Reflection | Final Outcome
working in the studio, mess is more, I have the opportunity to explore the field of experimental typographic and image-making practices by the interactions between humans and machines. At the beginning of the workshop, I learned the conceptual frameworks including Spin, Turn, Crash ,Burn, Cut and Tear, Drip and Flow.These essential knowledge really help me to build a communicate system in this workshop. I also knew some fantastic artist like Duchamp, Calder and especiallyTinguely, his sculptural machines and kinetic art inspired me a lot in the studio. For the first assessment, I learnt the method of drawing a machine which using different color and transparency to help people to see the inside of my drawing system. Furthermore, we did some practical activities and group works in class, which is a great opportunity to share our ideas. For example, For the project 2 rapid prototype, I really had no idea before we did a game activity until we played Super Mario through consider the fiction and the system of the game, and finally we tried to combine our prototype and other group's prototype together. Therefore, I have gained the new understand of the rapid prototype type - exploring, testing and sharing our designs. For the tumblr journal, Sharing idea and research is very important in this class. Everyone had found amazing things in different aspect which might help me to further develop my idea.
The biggest challenge and the most exciting in the studio is final project - working prototype. I have enthusiasm on playing piano and drawing but there no chances to explore more or even combine them in the past few years. Through playing a music on keyboard to actuate drawing machine to leave mark was my main direction. Also, the pitch and chord can let drawing arm tocreate different degrees. Unfortunately, I changed my plan because the previous plan will takes longer than expected after I did some research. However, I found that the vibrations from a speaker and woofer can create patterns through the movement of objects. The shape of marks are multiple that depend on choice of objects such as cereal and screw. Also the frequency of vibration can be influenced with different instruments in garageband. Therefore, the aim of the sound drawing machine is to record the vibration of sound through the visual language.
Overall, I am really happy in “mess is more” studio, especially we explored the fields of practice outside of traditional design which can open our thinking on my own work. Andy is being helpful all the time, and the skills I learnt from this subject wasn’t only just building a sound drawing machine but the thinking of the process. I believe that this would really helpful to my future either self project or in the workplace.However, For the next step, I will make a bigger system with more speakers and woofers on a stage which can let people to play and to create their drawing.














