Personal Project

404 Ball: This can’t be found

This idea was inspired by a moment when kids gathered around a Magic 8 Ball during recess or sleepovers, taking turns asking outrageous questions and arguing over what the answers meant. Today, kids don’t ask the 8 Ball anymore. They ask AI, and many turn to it for real support and advice. But at the end of the day, it’s a tool, not a toy. The play has gone missing: the huddle, the arguing, the laughing.

I named it 404 Ball because that moment can’t be found anymore. The answers were never the point. The ball was a reason to gather around together.