The first project that really impressed me and that meets 2 principles of slow design is the “Safe Spot Skate Spot” by the Rob Dyrdek Foundation. It is primarily founded around the idea that street skating (skateboarding, roller blading, etc) is largely an illegal activity in urban areas of the United States. Its also hinged…
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POWER-AWARE CORD Source The Power-Aware Cord(2010) is a power strip cord designed by The Interactive Institute, which is a Swedish nonprofit whose prime focus is on experimental IT & design research and dedicates “to the creation of ground-breaking user experiences”. The power strip’s goal is to make users more aware of their power consumption. This is possible by…
Andrea Brugi The first artist I wanted to share with you is Andrea Brugi. He is a wood artist from Tuscany. When speaking of his work he says that he never knows what his end product would look like. He gets his inspiration from “the world around” him. He tries to make everything he has…
Light Up Dart Board (Marcin Wieczorek)
The Light Up Dart Board is a fun way to spice up the dull game of darts. By using batteries and a few extra supllies we are able to light up different areas of the dart board. Depending on which circle the magnetic dart lands, an LED light begins to shine. Materials required: -4 AA…
Drip Lights
Drip Lights, 2014 The purpose of this assignment was to explore different ways to activate a switch. In this case the switch will light up an LED light. The switch works by having water close the circuit when the water drops come in contact with the open part of the circuit. This piece is meant to be…
Friendship Gloves!
Friendship Gloves are a pair of gloves that will help you harness the power of the mighty “High Five” between two pals to bring forth light in the darkness! (Briefly.) Skills required: hand-sewing (rudimentary) and soldering (also rudimentary) materials: -gloves (should be two of the same side, or one reversible pair) -2 3V coin batteries…
Origami Flower Lamp – Creative Switch
For my creative switch project, I decided to design a lamp using origami to create a functional yet organic piece. Materials: – 3in Flower Pot – Sculpture wire for the stem – Green Garden Tape – 32lb paper – The butterfly clips. The ones I use are hairclips, but you can make them using small…
Project 1: Hanging Lantern
Proj1: Hanging Lantern Tutorial This is a small tutorial on how to build a small lantern for decorative purposes. This small lantern works on a weight activated switch. So in essence you can simply hang the lantern and it will light up, and turn off once you un-hang it. This is a nice little idea…
Skull coaster.
The skull coaster lights up every time when you put your drink down, no matter which corner you choose. Materials needed to create the coaster skull: 5 of 2.7 ohm resistors tin foil electro-conductive wires 5 LEDs (of any color) 3V battery cardboard copper wire to create a skull electric tape First you will start…
Positivity Plant
Positivity Plant, 2014 The Positivity Plant explores the relationship between humans and plants by using wind to light LED’s in order to send a positive message. ———————————————————————————————————————————- Materials needed: Plant, copper tape, battery, 2 LED’s, 1 resistor, conductive wire, and a soldering iron (hot glue gun optional) First, you’ll want to solder your 2 LED’s…
John Ippolito – “Hacking for fun and profit”
In the “Hacking for fun and profit video the aspect that I took away from this was Creative Commons and how that is still prevelant to creative works. At the time of this video, Ippolito brings up a lot of cases where even though the internet was created for the sharing and collaboration of information,…
Response to John Ippolito’s “Hacking Copyright For Fun and Profit”
I appreciated John Ippolito’s discussion of Creative Commons licenses in his “Hacking Copyright For Fun and Profit” lecture. When content can be shared so easily over the internet, it’s important for creators to be aware of their options. The first time I came across a Creative Commons license was alongside videos created by The Lonely…