Mani Nilchiani

Geek, designer, coffee drinker and MFA DT enthusiast.

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  1. Final Project: Presentation / Round two — 4 comments
  2. Presentation: “Twhat?” mashup — 1 comments

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Final Project Website + Documentation Video

This is a quick website presenting my Major Studio Final Project “The Conflict Room” http://mani-art.com/conflictroom/ Also the video is available here:

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Final Presentation

Final Presentation : The Conflict Room // by Mani Nilchiani

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Final Project: Presentation / Round two

presentation

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Final Project Proposals

Please find two proposals attached. http://interface2011.coin-operated.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Cafe-Due.pdf http://interface2011.coin-operated.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Conflict-room.pdf

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Final project proposal: Conscience Dispenser

This project is a paper towel dispenser that measures and reflects how many trees you are consuming by using each paper towel. The project proposal PDF is attached. The conscience dispenser  

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Final project proposal: Due it!

Due it is an unforgiving memo pad application that punishes you if you procrastinate your task! Project proposal PDF is attached. Due it Proposal

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Team Aterisk: Instruction set for strangers, Presentation round Three

OK folks, here’s our 3rd presentation. We think we’re now closer to our finalized idea more than ever. Will take it for a test run this week and post more as we go. Get the presentation PDF here.

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Commentary on “The social life of small urban spaces”

The first thing that caught my attention was  that it is in fact harder to construct dysfunctional public spaces. Zoning, designing policies, new guidelines and rules are just abstract documents without careful observation of human interaction with his surroundings. The case of the playground chosen by kids at east Harlem serves as an excellent example …

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Presentation: “Twhat?” mashup

Prototype presentation: “Twhat?” Software-software mashup using Google Maps and Twitter.

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Commentary on “Cultural Probes”

Johan Huizinga, Dutch historian and one of the founders of modern cultural history has advocated the importance of “play” element of culture and society. In the foreword of his 1938 book titled “Homo Ludens” or “Man the Player” he suggests that “play is primary to and a necessary (though not sufficient) condition of the generation …

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