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  • Final Project: Rave Performance

    Submitted by kalyrama on Wed, 11/18/2020 - 2:41am



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    Name: Rave Stage

    Description: Rave Stage is an audiovisual instrument. What if one person could be the musician and lighting controller, all at once? This interactive visual provides that, with they keyboard as the medium of choice. The keys play different sounds and map to different lighting, and the user can behold different combinations of colors, angles, and lighting combinations until audiovisual patterns start to emerge!
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  • ch 8 reading response

    Submitted by kalyrama on Mon, 11/09/2020 - 1:54pm
    I’m not sure if I agree with Artful Design’s principle 8.4: Technology without poetry is but a blunt instrument. While the premise of course makes sense, since all human endeavors ultimately feed into the broader human experience, the wording seems too vague to actually delineate technology in a meaningful way. Is it possible to find an instance of technology that is not ultimately poetic? Take Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, a brute tool that seemingly removes the human aspect of its mission while capitalizing on humans completely. One can argue that there exists poetry in Amazon’s mission to scale human value, while trying to strip it away at the same time.
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  • ch 7 reading response

    Submitted by kalyrama on Mon, 11/09/2020 - 1:53pm
    I’m reflecting on Artful Design’s Principle 7.4, and its claim that usefulness, fullness of expression, authenticity, and transparency of use make a valuable social tool. While these four tenets make sense on the surface level, I wonder how individual users can ascribe their own usages onto a social tool. Take, for example, Facebook. Ignoring the glaring elephant in the room about transparency, one could argue that Facebook is an incredibly valuable social tool because it allows you to connect with other people more effectively, you can post anything you want, and we can authentically engage with others on the platform. However, as is the case for social media today, the authenticity factor starts to dwindle as more and more importance is placed on external validation.
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  • ch 6 reading response

    Submitted by kalyrama on Mon, 11/09/2020 - 1:53pm
    I am drawn to Artful Design’s concepts of Ludus and Paidia in game design. When I think of what makes a game pleasurable, it involves two things - competition and exploration. Competition probably falls under Ludus; it has a strict goal, stimulates the player, contains a set of rules as a guiding structure of actions, and is generally striving to complete some end. Exploration is a little trickier to think about. At first glance, it seems like exploration cleanly falls under Paidia, since it is often improvised playing without an immediate goal. However, these categories also feel like they can have significant overlap.
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  • ch 5 reading response

    Submitted by kalyrama on Mon, 11/09/2020 - 1:52pm
    I am interested in Artful Design’s Principle 5.4: Bodies Matter! The idea that our body is the ultimate instrument is true right now, and it’s interesting to reflect on how this concept has transformed over years of technological development. We of course started creating music with our voice and hands and limbs, and technology has opened up the scope of that. Page 210 displays some common methods of physical musical actions, like shaking, striking, plucking, tapping, sliding, and twisting. These all existed with rudimentary instruments, and the introduction of synthetic and electronic music has changed the game.
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  • ch 4 reading response

    Submitted by kalyrama on Mon, 11/09/2020 - 1:52pm
    I am drawn to Artful Design’s Principle 4.5: Design things with a computer that would not be possible without! This design concept is one that I always try to employ when thinking about technology. Taking the example of the widespread switch into video conferencing, I’ve thought a lot about what integral elements of human communication are impossible to emulate over Zoom. While Zoom does have its limitations, I realized that it’s a lot more exciting to think about what Zoom communication can enable that we ordinarily would not be able to do in person. Tools like breakout rooms, screen sharing, screen overtaking, and even the ease of games exist, and it’s so important to realize that!
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  • ch 3 reading response

    Submitted by kalyrama on Mon, 11/09/2020 - 1:51pm
    I really like Artful Design’s Principle 3.5: Build complexity from simplicity. Design can often feel extremely intimidating when only the final product is observed and the process of creation is obscured. Just like the example in the book of the rainbow flares, complexity is just an amalgamation of many simple building blocks, and knowing that makes both design and engineering feel accessible. In my computer science background, a fundamental concept underlying all of problem solving is the process of breaking down a complex problem into many simple problems, and building back up to a complex solution. This process demystifies relationships between moving parts, gives you clarity on what steps a problem requires, and allows for more modularization and scalability.
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  • ch 2 reading response

    Submitted by kalyrama on Mon, 11/09/2020 - 1:50pm
    I am struck by principle 2.1: Design for play and delight. Before reading this chapter, I associated artful design with perfectly intuitive functionality, as well as a standard of aesthetic that makes the experience sublime. Considering the zipper pencil bag example from the previous chapter, I agreed that design can inspire wonder in a user. What I didn’t consider, however, is the utility of play. Even using the word utility here somewhat defeats the purpose of this design principle. A pleasurable experience is “productive” in itself and does not necessarily need to have traditional utility to be valuable! This principle makes me reflect on the best designs I’ve come across in my life, and how they optimize for play and delight.
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  • ch 1 reading response

    Submitted by kalyrama on Mon, 11/09/2020 - 1:49pm
    From this week's reading, I'd like to respond to meta-principle 1.4: expect no more precision than a subject naturally affords. As a CS major primarily occupying spaces that are analytical and data-driven, I think this sentiment is often lost on my peers, and to some degree, myself. The book’s comparison of mathematical rigor vs. philosophical rigor is particularly pertinent here, because things that don’t provide explicitly measurable value are often overlooked. I can even take the example of computer science assignments that are graded on both style and functionality. Since functionality can be measured with automated tests that are applied equally to everyone, those points are optimized and weighted accordingly.
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  • 256A Reading Response #8

    Submitted by lloyd on Sun, 11/08/2020 - 12:09pm
    This is a response to a definition in Ge Wang’s book Artful Design:
    “Definition 8.14: The ‘pi’ shaped individual” (pg. 428)
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