Category: Student Work

So, I’m writing this as I’m listening to the talk for the second time, and I will probably need to watch it for the third time to be able to completely grasp the critical points in this talk, but here’s what really resonated with me. Firstly, I believe Kay’s talk evolved mainly around the notion …

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This inspiration is from ocean. Some kinds of fish can be fluorescent in dark, deep in ocean, coz their squama holds chemical substance. I bought ULTRA-Green/Red Phosphor online try to make something can be see in dark. I also got an idea from a night lamp( You may see the picture below). The goal: a dancing fish in …

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Alan C. Kay, redraws our perspective in this small introduction to the computer revolution. He points out every important, mayor shift instance, where the printing press was being adopted. The long stretches of time that it took for humans to develop more innovative technologies and ways of thinking. I want to hope that Moore’s law …

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Phone Charging Mailbox One of the first interfaces that caught my eye was in the radio shake area. They reused a mailroom mailbox set and turned it into a cell phone charging area. People can plug their phone in, lock the door, and leave without worrying about their phone. People always have problems with their …

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I believe the main point made by Donal Norman in this passage dealt with “Intuitiveness”. He breaks open the notion of products and interfaces being “Intuitive” and puts it in the context of everyday use of objects. A very important remark made in the passage which was kind of an undertone, was the priority of …

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Singing Car This was a project that immediately grabbed my attention and I just had to put it on here.  It is taking the traditional interface of an object we use everyday and putting a spin on it, changing its purpose. I thought it was a good example of how we can start thinking about …

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Vertical Theory Another project I was not surprisingly intrigued by was vertical farming.  Coming from a landscape architecture background, vertical farming was an idea that would constantly pop up time and time again. There will come a point in time where this will be absolutely necessary – with the growing human population food is becoming …

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Handy Chair I found these to be interesting interfaces because the purpose is to create safe, functional, low-cost vehicles to promote wheelchair user dependence. There was a sign that said something like, “we will all end up in a wheelchair someday,” which I do not necessarily agree with but the fact is many people do.  …

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This is a fish lamp-chimney. And this is an accident. At first, I did not think this project can be a lamp-chimney. I tried to make a fish face hat for taking photos. Still pretend to be a fish( Waring the fish face hat) in crowd. What is the difference between you and others? You …

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