I really enjoyed reading this. As I’ve always been in search of what does it mean to design something and what’s the real difference between good vs bad design. It was wonderful to read his assessment on how doors and switches are actually badly designed at times. Because in his observation, when there needs to …
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Sep 19
Day 6: 7-in-7
recording1 Day 6: Sound I continued with my theme of mapping, and since my day mostly consisted of maker faire I decided to capture the sounds that I heard there as my mapping project for this day. This is something unconventional for me since I have never really played around with sound before, and it …
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Sep 19
7 in 7: Day 5: Robot Speakers
When I was at Maker Faire I found these awesome little speakers in one of their trash picking areas. I attached them to an old pair of headphones so I can use the AUX to hook them up to my computer.The body is made from an empty trader joe’s coffee can. My constraint was to …
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Sep 19
7in7 # 2 Voice in Water
Sound propagation in different frequencies can get different media. In air, the same voice may goes this way, but in water, it may be quite different. Pretend you a are fish. How does a fish hear a voice in water? I tried to make a mock voice sounds it is diffusing in water. The big environment — …
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Sep 19
7in7 ＃1 Writing/Drawing Board
Using excrescent delivery packing paper case and pushpins to make a Writing and Drawing Board. It is very easy to get what you want to write and draw with colorful plastic cord. It is easy to get all materials, including excrescent delivery packing paper box, 3boxes of pushpins, plastic cords, seccotine and plastic foam( use it to fix up pushpins …
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Sep 19
Reading Commentary Week #3: Alan Kay: The Computer Revolution hasn’t happend yet
I can’t really relate to this article, perhaps Alan Kay is way too evolved for me to follow. He’s a brilliant computer scientist and also has a background in biology, from what I understand. In terms of the language of programming, I really have no opinion. My background has been in retail math and graphic …
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Sep 19
5/7 debussy audiovisualisation
audiovisualisation of debussy’s arabesque in openframeworks: The darker blue circles pulsate in time with the music, while the smaller grey, white and dark grey circles slowly spin outwards to form a spiral loop. A path is drawn in the shape of a circle as well, with the circle growing larger and larger in concetric lines. …
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Sep 19
4/7 poupeegirl multiple exposure
I’m pretty addicted to a game called Poupeegirl, and have been playing for over 2 years. It’s not very popular in US, although it has a huge market in general overseas and in Japan. They not only have collaborations with idols, but also with Nitendo (there’s a DS as well as a 3DS game), fashion …
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Sep 19
3/7 Eggtastic Eggction Comics (Matrix)
Eggtastic Eggction Comics (Matrix version). Vaguely inspired by Vladmir Putin Action Comics, although admittedly this is probably my own special brand of crazy…. also I was at trader joe’s that day, and they had a tray of eggs for 1.17! rejoice!
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Sep 19
2/7 PostModern Art Sticker
Meet the postmodern art sticker!! It automatically ‘creates’ a piece of art when you stick it on any object. Here’s an example by Marisa: Basically you fill up the title, add your name, stick it to any random object and turn it into a gallery piece with this handy dandy postmodern art sticker. I was …
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