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Form perception: An Interactive guide to the Gestalt principles
(2010-11)
The term Gestalt literally means "form" in German. In the early 20th
century, the Gestalt Principles of Perception were developed by
German psychologists from the Berlin School. These principles
describe the different ...
Music, skill and artifact: The Pursuit of physical opportunities
(2010-06)
As a musician being faced with the option to create music on a primarily digital and intangible level, I found this new digital experience to be problematic when compared to the experience of playing a physical instrument. ...
Interactive display of complex political data in an effort to promote social change
(2010-05-05)
Despite the fact that hard and fast data on politicians, such as voting records and campaign funding, is readily available on the Internet it is under-utilized in decision-making during the voting process. This may be due ...
Design for invisibility: designing a placing system through the study of user-object relationships in everyday life
(2009-11-23)
The world we live in is a place where people are influenced by designed
objects, often without noticing their presence or the fact that they have
been designed at all. Although these objects are taken for granted their ...
Hide & seek: objects of meaning
(2009-09-28)
This thesis project is to design a philosophy to create mindfulness in the user of an object. To exemplify the philosophy, the secondary goal is to design objects with these attributes. Objects that encourage mindfulness ...
Interactive television: advancing television through integrated technology
(2008-11-10)
Television has been struggling to find its position in the evolving world of media. It remains
mostly one directional output of content and it needs to fit into a world where people are growing to
expect more and more ...
Interactive tutorials in the marketing of digital cameras: How tutorials benefit consumers & retailers
(2008-11)
There is a growing market for digital single-lens refl ex cameras (SLRs) that is driven by their ease of use,
accessibility, and falling price points. Marketing these cameras with an interactive tutorial not only allows ...
Mobility in China: a conceptual take on a personal vehicle for China in 2020 that enhances maneuverability
(2008-04)
China has the largest projected automobile market in the world, expected to surpass the United States as the largest car market in the world by 2025. The combination of large population, a mass movement of citizens to ...
Character design and marketing – Designer toys
(2007-10-01)
Designing a series of my characters and one story for those characters is the first step in this project. Those characters will be presented on my design products from 2D to 3D and from t-shirt to cell phone downloads. ...
The Impact of variable data print on usability in design
(2007-06)
In a world where people see, process and remember information differently, the question arises: Is technology being used in a manner that acknowledges and addresses user differences to the fullest extent? Currently, new ...