To say the least our Thursday afternoon critique lended itself to a great deal of discussion about interface; what it is, what it is not and what the possibilities of interjecting in this "said" or "said not" interface could be. It was productive, not in the way that we all got a pat on the back and a "job well done", but in a way that expanded our individual thinking and the collective conversation on interface. Which is a good thing, considering that we are working with the concept all semester long.
Here is the video I promised:
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January 16, 2009
January 15, 2009
Spring09 / P1 / After much consideration on Interface...
I have decided to shift the focus of my interface project. I am intrigued with my other before-mentioned ideas but ran into a few road blocks. For the camera interface project I was having a difficult time determining how the "thing" would be displayed on critique day and decided to shelve it as a idea to consider in the future. The tactile email interface idea, come to find out, was not totally fitting the parameters of the first project (another idea to shelve for future exploration). So now, after much interface consideration, I am about to step into a critique with my new exploration. Let me give you a brief description:
The space that lies between ourselves and the natural world is our very own perception. Those perceptions that we are peering through, as an interface, control what we see, what we think and how we relate to the world around us. I am attempting to alter and play with the way an individual may perceive a scenic spot, interjecting in the interface between our minds and the world.
More specifically I am encouraging the individual to consider the world as art, the brushstrokes of nature and the beauty that encompasses. The large, transparent, smart tablet sign allows the viewer to capture those brushstrokes in their own unique way then deliver their masterpiece as a virtual postcard.
I will post feedback and a movie after critique. We will see how it goes.
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The space that lies between ourselves and the natural world is our very own perception. Those perceptions that we are peering through, as an interface, control what we see, what we think and how we relate to the world around us. I am attempting to alter and play with the way an individual may perceive a scenic spot, interjecting in the interface between our minds and the world.
More specifically I am encouraging the individual to consider the world as art, the brushstrokes of nature and the beauty that encompasses. The large, transparent, smart tablet sign allows the viewer to capture those brushstrokes in their own unique way then deliver their masterpiece as a virtual postcard.
I will post feedback and a movie after critique. We will see how it goes.
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January 12, 2009
Spring09 / P1 / Interfacing with Interface
Our first project in Studio this semester (the warm up project) encourages us to explore possibilities with interface by "intervening in an existing interface to reconfigure the condition of contact." The "condition of contact" being the space between two entities and the way they interact. And did I mention that it is due on Thursday, so this is a quicky. While I started off with many ideas such as a floor mat in your bathroom that collects, records and stores your health data, I have narrowed it down to two.
1. Camera interfacing with surroundings, subject and the environment
A camera already collects and tags image with info about camera settings and time of day. What if we added much more sophisticated automatic tagging capabilities? Such as: GPS locations, temperature, weather, lighting, tides, moon phases, events, directional recognition (NSEW) as well as color, landmark and facial recognition.
These capabilities could enhance the way we sort and search our images and ultimately allow for greater capabilities in the way we document our lives.
A number of photographers currently use keyword and tagging systems that allow for sorting and searching capabilities. However, these operations are done manually. We already have the technology to pinpoint gps locations, from here the camera could collect geographic information such as name of city, weather conditions, temperature, moon phases, tides (if applicable), etc. Upon uploading images you can view tagged metadata and choose to deny or alter certain tags to customize.
Example:
Standing on the beach on the west coast of Florida I am taking a picture of my sister at sunset. The camera can pick up and record my GPS location from here it determines that I am on a beach and based on the time of day and the current sunrise and sunset charts that I am facing East at the time of sunset. It is May and the temperature is 79 degrees at that moment in time with partly cloudy skies. My images will be tag with these things:
Boca Grande, FL
7:12 p.m.
island
beach
sunset
79 degrees
Partly Cloudy
Low Tide
¼ moon
yellow
orange
red
pink
purple
blue
Caitlin Maxcy (my sister)
2. Individual interfacing with email in a more natural way
Purpose: To allow the electronic mail process to mimic characteristics of the physical mail experience.
The way we currently “work” with email seems rather counter intuitive and unnatural. It is removed from our natural, physical mail behaviors. Why don’t we bring back in some of the tactile elements as well as collecting and sorting methods that we are familiar within our current schema of physical mail.
The system would be much more visual and tactile.
Characteristics of mail:
Tactile
Handwritten messages
Retrieved from Mail box
Collected and posted (invitations, cards, announcements, etc.)
Anticipation when opening a card or invitation
Can easily see direct mail and make quick judgment on whether to save or toss.
Sorted into piles of personal, bills, forwards, junk, etc.
Bills are sorted into trays to pay all at once.
Emotional Characteristics of the physical process:
Anticipation
Excitement
Sense of accomplishment
(Could have a recycle function where all “trashed” emails could make up a piece of art.)
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1. Camera interfacing with surroundings, subject and the environment
A camera already collects and tags image with info about camera settings and time of day. What if we added much more sophisticated automatic tagging capabilities? Such as: GPS locations, temperature, weather, lighting, tides, moon phases, events, directional recognition (NSEW) as well as color, landmark and facial recognition.
These capabilities could enhance the way we sort and search our images and ultimately allow for greater capabilities in the way we document our lives.
A number of photographers currently use keyword and tagging systems that allow for sorting and searching capabilities. However, these operations are done manually. We already have the technology to pinpoint gps locations, from here the camera could collect geographic information such as name of city, weather conditions, temperature, moon phases, tides (if applicable), etc. Upon uploading images you can view tagged metadata and choose to deny or alter certain tags to customize.
Example:
Standing on the beach on the west coast of Florida I am taking a picture of my sister at sunset. The camera can pick up and record my GPS location from here it determines that I am on a beach and based on the time of day and the current sunrise and sunset charts that I am facing East at the time of sunset. It is May and the temperature is 79 degrees at that moment in time with partly cloudy skies. My images will be tag with these things:
Boca Grande, FL
7:12 p.m.
island
beach
sunset
79 degrees
Partly Cloudy
Low Tide
¼ moon
yellow
orange
red
pink
purple
blue
Caitlin Maxcy (my sister)
2. Individual interfacing with email in a more natural way
Purpose: To allow the electronic mail process to mimic characteristics of the physical mail experience.
The way we currently “work” with email seems rather counter intuitive and unnatural. It is removed from our natural, physical mail behaviors. Why don’t we bring back in some of the tactile elements as well as collecting and sorting methods that we are familiar within our current schema of physical mail.
The system would be much more visual and tactile.
Characteristics of mail:
Tactile
Handwritten messages
Retrieved from Mail box
Collected and posted (invitations, cards, announcements, etc.)
Anticipation when opening a card or invitation
Can easily see direct mail and make quick judgment on whether to save or toss.
Sorted into piles of personal, bills, forwards, junk, etc.
Bills are sorted into trays to pay all at once.
Emotional Characteristics of the physical process:
Anticipation
Excitement
Sense of accomplishment
(Could have a recycle function where all “trashed” emails could make up a piece of art.)
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January 8, 2009
To start things off...
...my apologies, this is my very first blog (believe it or not). Don't get me wrong, I have been reading blogs since back when they were musing of serious writers and have continued to read them into the age of "mommy" blogs. But I had always resisted taking that step into the blogging world. I am not a serious (or even good) writer, and I am not a mommy with pictures, videos and those hilarious stories that bring you to tears to post of my superstar children. What could I even begin to write that one would ever want to read. And then they said it, we have to keep a blog in graduate school. Which leads me back to my apologies. Quite out of character for myself I am starting this blog without reading, researching and analyzing ever other design blog out there. I am throwing caution to the wind (at least my version of that) and jumping right on into this.
So what will you find in this blog? Well, I haven't really established this yet. I know that you will encounter grammatical errors, but in addition I think I am going to post my graduate work, maybe a bit of my musings about my graduate school experience... and that is all I have for now (stay tuned).
Who is my audience? You and a little bit me but, let's face it, mostly my mom (Hi, Mom! I apologize that this blog won't be as entertaining as the other "mommy" blogs you read, but I know that you'll bear with me, I am your daughter).
Signing off (do people do that?)
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So what will you find in this blog? Well, I haven't really established this yet. I know that you will encounter grammatical errors, but in addition I think I am going to post my graduate work, maybe a bit of my musings about my graduate school experience... and that is all I have for now (stay tuned).
Who is my audience? You and a little bit me but, let's face it, mostly my mom (Hi, Mom! I apologize that this blog won't be as entertaining as the other "mommy" blogs you read, but I know that you'll bear with me, I am your daughter).
Signing off (do people do that?)
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