This week we talked about composition and the assignment is to create your own business card. After doing some research online, I feel the actual task is beyond just the card itself. Business card is…
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Pcomp WK4 Creatively expand on servo lab
We explored many things new and fun last week– tone output and servo motor control. It was amazing how detail you can control the movement of the motor so detailed. I was fascinated by the…
ICM WK4 Modularity
This week, I continued to work on the previous assignment- bowling animation from WK2 and made 3 changes. 1) The weekly assignment is to clean up draw function by making up new functions, reorganizing functions…
Visual Language WK3: Define yourself in TyPoGrApHy
It is been a fun and productive week in Visual class. This week, we are ready to get personal. The assignment is to define yourself in typography. It’s been a overwhelming soul research, as how…
Video&Sound WK3 Final project started
After completing last week’s assignment, we started to work on our final project, a video piece. This is a group project, and we almost started brainstorming right after class. Briefly we discussed the pros and…
WK3 Interactive Technology in Public– “Name Me” at Build-A-Bear
The joy of being a kid nowadays — there is whole billion-dollar industry devoted to making them happy and smile. When I arrived at the flagship on 5th avenue/ 46th street, they told me it…
ICM WK3 Interaction
ICM continues with a steep learning curve. This week, we work on interaction. Up until now, most of my preparation is invested on watching Shiffman’s video. Still, I have to watch some of the video…
Visual Language WK2 Signage Bad vs. Good
Bad example #1: Typo. Recommendation: correct the grammar and don’t drink when you are making a sign. Bad example#2: This is a classic example of lost in translation, something you see a lot when…
WK2 Close A Circuit With Alternative Switch
“Overwhelmed” is the theme of the week. P-Comp is one of the classes you spent hours preparing (on videos and lab exercise), and still go “huh?” a lot in class. This week, my new toy…
ICM Animation
It’s been a groundbreaking week in ICM class– we work beyond static objects, and proceed to make moving objects — animation, that is. Roopa paired me and Michael for the class group project, and we…