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Garden Path Studio
Brand and Website Redesign // Brand and website redesign. Implemented HTML, CSS, and AS3.
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What I'm Up To
Dune
reading // In the very little amount of time I am currently able to devote to reading, I'm slowly making my way through Dune. So far I love it.
Milestones
volunteering // I try to make it out to milestones ever week. I love working with the horses and children. And, its about the only time I get to spend outside.
How Stuff Works
listening // While I am getting behind on all of my podcasts, this is my favorite. I have learned so much useless information, check it out.
Me
I am just a twenty something Interactive design student who seems to have lost her mind.
I am currently in my third year at the university of Cincinnati working towards my Digital Design degree. DAAP is stressful. In high school my mind could always be found conveniently exactly where one would expect it to be. However, recently it has been harder and harder to find, frightened away by many a late night up on my computer writing HTML or ActionSript, or with Photoshop open working on innumerable ideations of different designs.
I am currently looking for an internship for the Autumn Quarter of 2009, if you are looking for a hard worker who isn't afraid to think out of the box (I'm not even sure what is in the box any more) drop me an email, I'd love to talk to you.
Recent thoughts
June 29, 2009
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
- Albert Einstein
I am in a studio this quarter that is multi-disciplinary, both Digital and Industrial Designers. I have never worked in this kind of environment before and am really looking forward to learning from different students and professors. I truly believe that this is how a design school should work. The fundamental design process is the same for students and professionals in every discipline. However, how we approach design and look at a problem is completely different. I can already tell in the first few brainstorming sessions that Industrial designers are much better at looking at the big picture. They are better able to assess the root of a problem rather than look directly for a solution. Our topic this quarter is looking into and developing a product to enhance mobile technology and communication in 2012. There is no specific product that we are designing, and currently we are completely immersed in research.
We have split into groups and are exploring mobile communication in different ways. One group is doing research on all forms of communication, from how people communicated in the past, to how we want or expect to communicate in the future. Another group is immersing themselves in the current mobile technology we have now. My group on the other hand is cutting off all ties to mobile communication. So starting tommorrow when I am on the go, I will not have any connection to the world.
I will retain the right to use technology at home, but my iPhone will be turned off. That means no maps when I inevitably get lost. No solitair while I wait impatiently for friends. No cellphone, no text messaging, no googling on the go. I don't think I will have it as hard as others, I don't twitter or use facebook, so I don't have to give those up. I'm kind of excited, I think it will be interesting. I know that I take for granted the ability to always be connected.
I'm not really sure how far to push it... Does no mobile technology mean no wi-fi? No cell phone while Im at home? I might try the no wi-fi, but I figure using a cell phone at home is ok, Its pretty much the same as using a wired phone...right?
I think this is a good project to start my blog with, document all that I go through for the next week, should be interesting.