Year: 2012

Everybody wants something real

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human factor
Last weekend, on the Grammy’s, while accepting Best Rock Performance, Dave Grohl thanked those who helped the band on their latest album, and gave a very cool speech: “To me this award means a lot because it shows that the human element of music is what’s important. Singing into a microphone and learning to play…

Defining moments

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Defining AR and Historic trail We construct our reality around us through language. Language shapes and contains our ideas and our meanings. When I tell someone about my project, the person I’m talking to makes assumptions about what I do because of the associations or definitions that “design” or “interaction” or “animation” has. There is…

Sketchbook project

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notebook, process, sketchbook, sketchbook project, sketches
Here I’ll be posting ideas, sketches and thoughts as I ramble on paper and ink.  As part of my process and research, I’m trying to keep organized by having different notebooks: an everyday, passport-sized notebook that I carry around and write down ideas on the go like thoughts sparked by discussions and just everyday stuff.…

Decode: Digital Design Sensations

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decode, exhibition, inspiration, open source, V&A
Decode: Digital Design Sensations An exhibition at the Victoria & Albert museum, Decode is the exhibition I really, really wish I could have attended to. In its three main themes: Code, Interactivity, and Network, Decode looks at how the lines between art, design, technology and creator are blurred, as the spectator (as user and co-creator)…

Recap: NODE Berlin + Communication Week

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Augmented Reality, markers, NODE, process
Communication Week Anders Hofgaard and Serge Rompza, from NODE Berlin gave us a one week workshop on publishing and communication. We presented what our projects are about, and also learned the importance of getting our work out there. Hence this blog! Although, I have to admit, this blog wasn’t so active back in November… Serge…

Recap: Project Re-write

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flyer, process, project re-write
Project Re-write The new tools, reference points and knowledge that has been planted in me since my arrival at Khio have changed the core of my MA project. A lot has been re-defined and explored, more so in the aspect of process, social responsivity and design thinking (the workshop held by Hellicar&Lewis was extremely eye-opening–thanks…

Artificial Smile

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artificial smile, inspiration, open source, serendipity
Artificial Smile Playing with the notion of auto-retouch, consumerism and artificial gestures portrayed as genuine emotion, Artificial Smile works like this: the camera takes a picture, and overlays a straight face (mouth) with a smile, pulling from a bank of images of smiles, to find one that best suits the person’s face. What is fake…