Readings Why We Need Things I really enjoyed this article because i’m interested in people’s relationships with objects. My idea for a project was to catalogue everything I own and the story behind the object. Living in NYC, I feel like most people don’t own a lot because of the small living spaces and having …
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Sep 20
Week 3 Readings
Why We Need Things, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi With our own evolution comes an “increasing dependence on objects for survival and comfort” (Csikszentmihalyi, 1993). In this essay the author presents objects, which we often don’t even think about, as being dangerous. Although they are man-made, they are not necessarily under our control. They begin to take on …
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Sep 14
Readings Week Two
Until I now I didn’t realize how important it is to do mock ups of your work. My first realization of this was during bootcamp when I had to build a new website. When building my first artist portfolio I kind of just wingged it and went with the flow. It was so much easier …
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Sep 14
reading response week2
What do Prototypes Prototype? Stephanie Houde and Charles Hill Apple Computer, Inc. Cupertino, CA, USA s.houde@ix.netcom.com, hillc@ix.netcom.com A Prototype of design is that we put draft, idea, layout and other considerations outlined in this stage, so that communication between the developer and user become more related. It is essential for developer to understand what exactly …
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Sep 07
reading response week1
“Why the future doesn’t need us.” The author discloses some of the future potential crisises that we need to consider. However, these concerns seem to lack a full consideration of different aspects of human society. There is never a threat that can match humans themselves. The Human race has a long way to go before …
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Sep 07
Reading Week 1
Response To: Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us “It might be argued that the human race would never be foolish enough to hand over all the power to the machines.” After this statement the article goes into saying that we would not willing hand over our freedom or allow an uprise of artificial intelligence. Yet, …
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