Category: Design

  • 668 Paths To Go

    Although I spent all day working on my data visualization project, I’m still pretty much at square one, if you were to measure my current results by means of a finished project. I came into the studio late in the day to get some feedback to ensure I didn’t go down the wrong path and…

  • Empty Space Loses Its Meaning

    I read the following quote in the appendix of House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, which a friend laid in my lap while I was drinking beer and searching for new clothes online at 1 a.m. I wished to show that space-time is not necessarily something to which one can ascribe a separate existence,…

  • A Day in My Grad Life

    Earlier I was typing an email in which I related to my friend how busy I have been, and then described everything I had to do over the next few days. As I typed the email I thought, “this could be my blog post. I could just copy and paste.” But that didn’t seem right.…

  • Mobile Project Persona

    Today my group met to discuss our findings from independent interviews regarding our mobile project to help find a coffee shop. We have the beginnings of a persona. His name is Johannes Zummerman. He is 38 and married, and is a military software consultant. He loves good coffee. He needs it. It??????s part of his…

  • Interacting in a World With No Meaning

    I’m going to preface this post by saying I am not going to do this topic justice. We read “Communication: The Context of Change” by Dean Barnlund for Dick Buchanan’s class. It was actually a really good read, and quite accessible, unlike some of the other readings. The three questions Dick always asks about the…