisensory Virtual Reality Ritual for Mindfulness and Emotional Well-Being
- Seok Young Hwang; Seonghyeok Shin; Juseong Kim; Seongsu Choi; SOSHO: Take a Social Shower
- Yeonhee Choi; Wish You Were Here: Psychological and Sensory First Aid for Invisible Emergencies in Trauma and Neurodiversity
- Chinatsu Ozawa; Instant Tattoo Camera: Towards a New Photographic Conviviality
- Katrijn Westland; Soft Companions: A Breathing Textile Creature for Sensory Rituals of Care
- Arushi Ramgopal Agrawal; Kyle Hagerty; Kathryn Hoang; Eber Hernandez Zamudio; Designing Private Robotic Environments for Anxiety Relief
- Nisheta Gupta; Arnav Sharma; Ritika Ramesh; Krathish Prakash; Qasim Mali; Soma: Bio-Signal Ritual System for Embodied Well-Being

