Create 6 Own Projects for 6 Principles By Ishta Bhagat Principle 1: REVEAL Slow design reveals experiences in everyday life that are often missed or forgotten, including the materials and processes that can be easily overlooked in an artifact’s existence or creation. The way I interpreted Reveal is that it shows the simple things in…
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Slow Design Principles and Artists
Lucy McDonald The first artist that I chose to research was Christopher Bribach. Bribach is a bio-mimitec architect who is heavily involved with the Slow movement. His work ranges from installation-based pieces to designs for larger scale projects and buildings. His work mainly falls into the Evolve category of the slow design principles as he uses…
Slow Design Principles Project Ideas
Slow Design Principles Project Ideas 1. Reveal The concept for a piece that I came up with for Reveal is a tea party set. Withing the tea cups there is a image of a cityscape. When filling up the teacups or pot with water, the cityscape would change colors. I decided to use this idea…
Design Principles Artists by Ishta Bhagat
Online Research: Find two artworks or design projects that would fit the parameters of two of the six design principles (as laid out in Fuad-Lake’s Slow Design Principles). Describe the works, include images, and discuss how each of the projects fits the principles as well as what impresses you about them. Entries should be approximately…
Slow Design Principles Applied to Other Artists
Kathryn Franks Art 150 Slow Design Principles Applied to Other Artists One such example of the use of design principles is right in our own backyard, so-to-speak. James Turrell – an artist known for using the medium of light to allow the viewer to explore the surrounding sky, land, and culture built the UIC Skyspace which…
Creative Switch Project DIY (Light Up Skirt)
For this project you will need: 1 9 volt battery Flat Leds Clip leads Fabric that you can wrap around yourself twice Tape or conductive thread Conductive fabric 1. First fold the fabric in the way that is depicted in the picture. 2. Put the left flap of the fabric under the right flap, fold…
Creative Switch: Book Lamp
Materials: Hardcover Book Utility Knife Glue 9 Volt battery and battery cap Two strips of copper wire LED strip (long enough to wrap around interior of book) Photo resistor Soldering iron and solder 1. Use the utility knife to score a 1/2 inch border around the interior of the book. Carefully remove the title page…
Anthony Pease’s How to make a silly face with ink and a 9volt Battery
The process: What inspired this face? You know when you take a 9 volt battery and put it on the tip of your tongue, and it gives you a bit of a weird buzz-y feeling? Well that’s where the idea for this face circuit came from. As you can see here, it’s more that just…
Creative Switch By Ishta Bhagat
Creative Switch Project Instructable Flower and Vase Creation By Ishta Bhagat Materials: 1 battery (9 V) Battery cap Fake Flowers 2 or more LEDs Wires Single wire (Perhaps Green and some other color) Wires that contains many wires Resistor with correct ohm value in parallel circuit Circular Cardboard cutout A vase Scotch Tape and Copper…
Creative Switch Jelly Fish
Making Jellyfish Switches Materials Needed: Foam Wrapping Metal Wire Tape LED lights 3 Volt Batteries Ribbons Transparent Plastic Ball Copper tape Tools Needed: Wire Cutters Wire Strippers (Optional) Pliers 1. Start of with cutting the ball in half with a pair of scissors. After cutting the ball, cut a circle out of the foam wrap,…
Kathryn Franks ART 150 Creative Switch Project and Directions The directions to make this creative switch are as follows: 1. Gather two different colors of wire – one will be the ground, the other will be the power. A battery, battery cap, two LEDs, and a resistor will also be needed. If using flashing LEDs,…
Numero Uno
I realized that New Media Art really spans many mediums and forms. I feel that this art form is much more freeing when compared to others such as painting or sketch. However, I realize I’m incredibly naive about art in general and don’t deny that I could be terribly wrong. Wrong Schmong anyways let’s talk…