Now that I finished my first year of graduate school, I began sifting through old sketches, notes, and random printouts that filled my backpack. While figuring out which item go into the recycling bin, I found an amusing article written by Michael McDonough, an award-winning New York-based green architect. "Top ...  Continue Reading »

Finally I finished updating my portfolio based on the comments I received from critiques. Two weeks ago, I presented my portfolio in the front of my design studio class. I received criticism and feedback from all my colleagues and Eli Blevis. I'm happy with the outcome... for now. As designers ...  Continue Reading »

Tomorrow Phoebe Sengers an Assistant Professor in Information Science and Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University will be in our Experience Design class. We will be discussing a paper written by her and Bill Gaver titled "Staying Open to Interpretation: Engaging Multiple Meanings in Design and Evaluation". She is ...  Continue Reading »

For our service learning project in our design-studio course, my team is working with the City of Bloomington to help formulate some ideas and long-term solutions to increase the activity in the downtown area. A few weeks ago we interviewed the Executive Director of the Bloomington Area Arts Council ...  Continue Reading »

After watching this concept video, it gave me some ideas on how to convey an experience. Instantly, I thought of Jeff Bardzell's quote from my Experience Design course - “Rather than starting from an interface to create a product, start from creating a good user experience.”   Continue Reading »