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THESIS STUDIO 1
Presentation – Conceptual
Friday, October 29th, 2010Presentation – Methodological Module
Friday, October 8th, 2010This past Wednesday I presented the work I’ve done so far on the Methodological module. An extremely birds-eye view. Way too broad and unfocused in my opinion. Need to double down now. Methodological module View more presentations from Kelly Nichols.
Thesis design briefs #1, #2
Monday, September 27th, 2010So for the Writing & Research class that I am enrolled in, we are tasked with writing six “design briefs” over the course of the semester. I’ve written two so far. #1 is here; #2 is here.
Presentation – Social Module
Saturday, September 25th, 2010Yesterday (Friday) I presented the research that I’ve done for the “Social Module”. Thesis – Social Module View more presentations from Kelly Nichols.
Jane Vs The Remotes
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010A project that keeps coming back to my mind is one that I saw at the RCA exhibit. Tom Stables’ “Jane Vs The Remotes” is a project about mapping television remote use. As he says, The way most people watch television now could be compared to the gate to my house; it isn’t broken, you [...]
Assistive technology matrix
Saturday, September 18th, 2010I began compiling information on assistive tech such as use, categories, applicability, examples. So far, I’m pulling from one source, Assistive Technology: Essential Human Factors by Thomas King. Here’s the first version.
Starting to dig in at Bobst
Friday, September 17th, 2010I made my first trip of the semester to the Bobst library at NYU. It certainly won’t be the last. I like working in libraries. My mind actually stays on task. I split my time there in two parts. At first I was simply searching through the book holdings using terms like “prosthetics” and “assistive [...]
Mannequin Hunting
Friday, September 17th, 2010Walking by the Paul Smith store on 5th Ave the other day, the window display caught my attention. What I noticed specifically were the hands of the mannequins. They were of a very attractive shape and type of wood. They reminded me of some of the hands that Becky Pilditch had worked with. I decided [...]
Thesis Statement – v1
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010Walking into the second week of the semester, Scott required us to come in with a first draft of our thesis statement. Here is what I have so far: What is the nature of the relationship between an individual and their prosthetic device? There appear two common approaches to prosthetic design: 1) as a visual [...]
OSI – Sex Worker Interactive Fiction
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010A notable project that we began work on – but were unable to complete – while I was with SWAN was an interactive fiction tool aimed at shedding light on the realities of the lives of sex workers and they way they are depicted by the news media. Our idea was to create a format where [...]