Reaction As I was reading this I caught myself agreeing with many of the points that were brought up. Much of this reading reminded me of some of my CS classes. In particular it reminded me of what one of my professors would say. He would say it’s all just bits. He was referring to the way that information is stored…

Art Against Information – Reactions   My initial reaction to the reading as a whole was composed of two main points: 1) The article brings up a good point about Data vs Information 2) Are some of these projects Meaningless? It may sound rather harsh, but these were my honest reactions.   To begin with,…

         Marc Bohlen         The artist that I choose is Marc Bohlen. Bohlen is an artist/engineer who works for the REALTECHSUPPORT company. Using REALTECHSUPPORT, Marc was able to build and design information processing systems, which reflect cultural value. He describes his work as, “the relationship between people and machinery…

     Three Dimensional Data        Reading the Art Against Information article was a way to look at the world differently. In today’s world, everyone relies on phones, tablets, computers, and many electronics, but only a few know about the functionalities of these objects. Behind each interface, lays a complicated data system, which…

Art Against Information    After reading this article, I was impressed by how people presented there can make art out of anything they stumble upon. For example, The Dumpster is a visualization of blog posts.It has over 2000 blog posts of teenage splits. I thought it was absolutely genius to take something so useless(even though it’s a great…

Learning about artists in this class has really opened my eyes to a whole new way of thinking that seems to be common in the New Media world. The artists that we read about don’t just make art with a subject and a background and thats it. They think about every aspect that goes into…

One of projects I found that really exemplified the Slow Design principles was the “Robohand,” a mechanical hand that can be created using a 3D printer. I came across it in an article about Mason Wilde, a teenager who built a hand for a local boy named Matthew using the free 3D printer available in a…

        Solar powered charger in use on airplane      Solar Powered Charger         The first design project that fits under the first Slow Design Principle is a solar powered charger. This design project fits under this category because it does not overlook one very important aspect of life,…

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…

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…

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…