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Wearables: Pattern Making and Mock Up
After making small paper and mylar mockups, I started a couple weeks back on designing a full size prototype. I’ve never created a pattern before and while Teresa walked me through the basics, I had to improvise a bit because … Continue reading
Temp Expert: Undersea Wireless Research
Found this really interesting article about how some students in Buffalo are developing a way to communicate wireless underwater. At the moment, most research institutes still use sound waves and radio signals. “The reason for developing underwater wireless Internet isn’t … Continue reading
RWET: Assignment 4
Today was the day I had to confront the very beginner like nature of my python coding skills. Primarily because the assignment was to adapt a previous form of code that we had written and change the repeating parts into … Continue reading
Temp Expert: Communicating with Coral
After my unsure feelings and branching out last week, I took some time to re-visit all the different ideas that I’ve had so far for the project. What I landed on was that I’ve been unsure about how to deal … Continue reading
RWET: Assignment 3
I have to say, I feel like this is the first time since I’ve gotten to ITP that I’ve actually understood APIs and JSON. That being said, I wanted to make sure I could actually get some data to work … Continue reading
Temp Expert: Possible Variant Paths
Since my presentation, I’ve been exploring some ideas that had come out while during my research but hadn’t quite made it into the current project idea that I have. I started by looking at inter-coral communication and the idea of … Continue reading
Temp Expert: Making Museums Moral Again
“When the artists go, resistance goes, and rebellion is the foundation of interesting art and a moral life.” I was skimming the recently assigned article (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/arts/design/making-museums-moral-again.html?_r=0), very intrigued. For one, I used to think my path lay in museum studies. … Continue reading
Wearables, Wk 8: Park and Prototypes
PARK USER TESTING: Last class last week, Despina gave me the advice to stop fussing over construction and to take one of the prototypes out for a test spin in a public place. So, today I went to Washington Square … Continue reading
RWET: Midterm
I like form. I find constraint to be an interesting mechanism for producing art, producing results we often could not have come up with consciously. That being said, the use of form has often directly related to ideas of personal … Continue reading
Temp Expert: Ceramic Coral Reef
Hey, look at this cool ceramic coral project: http://pbsdigitalstudios.tumblr.com/post/141446601780/itscolossal-new-ceramic-coral-reefs-by-courtney