Sunday, November 4, 2012
belated blog post: rosedale healthy halloween!
last weekend was the rosedale healthy halloween festival in whitmore park, across the street from the rosedale development assocation office.
(backstory: it was the same day as national portfolio day, so i didn't think i was going to get to help out, even though my whole beloved ultragroup was going to be there, so i was very sad, but then i tried that magical trick called "communication" and i negotiated with my kcai boss to let me work a half-day so i could go to rosedale as well!)
because i discovered with some amount of late notice that i could attend in the first place, erin had already staffed the stations with volunteers, but spares and backups are always handy during events like this, so abby and i (as well as my boyfriend and his roommate, who just-so-happened to be in town that weekend for a concert, and as such, got roped into helping out too) turned up to see how useful we could be.
the extra gentlemen i brought played a terrific, ongoing, and variable game of something that was kinda like hackey-soccer with a bunch of fast and mighty kid-athletes, as well as helping brumstrong with the masks.
i helped produce some masks, took some pictures, did some wicked dancing with abby, heidi, & the little girls of rosedale, and then really hit my stride when mckenzie wanted a break and let me paint faces. i doled out tremendous mustaches to young and old alike, as well as pumpkins, spiders, kitty whiskers, hearts, and one power rangers lightning bolt i had to google on my smartphone to figure out before a little boy started to cry.
it was a fabulous experience, and so genuinely fun for everyone of all ages, volunteers, organizers, and most of all, festival-goers. it was great to see rosedale families taking part in the opportunities that exist in their community, and all the kids having such a good time at a neighborhood party that proves you don't have to be unhealthy to have fun.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
degree project problem questions.
how can communication technology through mobiles and the internet help support people in long distance relationships?
how can poetry become interactive and spatial and touchable in such a way as to make non-creative people care?
how can love stories of all sorts of people be told through data mining and information graphics?
how can tweens&teens be taught about how their brains work in such a way that it inspires not fear or unease but excitement and joy through motion?
how can the narratives of the internet weave a reaffirmation of the good of people, not just the violent, for those who don't understand technology?
how can social media help young people be convinced to trust and say words at each other without fearing abandonment?
how can a group of people united by a place use experimental and gestural storytelling in a physical space to connect with one another and their home?
these came a great distance. in the reflective exercises and the original "think about your life" questionnaire, it was confirmed that the things i care about are people and feelings and words. it was confirmed a lot. it was confirmed so much that i got kind of frustrated by how little variation i was getting in my reflection that i started in with some absurd existentialist poetry in the form of problem questions. this turned out to be way more generative than i had expected and, when it came right down to it, really did give me the seeds for the questions above. so, i mean... hell yes. creative writing. anyway, here's that, if you're interested in reading where this all began.
how can i, a person, in a place, doing a thing, made out of flesh and feelings and flaws, ever hope to impact another human, existing in his or her own constellation of experiences, through, say for instance, kinetic typography on an ipad?
how can the collecting and sharing of stories in a physical space help people feel significant and connected to their home and the people around them?
how can a dialogue
how can we refocus
how can
how can poetry become interactive and spatial and touchable in such a way as to make people give a shit?
how can i induce feelings of love and safety and cautious hope in individuals who are willing to participate in a system to facilitate such
how can i subvert the workplace the money the monsanto the audience the
how can i let people care about each other when they're scared to do that across the country or across the street. using a motion graphic?
how can autobiographies fit together into a mosaic of archetypal experiences that nevertheless express the perfect sublime humanity of each solver and connector they represent
how can people be taught how their brains work in such a way that it inspires not fear or unease but faith and excitement and trust in the incomprehensible machinations of the universe and makes them want to reach out and touch one another by the hands
how can accountability be generated to hold people together who want to be held together but don't trust themselves alone to do the holding? (barring a marriage contract.)
how can the narratives of the internet weave a reaffirmation of the good of people, not just the violent, and allow the expressions of exhaustion to be a testament not just to priorities but to devotion?
how can rhetoric be used to justify the never-ending experience of mattering to one another, of the ordinariness of basic human connection and the denial or attainment of physical or emotional needs through the transition and duration of motion
how can people be convinced to trust and say words at each other without fearing abandonment? does it require social media?
how can formal experimentation with analog image-making techniques help people relate to one another and bond over the meaning of being a human in a place that is impartial to whether or not you happen to call it home despite your proximity or lack thereof to the ones that you love?
how can intuition drive innovation through the augmented generation of expressions of human connectedness and communication through the ease of cooperation and the support of ubiquity?
how can the goodhearted help people to take function over form to make meaning happen, between understanding and continuation?
how can the emotional struggle of expression through bodily exhaustion be reassured through the allowances of mobile interaction?
how can design pontificate companionably over the unwavering difficulty of withstanding a single monday?
Friday, October 26, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
mx "catch" visual directions
box information input
box viewer
hub information input
hub viewer
hub viewer rollover state (original color of image)
mobile (after taking photo) information input
mobile (simple feed only) viewer
box information input
box viewer
hub information input
hub viewer
mobile (after taking photo) information input
mobile (simple feed only) viewer
Friday, October 19, 2012
recordbar letterhead and business cards
as i'm participating in a workshop with second story's julie beeler today, i'm not going to be able to get feedback during class, so i'm blogging my process in hopes that i might get some here! thanks for looking!
Monday, October 15, 2012
Sunday, October 7, 2012
alzheimer's presentation
jessica and i have spent the past several weeks researching alzheimer's and working to determine a way that design can improve the quality of life for both those suffering from the disease and those who care about them and are suffering alongside. our proposal includes a memory box that can blur the boundaries between the physical and digital, holding real keepsakes and uploaded memories in whatever format they want to be. friends, family, and loved ones have access to an online repository and each individual memory provides a jumping-off point for the rest of the family to reminisce, add to, lovingly contradict, and compare their own memories. simultaneously, the physical memory box encourages time spent close to family members and stimulation through the viewing of memories. this system helps the patient and the family come together throughout the illness while preserving those memories and feelings for the future, to become a family heirloom and legacy, and to keep the spirit of a loved one alive long after they are.
Rojas Wilson FinalKeynote
we gave this presentation on october fifth. the night before, as we were practicing, i was thinking of my grannie, vivian gust. we lost her to alzheimer's in 2009, quite some time after we'd already lost her to alzheimer's. that night was the fourth: her birthday. <3
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