Geek, designer, coffee drinker and MFA DT enthusiast.
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Mani Nilchiani
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Oct 10
Biggest drawing in the world.
So I had this idea, to provide a participant or multiple participants with GPS transmitters, and assign them to a certain route to make a drawing, statement or a mark on the map, in large scale. As I was looking for precedence, I stumbled upon a march much larger scale of the same idea carried …
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Oct 05
Scrapyard Challenge Writeup
I started with taking a radio apart, in an attempt to be able to use analog switches to create variable inputs. I began testing for outputs with the multimeter which did not succeed. Then I took an old joystick apart and used buttons to create a variety of different notes. At the same time, Brian …
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Sep 28
Mashup example
I just stumbled upon this mashup in Design Taxi’s newsletter, featuring Mad Men’s Don Draper presenting Facebook’s Timeline. http://designtaxi.com/news/350687/Mad-Men-s-Don-Draper-Presents-Facebook-Timeline/
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Sep 28
Commentary on “Harnessing the Power of Feedback Loops”
Firstly, I should confess that I am absolutely amazed by the close correlation of cognitive psychology and design practice. The deeper I dig into design process, theory and successful examples, the more I find out that before getting hands dirty, sketching up cool and slick ideas and appealing interfaces, one should carry out a thorough …
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Sep 26
Commentary on 1+1+1 = 1
Mashups take materials out of their place, put the in another place, mix them with other materials to produce a synthetic, unique, yet familiar sound. The notion of “displacing” and “Familiarity” play key roles in the aesthetics of mashups. The instant feeling of awe, hearing the vocal from your favorite song on top of some …
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Sep 26
Commentary on the “Grey Album”
I believe, there’s a limit to how much you can modify and tweak your raw material, how far you can take it, and still be able to call your work “Mashup”. Judging by common sense, I would say that as long as one does not modify the raw materials as much as they bear no …
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