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Month: March 2009
yup spime… and more recent bruce sterling … and his book called shaping things.
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Sita Sings the Blues + some
I’ve just discovered Nina Paley, a talented animator/cartoonist who has recently released her feature film as a free download in several formats … Sita Sings the Blues. It’s a comical, multidimensional, animated musical, which uses Flash and narration to the fullest. Definitely check it out.
Also, this week is “spring break” for me, meaning that I have six less hours of class time, and a little more breathing room. Yesterday, I received and played with the GPS module for my thesis project, and today I spent some more hours at Steady, researching for “the labs,” revising some xml, and participating in a couple meetings — good stuff. Being at home and seeing the warm weather start to come out has me a little more jolly than normal too…hehe, jolly.
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Hapless Fame
Here’s my first go with After Effects. Fiona D. and I decided to craft a simple story with a twist. It’s partially based on Fiona’s obsession with Gossip Girls (a tv sitcom?) but also a creation from our tired minds…heh. At first, we planned to hand-draw the sets and figures themselves, but ended up using Photoshop to modify magazine cutouts and web images instead. Fiona has posted some here. Also, we gathered sounds from free online sites and recorded several of our peers’ voices here on the ITP floor. Our process was pretty fluid overall, and given the time constraint, we felt more or less satisfied with our result too. Have a look below.
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Left, right, backward… forward??
YES, forward! Eleven days ago, I had an “a-ha” moment. I decided to shift gears, create some new boundaries, and start a fresh thesis project…around sneakers. Smile.
STATEMENT
I’m interested in exploring the intersection between people, technology, and sneakers. I believe sneakers are culturally valuable objects with diverse stories and perspectives to share. Perhaps technology could enhance their expressive capabilities.
PLAN
February 2 – 9, Conceptualize
February 9 – 16, “Quality of life game” Research
February 16 – 22, Design
February 23 – 28, Restart, Conceptualize
March 1 – 8, “Sneakers” Research
March 9 – 22, Design, Prototype
March 23 – 31, User Test, Write
April 1 – 12, Refine, Write, Draft Presentation
April 13 – 27, Paper, Class Presentation
May, Final Presentation
INITIAL REFERENCE
projects.
Nike+
Neki ++
Kromicks
The Aphrodite Project
ClickSneaks
Perform-o-shoes
F.A.T.S.
Heely’s Hack
readings.
Sneakers. Over 300 Classics From Rare Vintage to the Latest Designs. Neal Heard.
The Sneaker Book: Anatomy of an Industry & an Icon. Tom Vanderbilt.
Custom Kicks: Personalized Footwear. Maki.
Where’d You Get Those? New York City’s Sneaker Culture: 1960-1987. Bobbito Garcia.
Design Noir: The Secret Life of Electronic Objects. Anthony Dunne, Fiona Raby.
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
“The Sound of Summer Running.” Ray Bradbury.
humans alphabetically.
Alex Abreu, Ameya Mhatre, April Yee, Che-Wei Wang, Dan O’Sullivan, Hatti Lim, Jonathan Swerdloff, Kacie Kinzer, Kate Hartman, Kevin Slavin, Kristin O’Friel, Marlen Bernardez, Meng Li, Mike Dory, Nate Turner, Rodrigo de Benito, Syed Salahuddin, Taylor Levy, Theresa Ling, Vikram Tank
blogs.
sneakerfreaker.com
freshnessmag.com
hypebeast.com
highsnobiety.com
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Word
The past couple weeks have been busy in a great way. My thesis topic has changed direction significantly, I may be starting a new internship in the next days, and my projects page finally got some needed attention, though it could use plenty more.
The main reason for writing now (other than time-stamping life again) is to direct attention to this manifesto by Eric Paulos, I came across today. Nice!