INTERACTION DESIGN
We focus on techniques and technologies for designing interactions. Experiencing interactivity from both a technical and an experiential perspective, and considering its application in a variety of contexts.
On migration
This project is a recollection of data related to migration from Mexico to the US. The exercises experiment different ways on visualizing this data through parsing it in Processing.Tumbleweed (Machine Noir)
For this project we stylized the experience of interacting with an Automated Teller Machine in the fashion of a western. The tumbleweed rolls away from you, when you catch it you need to pick it up and shake it; through an accelerometer connected to an Arduino the tumbleweed will dispense a dollar (as a prize for your interaction).
Project collaborators: Indhira Rojas, David Dymesich
I just _ to say I love you
The valentine, as we know it, is a product of the industrial age. Whereas sweethearts once sang their valentine greetings, or exchanged valentine notes, the advent of mass printing and inexpensive postal service (the “penny post”) during the mid-nineteenth century made it possible—and popular— to send affectionate greetings to a wide array of acquaintances near and far.
This project will be to make valentines for the digital age, valentines that give senders many ways beyond putting pen to paper to say, “I love you.” This examples interact with the cursor of the mouse.