WEEK 11 LECTURE - WHAT’S NEXT FOR DESIGN?
This week’s lecture asked the question what's next for design, particularly how communication design is transforming through emerging technologies (artificial intelligence).
Andy and Karen also touched on how can design help humanity, which is a valueable asset to our practice, looking beyond building a business and just simply doing good for another person/people !
Temptone testing the EyeWriter
The EyeWriter by Free Art and Technology (FAT) is a solution to a problem with ALS patients who are unable to perform and express their creative passions. FAT has collaborated with OpenFrameworks, the Graffiti Research Lab, and The Ebeling Group communities to create a low-cost eye-tracking system for those diagnosed with ALS, so that they can draw with their eye movements.
It was quite sad to see the vimeo short on TEMPTONE (LA graffiti writer, publisher and activist) trialling the EyeWriter, yet it was empowering to see how with such limitations, he can still create. I reflected on the idea that we have no excuses and no more waiting! We shouldn’t let minor inconveniences stop us from completing our creative projects, because if ALS patients can do it with JUST THEIR EYES, then we can too.
I’ve struggled with fulfilling past and current passions due to fear on top of small excuses including lack of time but this product and paired video has inspired me to really engage more with my side work and build a name for myself during the time we have on break!
Movie Barcodes
Another aspect of the lecture that I found incredibly interesting was the use of colour, shown in much detail in these Movie barcodes, a composition depicting every frame reduced to its average colour in a film.
The example that Andy and Karen showed us was from Kung Fu Panda 3, showcasing a use of greens and purples, potentially reflective of the architecture in the film? (I haven’t actually seen it) I looked at some more online and found this Entourage movie barcode. This whole concept started to make more sense to me when seeing this code as this film is framed around the idea of lots of people and a group of men trying to take off their careers, more specifically Vince, establishing a film career in Los Angeles, California.
The vast amount of neutral tones in the code evidently represent the frames of the people in the film!
Movie barcode - Entourage (2015)
SOURCES
http://www.eyewriter.org/
https://moviebarcode.tumblr.com/
IMAGE SOURCES
http://www.eyewriter.org/siteImg/p1060131.JPG
http://eyewriter.org/images/data/P1060726.JPG
https://66.media.tumblr.com/678ae73890b9bcbe353b115d124f55d5/tumblr_o26fliSk4l1qhtovio1_1280.JPG