http://www.mmmikeyt.com mikeyt Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:07:55 +0000 http://www.mmmikeyt.com en http://www.mmmikeyt.com/the-door http://www.mmmikeyt.com/following/mmmikeyt.com/the-door Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:07:55 +0000 mikeyt 182614 CLASS: visual narrative TERM: fall 08 I created this piece as a visual response to E.B. White's short story, "The Door." I ended up creating different visual cues as the story progressed, resulting in a linear narrative poster that spanned approx. 8ft long. To view the poster in full detail, please download the pdf, here. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/182614/web DSC_0553.jpg" width="670" height="448" width_o="896" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/182614/web DSC_0553_o.jpg" data-mid="783227" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/182614/The Doorito.jpg" width="670" height="58" width_o="2048" height_o="180" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/182614/The Doorito_o.jpg" data-mid="781986" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.mmmikeyt.com/contrasting-compositions http://www.mmmikeyt.com/following/mmmikeyt.com/contrasting-compositions Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:07:46 +0000 mikeyt 64627 CLASS: communication design TERM: fall 08 Poster design for a mock guided walking tour of downtown Los Angeles architecture. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/64627/contrasting compositions.jpg" width="411" height="600" width_o="411" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/64627/contrasting compositions_o.jpg" data-mid="274168" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/64627/close up.jpg" width="600" height="381" width_o="600" height_o="381" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/64627/close up_o.jpg" data-mid="274760" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/64627/real world 1.jpg" width="399" height="600" width_o="399" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/64627/real world 1_o.jpg" data-mid="274572" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/64627/real world 2.jpg" width="399" height="600" width_o="399" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/64627/real world 2_o.jpg" data-mid="274574" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.mmmikeyt.com/garbage-patch http://www.mmmikeyt.com/following/mmmikeyt.com/garbage-patch Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:07:43 +0000 mikeyt 182552 CLASS: information design TERM: spring 09 In this class, we had to choose a specific topic to create a project about. I chose to do a project on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. For those who don't know about the garbage patch, it is a large vortex in the Pacific Ocean that contains much of the earths excessive pollution. Plastic trash, in particular. There are many different facts about the garbage patch, but I chose to focus mainly on the fact that in some places of the Pacific, plastic outnumbers plankton six to one. I wanted to show this ratio in a way that would mimic that number physically. I wanted to create a space that would show the viewer just what it was like to go through something of that ratio. Therefore, I decided to work with hanging paper streamers. I chose to work with this material because of its physical characteristics. It tends to flow a little like water as people walked through or as the wind blew. The color choices represented plastic and plankton. The blue represented plastic and the yellow, plankton. The end resulted in a piece that flowed much like water as people walked through. The piece itself got a lot of different reactions. In the end it worked enough for most to take a second to read the graphic poster in the middle of the piece. Even though it was somewhat successful, I have a list of ideas on how to evolve it. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/182552/web_DSC9590.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="902" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/182552/web_DSC9590_o.jpg" data-mid="781745" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/182552/web_DSC9592.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="902" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/182552/web_DSC9592_o.jpg" data-mid="781748" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/182552/web_DSC9632.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="902" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/182552/web_DSC9632_o.jpg" data-mid="781749" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/182552/web_DSC9633.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="902" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/182552/web_DSC9633_o.jpg" data-mid="781750" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/182552/web_DSC9642.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="902" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/182552/web_DSC9642_o.jpg" data-mid="781751" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/182552/web_DSC9646.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="902" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/182552/web_DSC9646_o.jpg" data-mid="781752" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/182552/web_DSC9661.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="902" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/182552/web_DSC9661_o.jpg" data-mid="781753" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.mmmikeyt.com/revitalize-the-city http://www.mmmikeyt.com/following/mmmikeyt.com/revitalize-the-city Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:07:39 +0000 mikeyt 179778 CLASS: people knowing TERM: fall 09 GROUP PARTNERS: julianne weiss, sue yang For this project we were asked to create an intervention that asks a community to express their perspective around a subject or topic area. This topic had to involve some sort of threshold. Our final decision for the threshold revolved around the idea of escaping the "real world" by entering a new environment. We chose the community of Runyon Canyon Park to run a series of investigative probes, which further aided in creating a design proposal. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/small IMG_0742.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/small IMG_0742_o.jpg" data-mid="773048" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/small IMG_0752.jpg" width="670" height="403" width_o="997" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/small IMG_0752_o.jpg" data-mid="773049" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/small_DSC6227.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="902" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/small_DSC6227_o.jpg" data-mid="773050" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/small_DSC6246.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="902" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/small_DSC6246_o.jpg" data-mid="773051" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/small_DSC6261.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="902" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/small_DSC6261_o.jpg" data-mid="773052" border="0" align="left"/> These studies have brought us to three major conclusions: --Los Angeles inhabitants are starved for a sense of belonging and cohesiveness. Most suggestions were based Downtown or in Hollywood; LA clearly lacks a city center and this strongly impacts the residents. --People feel at ease amongst wildlife --A great number of people imagined mixing and matching natural elements. They want the sense of escape to be ever present and accessible. In response to these findings, we propose an integration of natural elements with the current urban landscape of Los Angeles. We have designed a large scale, hanging garden to be installed on the building facades Downtown. Glass “window boxes” will be mounted to the sides of existing buildings. They will fluctuate in size from 3’ x 5’ to 10’ x 15’ (or perhaps larger) and should be planted with three varieties of hanging vines. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/sue building_1.jpg" width="361" height="600" width_o="361" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/sue building_1_o.jpg" data-mid="773221" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/sue vines_1.jpg" width="338" height="600" width_o="338" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/sue vines_1_o.jpg" data-mid="773222" border="0" align="left"/> To finalize the project we produced a 30 page book which showed our process and conclusion. (click here to download a pdf version of the book shown below) <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs.jpg" width="388" height="600" width_o="388" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs_o.jpg" data-mid="772576" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs2.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs2_o.jpg" data-mid="772577" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs3.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs3_o.jpg" data-mid="772578" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs4.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs4_o.jpg" data-mid="772579" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs5.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs5_o.jpg" data-mid="772580" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs6.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs6_o.jpg" data-mid="772581" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs7.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs7_o.jpg" data-mid="772582" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs8.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs8_o.jpg" data-mid="772583" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs9.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs9_o.jpg" data-mid="772584" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs10.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs10_o.jpg" data-mid="772585" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs11.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs11_o.jpg" data-mid="772586" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs12.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs12_o.jpg" data-mid="772587" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs13.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs13_o.jpg" data-mid="772588" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs14.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs14_o.jpg" data-mid="772590" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs15.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs15_o.jpg" data-mid="772591" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs16.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/People Knowing Book_julesrev_ jepeggggs16_o.jpg" data-mid="772592" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/web_DSC6326.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/web_DSC6326_o.jpg" data-mid="778419" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/web_DSC6330.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/web_DSC6330_o.jpg" data-mid="778420" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/web_DSC6331.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/web_DSC6331_o.jpg" data-mid="778422" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/web_DSC6332.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/web_DSC6332_o.jpg" data-mid="778423" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/web_DSC6333.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/web_DSC6333_o.jpg" data-mid="778424" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/web_DSC6335.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179778/web_DSC6335_o.jpg" data-mid="778425" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.mmmikeyt.com/getting-to-know-you http://www.mmmikeyt.com/following/mmmikeyt.com/getting-to-know-you Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:07:36 +0000 mikeyt 181903 CLASS: people knowing TERM: fall 09 GROUP PARTNERS: jiha hwang, yuin chien This is a series of three projects that helped us better understand how to engage with people as a source to provoke, inspire and inform design. We utilized the ideas of intervening in spaces to try to make people interact with our projects. 1. Supplied with some tape, plastic arrows, bubble wrap, light bulb and an on/off remote system, we created our first intervention; a very low tech contraption. Our goal was to simply get people to pop the bubble wrap as they walked down the hallway. As they stepped upon the bubble wrap, we would remotely trigger the light to turn on. Everyone thought they had direct control over the light bulb.... (suckers!) What we learned: --The immediate cause and effect of the pop to the light often intrigued people even though it was such a simple trick. --Often times people are more likely to stop at our intervention if they are traveling in groups. --When people gather around the intervention, those passing by become intrigued and tend to at least give a look, if not try it out for themselves. --After interacting with the object, people get an urge to figure out how it works. --The location has a lot to do with things. Because it was in a hallway of an Art School, people often walked around the intervention, not wanting to mess up the project. 2. A further iteration of the bubble wrap project. We stuck with the idea of having something that people could walk across but added another layer. We sought out to see if people would be willing to answer a simple survey. Our survey consisted of white roll paper and some colored chalk. We set up at the entrance to a building, posing the question "How many hours of sleep did you get?" A few feet past that question banner, were three answers, "0-3 hrs, 3-6 hrs, 6+ hrs." Our intention was for people to walk through the chalk and across the paper to mark their answers. As more walked through, we began to see the sum of their answers quantified as a two dimensional visual form. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/181903/_DSC5217.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="902" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/181903/_DSC5217_o.jpg" data-mid="780248" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/181903/_DSC5218.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="902" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/181903/_DSC5218_o.jpg" data-mid="780249" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/181903/_DSC5219_2.jpg" width="296" height="445" width_o="296" height_o="445" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/181903/_DSC5219_2_o.jpg" data-mid="780258" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/181903/_DSC5221.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="902" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/181903/_DSC5221_o.jpg" data-mid="780251" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/181903/_DSC5222.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="902" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/181903/_DSC5222_o.jpg" data-mid="780252" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/181903/_DSC5226.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="902" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/181903/_DSC5226_o.jpg" data-mid="780254" border="0" align="left"/> What we learned: --We first set up our project sans-colored footprints. A lot of people did not get the connection between the posed question and the answers. After watching people miss this step, we printed out the foot prints in hopes that it would give more affordance to the piece. The results were positive. --Location, yet again has a lot to do with things. Two location related problems arose with this intervention. One, the piece was in a space with traffic going in two directions. We only accounted for one. We quickly realized that the people coming out of the building were puzzled as to what the project was about, only to realize after they had already crossed it. Two, the project was set up on the wrong side of the path. In the United States, people generally stay to the right side of a pathway, similar to the driving laws. We were on the left. We believe that if we had set it up on the opposite side, we would have gotten better results. --The people who knew what was going on before they crossed the paper, were usually happy to give their answer. We designed it in a way that it was a quick and easy thing for them to do, which took little time away from their busy schedule. 3. The third and final execution built upon our knowledge of the previous two interventions. For one thing, we made sure to cover our location issues. This time, the intervention was accessible from both sides, and spread across the whole hallway. This really gave them no choice but to venture through. We began adding a little more advanced/higher technology into the mix, while still maintaining a relatively low tech piece. We kept with the idea of asking a basic question, but this time the answers would change after 10 minutes. We also added a tally system, so that when people walked through, they would be able to see the numbers change in real time. This would be likened to the visual quantification of the hours slept by use of chalk and paper. On top of that, we also had a audio motion sensor lined up with the threshold for feedback to the user, telling them that they had done something by crossing that point. Similar to how the bubble wrap pops. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/181903/WDYP 1.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/181903/WDYP 1_o.jpg" data-mid="780300" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/181903/WDYP 2.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/181903/WDYP 2_o.jpg" data-mid="780301" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/181903/WDYP 3.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/181903/WDYP 3_o.jpg" data-mid="780302" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/181903/WDYP 4.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="800" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/181903/WDYP 4_o.jpg" data-mid="780303" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/181903/WDYP 5.jpg" width="334" height="445" width_o="334" height_o="445" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/181903/WDYP 5_o.jpg" data-mid="780304" border="0" align="left"/> (please note: our original intentions were to project the numbers on the walls to the left of the images, but due to technical difficulties with the projector, we had to resort to using a laptop monitor.) What we learned: --This further enforces the fact that people enjoy seeing instant feedback from something that they did. --Groups! People in groups of two or more are more likely to interact with an object than those rolling solo. --With that said, those venturing alone will still often pause if someone else around them does as well. It's human nature to "rubber-neck." --Audio acknowledgment helps feed the curiosity of the user. http://www.mmmikeyt.com/david-bowen-vs-mikey-tnasuttimonkol http://www.mmmikeyt.com/following/mmmikeyt.com/david-bowen-vs-mikey-tnasuttimonkol Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:07:35 +0000 mikeyt 179708 CLASS: authoring critical media TERM: fall 09 ASSIGNMENT: 2 (this project goes along with authoring critical media assignment 1) "Design Dialogues is a speaker series embedded within our weekly colloquium. Each term, guest curator/s invite provocateurs from the worlds of design, art, academia, and technology to share their work and engage in direct discussion with students." Students in this class were asked to record guest speakers utilizing a variety of mediums. They were then asked to use the recorded material to create a designed communication that functions as a commentary on that lecture. The design could take on any form of media and had to communicate enough about the original to provide an uninitiated reader with insight into the lecture. Students were also asked to get 'under the skin' of what the presenter discussed, and develop a critical, conceptual response to the it. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/0-1 Cover.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/0-1 Cover_o.jpg" data-mid="778652" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/2-3.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/2-3_o.jpg" data-mid="778653" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/4-5.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/4-5_o.jpg" data-mid="778654" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/6-7.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/6-7_o.jpg" data-mid="778655" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/8-9.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/8-9_o.jpg" data-mid="778656" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/10-11.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/10-11_o.jpg" data-mid="778657" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/12-13.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/12-13_o.jpg" data-mid="778658" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/14-15.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/14-15_o.jpg" data-mid="778659" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/16-17.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/16-17_o.jpg" data-mid="778660" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/18-19.jpg" width="670" height="518" width_o="776" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/18-19_o.jpg" data-mid="778661" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/web_DSC6336.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/web_DSC6336_o.jpg" data-mid="778611" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/web_DSC6337.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/web_DSC6337_o.jpg" data-mid="778613" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/web_DSC6338.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/web_DSC6338_o.jpg" data-mid="778614" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/web_DSC6339.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/web_DSC6339_o.jpg" data-mid="778615" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/web_DSC6340.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/web_DSC6340_o.jpg" data-mid="778617" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/web_DSC6342.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/web_DSC6342_o.jpg" data-mid="778620" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/web_DSC6343.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179708/web_DSC6343_o.jpg" data-mid="778621" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.mmmikeyt.com/audio-graffiti http://www.mmmikeyt.com/following/mmmikeyt.com/audio-graffiti Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:07:33 +0000 mikeyt 179613 CLASS: productive interaction TERM: fall 09 "This project explores the integration of the physical environment with the media environment through the limited palette of one physical sensor and one media effector. Using the concepts of productive information exploration and behavior design for interactive systems, create a tangible interaction where the audience manipulates a single knob and observes a video display OR listens to audio (only one medium is allowed). By interacting with a system that has a designed behavior, the user should create a productive interaction experience that explores a specific information space. This project serves two purposes. First, it explores productive interaction through the lens of designed behavior. Second, it introduces the design domain of tangible interaction, where interaction moves off the computer screen and into embodied, tangible content and interactions in the physical world." Given these guidelines, I set out to create something that was fun and playful. I found it difficult to think of ideas that weren't so obvious in the way one would use a knob/potentiometer. After many brainstorms and countless hours, I found inspiration through a referenced project involving audio play. "Singing Sock Puppets," by Matthew Irvine Brown, created a playful musical instrument out of something that is somewhat ordinary. The idea of using an everyday object in an unexpected way was one of the key features that I enjoyed the most. The second thing that I really liked, was the ability for the user to dictate their own outcome. Then, I came up with the idea of using an aerosol spray paint can as an audio player. The general idea would be that when shaken, the audio played was some sort of mixing sound, and when the nozzle were pressed, it played an audio track. The only question then, was if it were possible to create such a thing by only using a potentiometer. With the help of classmate Hunter Sebresos, we came up with the basic engineering of a way to use the knob with a weight to create the proper motion needed for mixing. The rest of the mechanics came with hours of trial and error in the construction process. After finally getting the bugs somewhat worked out, I solidified the theme of the object itself. Having been an avid follower and participant in the art of graffiti, I felt it was only natural to use the spray can in that theme. All of the audio clips have some reference to graffiti. Some of the clips are taken from hip hop songs revolving around the subject and others are taken from a variety of documentaries in which the artists comment about graffiti with their own words. One last key interactive point to this piece is that the amount of times you shake the can, determines which audio clip gets played. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179613/web_DSC6353.jpg" width="398" height="600" width_o="398" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179613/web_DSC6353_o.jpg" data-mid="781451" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179613/web_DSC6354.jpg" width="398" height="600" width_o="398" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179613/web_DSC6354_o.jpg" data-mid="781452" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179613/web_DSC6356.jpg" width="398" height="600" width_o="398" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179613/web_DSC6356_o.jpg" data-mid="781453" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179613/web_DSC6357.jpg" width="398" height="600" width_o="398" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179613/web_DSC6357_o.jpg" data-mid="781454" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179613/web_DSC6359.jpg" width="398" height="600" width_o="398" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179613/web_DSC6359_o.jpg" data-mid="781455" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.mmmikeyt.com/knowlege-archive-e-reader http://www.mmmikeyt.com/following/mmmikeyt.com/knowlege-archive-e-reader Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:07:30 +0000 mikeyt 179609 CLASS: productive interaction TERM: fall 09 GROUP PARTNERS: yuin chien, austin lee, julianne weiss The "Knowledge Archive" is a tool for the avid reader. It is an interactive device for aggregating literature, blog feeds and news content to provide a space for reflective reading. In this space, reading becomes equally important to active reflection. As you browse through content, you may create another level of meaning by writing marginalia and cataloguing inspirational excerpts; meanwhile, the Knowledge Archive dynamically creates a constellation of your reading history and personal thoughts. The e-Reader Interface may even reshape the user's reading habits by giving them the opportunity to contribute their point of view. With the added function of specific Applications, the reader may choose particular modes of organizing and revisiting their catalogued information. For instance, one may choose to drag a series of inspirational text, imagery and margin notes into their "Inspiration Application Bucket". Within the application, the collection is given a cohesive space where users can draw connections and reflect upon their personal reading history. For more detailed information about this project, please visit this site. a few examples of the design. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179609/A2.jpg" width="576" height="360" width_o="576" height_o="360" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179609/A2_o.jpg" data-mid="777681" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179609/blogSmall.jpg" width="575" height="360" width_o="575" height_o="360" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179609/blogSmall_o.jpg" data-mid="777684" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179609/home.jpg" width="360" height="637" width_o="360" height_o="637" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/179609/home_o.jpg" data-mid="777685" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.mmmikeyt.com/The-Momentary http://www.mmmikeyt.com/following/mmmikeyt.com/The-Momentary Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:27:24 +0000 mikeyt 2494242 <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/2494242/Picture 14.png" width="670" height="434" width_o="995" height_o="645" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/2494242/Picture 14_o.png" data-mid="12581910" border="0" align="left"/> The Momentary MFA Thesis Project Media Design Program - Art Center College of Design View project at: themomentary.mikey-t.com http://www.mmmikeyt.com/look-think-write http://www.mmmikeyt.com/following/mmmikeyt.com/look-think-write Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:11:01 +0000 mikeyt 365247 CLASS: new ecology of things TERM: spring 10 GROUP PARTNERS: jae kim, julianne weiss This project should rethink how people learn, applying the ideas of New Ecology of Things, including productive, embodied, and mythological interaction. The project must incorporate some kind of distributed computation, where multiple, interactive objects and/or spaces compose the whole project. This should involve remote sensors, effectors or other parts of system accessed through the network. LOOK THINK WRITE is an authoring system for emerging screenwriters. Through this workspace, writers may incorporate visual, textural and sensory media with script, in the brainstorming process and amongst each other. This is especially useful in a classroom setting, where a group of people must communicate an idea. Inspirational imagery and sensory elements may be exchanged to inform that conversation. Partners, Jules, Jae and I created a system for those who are learning how to be a screenwriter. Our system consisted of four different artifacts; the writer's notebook, the blocks, the snifters, and the swatch & material book. During the development of the system design, we followed the steps in which screenwriter's typically work. We began with the brainstorming. Our first device comes in form of the writer's notebook. This device is actually an insert that will fit in any notebook form regardless of size and make. Writers tend to be loyal to their brand, so we took this into consideration. The device is constructed of e-paper, and also has image, video and sound capturing capabilities. The idea behind this device is that you could just slip it into the back of your notebook. Whatever you write on the physical pages, gets recorded on the e-paper. Your physical handwriting is immediately digitized and sent into the "cloud," to be accessed at a later time. Let's say you're walking down the street, and see an alleyway that is perfect inspiration for a scene you're writing. Well, all you'd have to do is pull out your notebook, and flip it open to the device in the back, and capture it. You can capture either a still image, or video with audio. This too is immediately sent into the cloud for you to view at a later moment, as this device is solely for capturing, audio, video, imagery, or your notes. Once you get back to your workspace. The captured information flows into Blocks. Wooden blocks are the housing unit for collected content and inspirational material. By way of mini, short throw projectors, these blocks can project this information on any surface, anywhere. Each block is meant to house the information for one "beat" (plot point) / character / location. They also sync with the written screenplay for easy editing. The blocks can be rearranged to change the order of actions or arranged side by side to compare material. Data may be shared between blocks and amongst writers. To access the different sections of the blocks, you flip them on to different sides. The categories you have for each side are image, video/audio, script/notes, and swatch. A Swatch & Material Book is also present in this new ecology of writing. Textures are given to the writer similar to how a Pantone book may be given to a designer. On top of the swatches included, the user can is able to add to the collection. By collecting textures, the writer may explore an their senses with the immediacy and intuition of textural references. It should be noted that each swatch is digitally tagged for ease of synching with the rest of the system. Finally, the Snifters are the housing devices for scent. The writer may capture scent at any time and relay that data back to a snifter. When they return to the studio or the classroom, snifters may open to fill the room with the scent of a corresponding location in the film or perhaps the smell of a character's perfume. demo <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/POSTER1.jpg" width="430" height="648" width_o="430" height_o="648" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/POSTER1_o.jpg" data-mid="1618584" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/POSTER2.jpg" width="648" height="430" width_o="648" height_o="430" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/POSTER2_o.jpg" data-mid="1618585" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/POSTER3.jpg" width="430" height="648" width_o="430" height_o="648" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/POSTER3_o.jpg" data-mid="1618587" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/POSTER4.jpg" width="430" height="648" width_o="430" height_o="648" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/POSTER4_o.jpg" data-mid="1618588" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/POSTER5.jpg" width="648" height="475" width_o="648" height_o="475" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/POSTER5_o.jpg" data-mid="1618590" border="0" align="left"/> blocks <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/_DSC7654 blog.jpg" width="648" height="517" width_o="648" height_o="517" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/_DSC7654 blog_o.jpg" data-mid="1608866" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/_DSC7676 blog.jpg" width="648" height="430" width_o="648" height_o="430" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/_DSC7676 blog_o.jpg" data-mid="1608868" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/_DSC7701 blog.jpg" width="648" height="430" width_o="648" height_o="430" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/_DSC7701 blog_o.jpg" data-mid="1608873" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/_DSC7715 blog.jpg" width="648" height="430" width_o="648" height_o="430" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/_DSC7715 blog_o.jpg" data-mid="1608875" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/_DSC7660 blog.jpg" width="648" height="430" width_o="648" height_o="430" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/_DSC7660 blog_o.jpg" data-mid="1608880" border="0" align="left"/> book of swatches & snifters <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/_DSC7682 blog.jpg" width="648" height="431" width_o="648" height_o="431" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/_DSC7682 blog_o.jpg" data-mid="1608871" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/_DSC7680 blog.jpg" width="648" height="431" width_o="648" height_o="431" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/_DSC7680 blog_o.jpg" data-mid="1608869" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/_DSC7721 blog.jpg" width="648" height="430" width_o="648" height_o="430" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6919/365247/_DSC7721 blog_o.jpg" data-mid="1608876" border="0" align="left"/>