I submitted by project as a “Late Breaking” poster to the SIGGRAPH 2011 conference. This is my first conference paper submission as a graduate student. Fingers crossed! Please view/download my submitted documents from the below links: Abstract Supplementary supporting document
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After interesting feedback from the class (including an overwhelmingly positive response to this prototype, which I loath), I hit a figurative wall in my process. How could I combine a visually pleasing interaction with actually meaningful data? I decided that I ultimately could not realize my ideas successfully using openFrameworks. While I was able to […]
Today in Studio we had the pleasure of hearing from artist Joelle Bitton about her personal and professional creative work, at such places as Media Lab Europe, as well as her creative process and ideation techniques. Her works and talk were interesting and inspiring. Check her out! After hearing from Joelle, we split into small […]
Today in class we relabeled everyday objects using the techniques we read about in Interaction Relabelling and Extreme Characters, by Djajadiningrat, Gaver, and Frens. I brought in a laser leveler. My group began by going around and explaining the original functions and affordances of our objects. Focusing on the original functions helped to see what […]
“Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them.” I watched this film today at the suggestion of a friend and think that it is filled with interesting concepts and inspirations for our first Module. I found that the ideas really solidified what we […]