Creative Technology Portfolio

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New direction to take

Today Kris came to Sami and me with a brilliant idea. What if we could help the deaf? We could design an interactive screen that uses sign language, that could allow people with hearing disabilities to communicate in their most comfortable way - with gestures. We could use the screen to promote learning of sign languages and overall increase awareness about this topic.

The screen could have different modes for various activities.

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Taking a different direction?

Taking our initial idea of making an interactive screen, we are trying to evolve it into something more impactful. Sami, Kris, and I are consulting with our teachers and researching different approaches. I hope that soon we'll have more clarity.

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Idea pitch

What's our idea?

After days of research and discussions, we finally decided on our concept - a visually interactive board. The project will be centered around the viewer and designed to bring people together. Picture this - a screen placed in a public space. The screen would display a question with two possible answers. The viewer would be prompted to answer using a hand gesture. The idea is that the questions asked would be related to current socio-political events or phenomena. This way, the users can feel involved and heard. After answering, a visual representation of the gathered data will be shown, to showcase the answers the board has collected so far.

We believe there is a lot of potential in this idea, and it could be used in great ways to show, boost, influence the mood/state of mind of the user for the better.

Presentation

Here you can see our presentation and get a better understanding of our idea. Today we presented our idea in front of the class. It was very interesting to see all of their topics, I'm excited to see how they all become reality. Here you can see our presentation and get a better understanding of our idea.

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Week #1 Brainstorming

This week we brainstormed a lot! We started with a brainstorming session where all of us came up with our own ideas. In the end, we had 39 ideas in total! Then we organized them into different categories - User-Oriented, Artistic, Tech Oriented, Creative solutions. We gathered everything and created a mindmap to visualize it. The golden links connect the ideas that incorporate all of the categories. Those are the ideas that we're considering to be our final choice for this project.

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Getting started: how did we organize our project?

Today we took some time to set up our different platforms for team communication and collaboration. We started a Trello board for our time management, and project overview, set up a folder in Google Drive, where we will share all documents and media that we create and find. We made a Whatsapp group to communicate in and will also use our designated Microsoft Teams channel to update each other and our teachers about our progress.

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First day of the new project

Today I'm getting started on the second project with a new team - with Sami and Kris. I'm excited to work with them because they are from the Business stream, and I feel like I can learn a lot from them. Even though we are all not so familiar with tech, I'm sure that we are going to make something great.

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Prototype

The last prototype, playing with the design.

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Process

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What am I doing?

I’m starting out with a visual development software - Visuino. There I’m connecting the gyroscope with Arduino Nano. I hope it works.

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Simple prototype

This prototype is made of cardboard and tape. It shows the basic function of the cube.

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Sketch

Simple sketches for the cube, and next step -> prototype!

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Idea

What am I doing for my individual project? 

I decided to create a device that helps the user take a break.

Nowadays it’s getting harder and harder to break away from our electronic devices. Wi-Fi is everywhere, we are all constantly connected to the Internet. When I’m not working on my laptop/PC, the mobile phone instantly appears in my hand. Even if I do want to take a break, it is so hard to find an analog activity when all the digital experiences are so close and promise instant gratification. 

With productivity being one of the most important values in our competitive world, sometimes we forget to take care of what matters - mental and physical health. That is why I believe there is an immediate need for a device to help us remember to sign out, log off and take a break. 

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Brainstorm

Think, think, think... So many ideas, but none of them feel right. What should I do?

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Beginning

Today is the first day of the individual project... I’m so excited, despite the fact that I don’t know what I’ll be working on in the next three weeks! I brainstormed a lot, and don’t have much clarity yet.

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Blue world

Today I attended a workshop where Erik Driessen introduced us to his Avicii Project. We got to work with him and create interesting visuals. The workshop was a great experience for me, I made this visual based on Mac Miller’s “Blue world”. The album holds a special place in my heart and this visual has a lot of meaning behind it. 

I used Redbubble to put my design on a few different products, and I think it turned out great ^^

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Vision for this semester

What is my vision? Today we got 30 minutes to create a visualization to represent our personal vision for this semester. I took some materials that I found around the house and glued them to this piece of paper. My vision is all about people, and how technology connects us.

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