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Interior Support for Bottomless Pit

Apr

15

2013

My plan for the Bottomless Pit piece was to have the screen/box combo sit on top of another cardboard box. Problem is, the weight of the screen would likely cause the box beneath it to cave in. I decided to buy a table to act as the interior support. I’ll cover the table with the ...

Cardboard Dresser Facade

Apr

15

2013

I’m testing out an idea to that might help give the bears some context and make the piece slightly more accessible.

Bottomless Pit – Attempts 4, 5, 6

Mar

23

2013

I tried placing the screen inside of a box and then building a second, tapered box that would fit inside and cover the rim. That failed miserably. I tried sticking individual cardboard tabs onto the screen, but couldn’t get them to fit seamlessly together. After a few more attempts with the tapered box idea, I ...

Destroy-It-Yourself: The Do’s and Don’ts of LCD Screen Extraction

Mar

14

2013

Here are some resources on how to take apart a computer monitor and extract the LCD screen. I have attempted this with a 2006 15″ Macbook Pro, an Acer 17″ V173 external monitor, and a 17″ Dell E173FP external monitor. Each time I learned a little something about this process (mostly through epic failure); the purpose of ...

Bottomless Pit Prototyping

Feb

26

2013

First attempt: Cut bottom out of old box, took photos with iPad camera against plain background. Second attempt: Photographed objects inside box, loaded photos onto iPad, placed iPad inside box. Items:

Prototype: Traces

Nov

12

2012

In thinking about our relationship with and usage of objects, I wondered: what happens when you remove both the person and the object from the equation? What evidence of that interaction are we left with? Is that evidence compelling? Does it capture how the person feels about the object and the experience of interacting with ...

Old/New Tech “Combines”

Oct

17

2012

I’m brainstorming ways to allow people to use new technology with old technology: Bold = old, obsolete thing Italic = new technology/method (parentheses) = combine idea wallets – credit cards, google wallet (google wallet wallet) glasses/contacts – lasik surgery pagers – cell phones (pager that dials phone numbers) carrier pigeons – email printing press – ...

Thesis Flea-search / Thrifty Saturday

Oct

6

2012

I went out in search of materials for a project prototype, and what better place to look than a flea market? There’s everything under the sun–vintage toys, clothing, housewares, and tools… and they all have mysterious histories. Who used to own them? Where have they been? How did they end up here? ...