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TRADESTON SQUARE VIEW

LAURIESTON SQUARE VIEW

LANE SHARED SPACE

METHODOLOGY WORKFLOW & CHRONOLOGY

GLASGOW'S BLOCK ANALYSIS & RELATED DESIGN STUDIES

Maiden Lane Estate_ phase 1 and phase 3

Phase 1_ single storey stair access flats

Phase 1_ stacked maisonettes

Phase 2_ single storey level access flats

Phase 2_ two storey maisonettes and single storey level access flats

Microclimate of the semi-enclosed building space

This paper studies the microclimate characteristics of the semi-enclosed space on the ground floor of Guangzhou University Library. After a questionnaire survey and simulation using the Integrated Environmental Solution (IES) software, the existence of microclimate in the semi-enclosed space was confirmed. It is found that the microclimate is characterized by slightly warm, high relative humidity, low radiation and high wind speed. At the same time, the direct and indirect reasons for students' preference for the semi-enclosed space are found.

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Yasmine Amani 2020 Degree Show

Behind the scenes and introduction to textile artist Yasmine Amani and her Masters Project.

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chickens research drawing

research: chicken details

research feather drawing detail

'Transient Bodies' - Kieran Flaherty

A brief introduction to 'Transient Bodies', a behind the scenes look at the design process and how Covid-19 was navigated and its effect on the collection.

Transient Bodies

Undermining perception by obscuring pattern through 3D paper manipulation.

Transient Bodies

Inspired by the tradition of Kimono making, in which rectangular pieces of fabric are cut from a larger length called a 'tanmono', initial silhouette experimentations were conducted on the half-scale mannequin using varying lengths and thicknesses of tracing paper. Hand drawn lines were featured to explore moiré-inspired textile designs on transparent materials, being overlayed to create depth and obstruction.

Transient Bodies

Translating my textile work into 3D forms, I took inspiration from the artist Richard Sweeney and his work creating fluid structures from paper. The resulting paper forms will be used to help influence silhouette and possible textile designs

Transient Bodies

Close up details of fluid paper 3D forms for use as 2D textile research

Project Introduce

Moulding Experiment1

Moulding Experiment2

street dog in Imsouane, Morocco

Imsouane Village

Ims'one Project Shelter

Fran and her dog Bosco

Inner City

1000x660MM

Inner City

1200x520MM

Inner City

1200x520MM

INNER CITY

600X400MM

Inner City

1200x520MM

70-80-90

70-90 means 1970s to the 1990s in China. In this project, I chose an organization or individual to represent each decade; in the 1970s I chose the The No Name Painting Association, in the 1980s I chose Xiamen Dada group, and in the 1990s I chose Wang Gongxin and his wife to represent Chinese experimental art. The purpose of this project is to be today's Chinese artists, we need to look back at how the artists of the last century survived in a harsher environment, and how they met their artistic value in the rapidly changing social background.


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Films in 1994

This book contains all the movies released in 1994. The concept of this project is very simple: Turn the virtual information on the Internet into material in physical form to oppose the trend of digitization of books and record the movie history.

Films in 1994-1

Films in 1994-2

PLEASE START WORKING

Procrastination has a significant impact on everyone's life. The comic book shows what procrastinator's life looks like, and use an ironic, humorous, and surreal way to present. Hoping people who read this comic book laugh and think not just themselves faced this problem and have a strong sense of identity instead of struggling in this situation.

THE AMAZON IS ON FIRE

Publication Size 9.9mm * 21mm ,Using marks left by the fire as a visual language

II. in touch

A found footage film. Composed of videos stored in my phone library of skin-to-skin contact in the time before social distancing and Covid-19 and interviews with people in different places on their lives during the pandemic, talking about touch - or lack thereof. Music by Nicolo Traini and Toby Withers.

III. where the light comes in

Two weeks in four walls, with only light for company.

On return to London just before lockdown, I self-isolated to protect the vulnerable people in my home - down the road from King’s College Hospital. Light became a marker of time: sun streaks punctuated the day, while the blue of ambulances streamed in at night. I made a ritual of photographing where light fell in the morning. This culminated in an A4 publication.

Selected works

"Unsexing" edition

This booklet was made during stage 3, on female artistes who were pushed aside or erased from art history for many years. This booklet ask also the questions on how should we give these artists justice without marginalises, pigeon holes and isolates them from movements and influences. As for the title, it's a word from a quote from an art critic on women artistes, saying that becoming an artist would unsex women. The wire'O binding was chosen to highlight that the booklet isn't finished because the conversation and these issus are not.

Untitled collection

This collection of zine is on the theme “censorship”. It's called the “Untitled collection”, reflecting on erased content. The first publication would tackles censorship in Hollywood cinema, the Hays code, which were rules on what to show in movies that studios had to follow and what were its effects on cinema.

We are all the media: Covid-19 Calendar

The cover and the monthly chapter

Infodemic caused by COVID-19 makes Renyu want to explore the role of individual media in misinformation. In her mind, each of us is a media with signal, and we have the ability and obligation to be responsible for the process of information dissemination. 

Covid-19 Calendar

10.02.2020: Garlic-save-life day

Drawing lessons from the concept that the Chinese traditional calendar records the good and bad luck of every day, Renyu puts the real part and the false part of the news as comparison objects in this calendar. And make them overlap with each other, showing their delicate relationship in the process of communication.

Covid-19 Calendar

09.04.2020: 5G-cause-virus day

The calendar form can harmoniously record every day about the existence of fake news, and at the same time, it combines fake news images produced by collage technique to enlarge the absurd content of fake news for the audience as much as possible.

Covid-19 Calendar

Using irony to restore and record some ridiculous ideas and absurd things people have done during this period.

Covid-19 Calendar

The theoretical approach of stage 3 project is about the Decoloninsg design, whether decolonising the African culture, or decolonising female from patriarchy societies. Respectful design is and design for humanity, appreciating the cultural values. The aim of this thesis is to reveal the intangible African heritage through a feminist perspective.

Cultural Objects Material Exploration

Decolonising the land _African material .

I created a new_ ritual material_ for the nomads , the material is portable , can be make and remake which suites the nomadic mobile life, and also representing their identity.

diconstrut the exsisting form

New configuration for the cultural material. and form.

predicting female future through objects

collage of space concept

Since at least the 20th century, men have been occupying the active position in social development and have treated women unfairly and restricted. In response to these situations, women began to call for equal rights, so they developed feminism. This project started research from the futurism‘s misogynist, and discussed the relationship between male-dominated society and feminism. This collage represents this relationship, and also expresses the opinion from a female futurist Saint-Point that androgynous being is the complete being, which responses to futurism. Therefore this place is for women and people whose gender identify as women to enhance their voice and support them in such a male-dominated society.

site selection

This building is occupied by this project as a masculinity building. Its dark single colour, rough texture and concise lines. Those are masculine features. The author of this painting of this building is Ettore Sottsass, who is a big fan of futurism. This is suitable for my starting point of research. In addition, the shape of this building and several small windows on the walls make the whole building look very private and there is a feeling that the internal space is well protected. This project wanted to use this atmosphere of this building to create a space to “protect” femininity.

plan & axonometric

by referring to a survey about women’s favourite leisure activities and considering project aim,the most important functions of this place are reading area, communication area and garden area. There are only feminism books in this building, people can get mental support by reading. And the communication area provides a place for them to share their experience freely and help each other with their problems. Garden area is not only a decorative area for femininity, but also it's a good way to make people relax by getting closer to nature.

urban outside

village outside

Background

The living environment in the film equals social class

light experements

Human reaction to the color and angle of the light source

I mainly want to get people's reactions to different colors and angles of light sources in the experiment, and confirm the influence of light sources on people's body and mind

Optical Fiber

Experiments with Optical Fiber

The function and characteristics of Optical Fiber can be realized through experiments

Mirror

Experiments with mirror

The function and characteristics of mirror can be realized through experiments

WechatIMG1014

part3 and part4

The New Game of Life

The background story of the game

4 main levels of the game

Level1

The game start at players' own home. The first chapter help them to recollect the memory behind one object.

Level2

Then the player will be guided to the business street nearby.

Turn unfinished buildings into bridges and connections between urban and rural areas

The process of rural and urban people came into contact

Experiments about how distance effect the image

The growing process of pumpkins and luffa

The growing process of peanut and potato

Background

Key theories

Methodology

The manifestation of gender discrimination in public space

Case studies

Social Distancing

Audition Adjuster

Vision Adjuster

Extended Hand/ Arm

A New Normative Body

Daniel Blake Minstrel A3 Poster

Minstrel Project Process Journal Summary Contents

Minstrel Project Process Journal Summary p1

Minstrel Project Process Journal Summary p2

Render (Components)

Render (User)

Render (Charger)

Product Scenario

Left: using a contactless payment facility. Top right: brand. Bottom right: Using white noise feature.

TORC - Poster

Journal - Problem Background

Journal - Technology

Journal - User Experience

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RotaCa

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Design Process Journal

10 page summary highlighting research and design process


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Workflow of design process

Iterations of Feet

With force topology meshes

Load cases of feet

InnerStrength Cricket Body Protector

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Sealing principle

Desgin for manufacture and assmbly

Technical analysis for meeting the objectives

having been touched on the surface (cover)

Cover of the upcoming publication.

NOWYOUSEEUS project poster

NOWYOUSEEUS is a progressive online research led activist project about Identity as seen through the lived experiences of womxn of colour with afro-caribbean textured hair.

The Hunterian Collaborative Project

Curators: Carol Dunn, Claude Chan, Hannah Braithwaite, Shalmali Shetty

Creative Connect Talk

Guest speaker talking to Creative Connect about being a Social Justice Curator in 2020.

Collaborative Project: Reclamation

Reclamation Poster

Expanded Attitudes

Front cover of 60 page publication, 2020

Publication developed collaboratively between curator Hannah Benassi and artists Sean Ellcombe, Naomi McClure and Masaki Ishikawa.

Expanded Attitudes Publication 2020

Image: Sean Ellcombe, Surface and Light Exaggeration, 2020 Reworked by Hannah Benassi

Expanded Attitudes

Back page of publication, 2020

https://www.seanellcombe.com/ https://www.naomimcclureart.com/ https://www.masakiishikawa.tokyo/

Expanded Attitudes - Poster

Image: Sean Ellcombe, Light and Surface Exaggeration, 2020 Reworked by Hannah Benassi

From My Bedroom to Yours: Vaginal Davis

Curator Grace Jackson introduces us to the work of Vaginal Davis.

Released: 2020.

From My Bedroom to Yours: Vaginal Davis

Name: Interview with Lingmei Huang Photo: Kehan Liu

Name: Interview with Hu Liu Photo: Kehan Liu

Name: “Taihe Art Space”1 Photo: Kehan Liu

Name: “Taihe Art Space”2 Edit: Kehan Liu

Dear Lithium, - project website (homepage)

Research photograph (Cornwall, July 2020)

Research Photograph (United Downs, July 2020)

Research photographs (Gwennap, July 2020)

Authority and Freedom: Testing the Context

In this Semester 1 project, five students from the MLitt Curatorial Practice (Contemporary Art) programme collaborated with two Master of Fine Art artists to explore concepts of authority and freedom in the public space.

Control Alter Delete

Semester 2 showcase of the overlapping subversive responses of 5 artists to surrounding structures of power, authority and influence on society.

Mask On

Poster intervention by Siguel, SWG3, Glasgow, 2020, Courtesy of Michael Cameron Hunter

Throne

Poster intervention by KMG, SWG3, Glasgow, 2020, Courtesy of Marianne Vosloo

Virus with shoes

Poster intervention by Dr. D, SWG3, Glasgow, Courtesy of Michael Cameron Hunter

Slow Glass Publication logo

Design by Bianca Winberg

Slow Glass Edition One: Some Triangular Thoughts by Lauren Gault

Cover design by Bianca Winberg

Some Triangular Thoughts launches 31 August 2020

Slow Glass Edition One: Some Triangular Thoughts by Lauren Gault

Images Reworked by Bianca Winberg // Image one: Lauren Gault, Centre of a Vortex, Northern Ireland, 2020 // Image two: Lauren Gault, Auroch, Northern Ireland, 2020 // Background: Lauren Gault, Lanthorn, photographed by Bianca Winberg, 2020

Slow Glass Edition One: Some Triangular Thoughts by Lauren Gault

Image: Some Triangular Thoughts, by Lauren Gault // Inner image: Lauren Gault, Corvus, Northern Ireland, 2019

The show

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About portrait II

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Above The Flora

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About portrait I

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A9C

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Contact Abstract (Vermilion).

Painting. Oil and graphite on linen. 60cm x 80cm x 2.5cm. Unique Work.

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Yugao-tei, The Tea House at Kenroku-en.

Collage. Gelatin silver print with Japanese Washi. 36cm x 48cm (Framed). Unique work.

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Japanese Suite.

Painting. Triptych. Arches paper, Japanese gohun and graphite. Each work 61cm x 46cm (Unframed) 71cm x 55.5cm (Framed). Unique work. A note on the illustrations. At the edge of photographic reproduction, this work is challenging to accurately reproduce and display digitally. I accord primacy to the viewing of the work in person.

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THINGS JAPANESE (IV).

Collage. Chromogenic prints. Variable dimensions.

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Vermilion Suite/Vermilion Shoji.

Painting. Watercolour paper, gouache and graphite. 70cm x 54.5cm (Framed). Unique work.

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Charcoal Claw

Experimental drawing video

BiroFists

Experimental drawing in action.

BiroHalo

Biro-based body extension

Meteorite on a stick

This experimental tool is made out of a 10,000 year old meteorite. Brilliant for scraping paint over drawing surfaces.

THE FINGER

show the middle finger | medium: mixed media on your face | size: bigger than my disappointment | date: the year when we all got trapped and GSA refused to help

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Remote And Control-Fan Shilei

plaster, monitor 520 x 300 x 300 cm 3’45

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Chopsticks Tower

3D model, game

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Maze

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Artisit Book

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This is a book made by myself. The name of the book is "Artist Book". I illegally put it in a different library and imitated the label in the library. This book is fully integrated into the library. It cannot be queried by the library computer, but this book has become part of the library. I am also not sure about the fate of the future. This book really may be taken away by the librarian; or this book really becomes a book in the library; or taken by the reader. Books Place: 1. The Glasgow School of Art Library, Glasgow, Scotland, UK (September 2019) 2. Shenzhen Library, Shenzhen, China (September 2019) 3. The University of Glasgow Library, Glasgow, Scotland, UK (January 2020) 4. The Royal College of Art Library, London, England, UK (March 2020) 5. University of the Arts London - Central Saint Martins Library, London, England, UK (March 2020) 6. Waterstones, 153-157 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow, Scotland, UK G2 3EW (August 2020) 7. The Mitchell Library, Glasgow, Scotland, UK (August 2020) View the book location on the Google map Future plan The National Library of Scotland / The British Library / Centre for Contemporary Arts-Glasgow

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Grabber

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Time Is Money (Clocks)

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Full Silver Chair

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Tree of Life

Laser cut mirror perspex, ready mades on rotating plinth

My House

My Family

Down the Track

St Alkmunds Church

The Town

Other People's Faces

Inkjet on reconstructed paper bag, offered for distribution to the public via social media.

Montage, l-r; bag after printing and reconstruction, bag in use, screen grab of Instagram story being written, bag folded and ready for posting.

Shopping for Gelded Futures (work in progress)

Showing the deconstructed bag, printed and ready for reassembly.

Shopping For Gelded Futures

Showing the two sides of the reconstructed shopping bag, featuring on one side a diagram of a knight's armour and on the other the disorganised slogan 'gelded futures'.

Infinity x Infinity Pool (2020 Inkjet on found imagery)

Semblance (2020 inkjet on found imagery)

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Dissent,too, is a way to engage with those in power.

Civic participation is what drive democracies. But our system of governance values quiet, dutiful civic actions such as voting, volunteering, lobbying much more than critical actions such as dissent or protest. The later are often met with ire and force while the other is hailed as a sacred duty. Alexis de Tocqueville once said that the health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens. That is the central theme of this project.

Expressions of Dissent

Dissent to me is the public manifestation & exhibition of collective distrust in traditional institutions.

Dissent can take on various forms. From trolling politicians on social media, boycotts & non cooperation with authorities to marches and hunger strikes in some cases.

Dissent as public claims-making

Dissent is a disruption to ‘life as normal’, It presents ‘an alternative to promised utopia’. Public dissent usually becomes a time when people take over the public policy debate.

The Taxonomy of Dissent

While no social movement is the same, I decided to classify them into these categories for easier understanding.

The anatomy of dissent

Through this project, I sought to create a taxonomy and anatomy of dissent. If the taxonomy familiarizes us to the different types of structures of a protest movement, the anatomy tells us about the people that populate it.

From The Multitude To The People

"Election Is Not Democracy"

From The Multitude To The People

"Election Is Not Democracy" — Master's Thesis

Research Process

Representation

Building A Research Framework

Representation In Principle And In Practice

"We Blame Democracy When We Should Be Blaming Representation"

I looked at representation in the lens of democracy and showed how and why the concept in practice was problematic and why representative democracy is not representative. I concluded that being represented as we are today is a loss of power for citizens as they have very little control over the actions of their representatives. More over being represented through the vote of the majority interpreted as the general will, is also problematic as it lacks actual representativeness. How majority is formed, calculated and how it operates influence the results of the process and potentially increases inequalities. We end up "blaming democracy when we should we blaming the instability of representation."* Jacques Rancière

Not Fit to Print: Exploring Democracy within Public Media Systems

This project looked at who owns the media, the issues with this and sought to address the problems with the current media model driven by capitalism. Alternatives do exist though and a citizen-owned media that is more reflective of their needs is certainly possible and attainable.

Citizen-owned media

Instead of a media that’s divisive it could create connections and foster a better sense of community. Instead of invoking outrage and pessimism it could promote and celebrate the everyday good whilst also being mindful of the importance of reporting the truth. Instead of voicing narrow-minded, singular views, it could be better at providing a platform for diverse voices more representative of the people it serves. Instead of an agenda set on pushing profits, it could put people first and offer more support for independent businesses to boost local economies.

Media Reform Proposals

Here I've highlighted some of the proposals put forward by the Media Reform Coalition and Caincross Review. Although there were some points I disagreed with, there were others that had credibility. For the ones highlighted here, there's a strong focus on the importance of public interest news, being independent of government and the need to redefine funding structures.

Article Review / Research Activity

In order to gain better insight into the current state of media I reviewed articles from the 'main' papers and highlighted uses of language, tone and the type of information being told/not told. I also opened up this activity to the general public to gain their thoughts and opinions too. Above, are a few of their responses. What I found was a media that's a mouthpiece for the elite, not for the people; a media that is singular and narrow-minded; and instead of holding those in power to account, they are instead given more space to voice their opinions.

Workshop / Imagining a Fairer Media in a 'Fictional' Town

I facilitated a workshop to collaborate on ideas for what a fairer media might look like. Above are some of the slides from the workshop (it had to be done virtually). To enable the discussion, I created a fictional town with characters that my particpants could discuss ideas through the lens of. I walked them through a number of different scenarios to come up with ideas on: how to fund a locally-owned media, how to report on stories, and how to publish these stories. We also discussed what some of the future impacts these decisions might have. The town, characters and scenarios were all created based on the research I'd done so far, so although fictional they're also probable. This workshop enabled me to include more voices than just my own and to come up with ideas outside of my own biases.

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Brown crab, velvet crab and lobster landings in Scotland

Ocean farming

To my dear furniture

Innovation design and collaborative creativity

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Solution

Furniture History Booklet

This booklet is printed by the furniture company and delivered to customers along with the new furniture. The booklet could record stories about furniture (E.g. The pet cat at home was in a bad mood one day, so he scratching the armrest of the chair and leaving paw prints.) also it could record the condition of the furniture and how customers feel about the furniture. Three views and perspective views could simply mark the parts that need to be described. The significance of this booklet is that when the furniture has been used for many years and people want to throw it away, by reading the stories, they might recall many of the times it has accompanied them. At this point, one of five sustainable design strategies 'Reduce' is used: Designed for longer life (e.g. emotionally durable design). This booklet is through emotion to maintain the life of the furniture. When the furniture needs to be resold, this booklet might attract the next customer to understand the time experienced by the furniture, know that this is a piece of furniture with stories. Also, they could understand the previous owner’s mood and the conditions of the furniture, instead of just the old and new appearances to determine whether to buy.

Solution

Service blueprint

The entire process is based on a website named 'xxx of Furniture'. The site should collaborate with furniture companies, which provide the furniture history booklet to the customers. I improved the booklet: add a QR code for customers to scan it. It will bring them to the website and record the data online. Once people finished stories, the site can collect the data and pass to the furniture company after-sale department or designers which can help them improve their products. When customers go back to the main page, they can try to share their opinions about old furniture and discuss with other furniture lovers. The site team including designers and furniture experts who might help them solve the problems, and if they need components or tools, furniture company can provide secondary service as profits that could stimulate companies to cooperate with the website. The event as part of the website is a future plan. It is the website offline activity, people who chat online and share stories could meet together in the activity. This can enrich the communication that originally had no sense of reality. Participants might enlarge their socialization and build up their confidence.

Solution

Process

Collaborating for a zero-waste fashion community

Data Analysis

Data Analysis

Qualitative Research Method

Doric Town

A board game aims to protect dialect heritage by sharing vocabulary and stories.

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Sensing the City Zine

The Zine was designed to facilitate non-language based communication during the Sensory Mapping Engagements, to make sure that the process is well understood, and participants are aware of their rights and what they are consenting to. The design of the consent and information form became a critical element of the research in this regard.


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The process of Sensory Engagement Design

Narural Light in Learning Environments

Foreword

Introduction

What could be the preferable future of death? How might we create a system that provides an accessible, dignified, personalized, and therapeutic experience to the users while aiding nature preservation and climate mitigation efforts?

What is it?

A new death service run by nature preservation charities that offers human composting. The service comprises of a series of steps, all of them optional, but profit from each of them contributes to habitat and wildlife protection. For this speculation, I’ve looked at the possibilities that human composting or "recomposition" could unlock. Recomposition produces a large amount of rich soil which can be divided into many parts and used in a variety of ways. One can choose to donate it, take it home, ship it to relatives, scatter it in one or multiple locations, or even buy a tree or potted plant planted in the recomposed soil. As well as a new system, the concept also proposes spatial and material guidelines for facilitating this new praxis.

The memorial grounds

The memorial grounds are where memorial markers are placed. Although it is all optional, some might still need a monument to memorialize their name. We also need a space to express gestures towards the dead. Physical acts of remembering like touching a name on a headstone are tangible ways we let ourselves know that we are taking real action to remember someone, a sort of small personal ritual. While there is not yet a finished design for the space, I created a sketch of what these spaces might feel like. The grounds must be planned in a way that’s not disruptive to the environment. It should be visually distinguished from nature to signify an added layer of meaning, without imposing on the landscape. As existing nature charities already form a wide network around the UK, the service could be easily available wherever there is demand for it.

memorial markers

When it comes to the markers themselves, the shape should allow for a variety of actions. Emphasis should be on the sensation of touch, so material and surface texture must be taken into consideration. They also need to be durable and fit to stay outside virtually forever. The material might also be reactive to light, heat, or moisture to give a visual response when touched.

A workbook and visual aid employed in interviews

Interviews with residents were carried out with a workbook-type engagement tool to help them self-reflect their waste disposal routine. Design for Intent toolkit (Dan Lockton, 2010) was also employed to see which environmental/cognitive factor can affect their change.

FIGURING OUT TARGET BEHAVIOURS

Through the workbook, found that the environmental crisis story sounds too broad for residents so they needed some closer story to encourage their intrinsic drive. Also, they needed easier environmental setting for better recycling.

Deeper story between residents and refuse collectors

Through further in-depth interviews, found that the lack of interaction was making a vicious cycle. Yet opportunities were discovered - some residents cared about workers' working condition and refuse collectors were encouraged by them. Also, they needed a platform where residents can ask some questions to refuse collectors and refuse collectors help the general public do better recycling.

Storyboard of the service

The empathy-derived recycling model consists of three pillars: 1) Environmental setting (easy-sorting-out bags), 1) Caring & responsibility (an introduction card of refuse collectors with their essential messages to residents and an ID card for residents' self-check) and 3) Recycling practice (deposit return scheme), to achieve change most effectively.

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Project Process Journey

The sustainable use of household products in the young transient group.

This project focuses on the sustainable use of household products in the young transient group in Glasgow. Young Transient Group means People are leaving for college and exploring the world post-graduation (Eric Klinenberg, 2012). With the process of globalization, short-term migration has become convenient. In the Migration and Its Impact on Cities published by the World Economic Forum in 2017, it mentioned that adults planning and preparing to migrate are more likely to be young, single, and living in urban areas. As the youngest place in Scotland (David Ottewell, 2018), Glasgow has a large amount of YTG. Under this trend, cities also provide a wide client base for YTG to market their products and services. However, In a current economic model, a household product is manufactured and sold to a customer (Thomas Wastling, 2018). YTG is an excellent customer for enterprises because their movability means their continuous consumption of household products. Such short-term consumption did stimulate the growth of the local economy, but it also caused a massive waste of household products. According to the Scottish Household waste – summary data 2018 from the Scottish Government, Glasgow generated 245,318 tons of household waste in 2018 the whole year, 69% of which were buried. Young people have a great responsibility for it, because they do not have sufficient knowledge about waste segregation in their own area, neither about the waste processing machines (Monika Stępień, 2013). This colossal waste of household products from YTG poses a challenge to the sustainable development of the city. Therefore, this project will focus on researching how to make YTG obtain and process household products more sustainably.


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Master project

Wellbeing and the Urban Environment in Mestre.

I explored Mestre - Venice's suburb - known for issues linked to criminality, marginalisation and socio-economic-health disparities. After a deep research, I was able to find a "custom-made" solution for Mestre's citizens.


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Instilling pro-environmental behaviours among citizens to create sustainable neighbourhoods.

Can design use these biases to nudge people ? Many scientist and psychologists are now seeing the importance of understanding behaviour and nudging towards climate action. Through the research process it became evident that I did not intend to focus on one specific behaviour , as sustainability was a journey with one success action resulting us to take the next action which was uncovered through various interviews.

SITE

The site I chose was White City Estate which is a ward in the Hammersmith and Fulham borough here in London. It has one of the most diverse neighbourhoods with people coming from various class structures with 52 percent of the people here living in social housing. Unfortunately it is also identified as one of the most deprived and least affluent area in the borough.

Why I chose a social housing estate?

It's important for us to get diverse voices heard in these conversations. A saying from the environmentalist Sunita Narain inspired this thought with a provoking question - Is it accessible, is it inclusive, is it diverse, is it reciprocal? This thinking stayed with me throughout my design process. I was also inspired by Bristol taking the same course of action during Lockdown to make environmental sustainability more inclusive to people from all class structures. With this in mind and initial desk research, my design challenge moulded to questions around design interventions instilling pro environmental behaviours among individuals

Various Research methods used

A brief summary of the engagement tools I used to understand behaviours of those living in White City are : 1. Using optimism as a nudge to spark conversations followed by printed questionnaires to fulfil social distancing rules. 2. Tags on a gate tool to understand values and wants of residents. 3. I then sent out 2 sets of digital questionnaires via various platforms to understand residents their behaviour and interaction with space and the term sustainability. This was also to understand their sustainability journey and the barriers a few heroes faced on their paths. Alongside this, I held a workshop, few other one on one interviews via whatsapp, or face to face and a walking tour.

Testing the role of optimism as an engagement tool

One of the engagement tools that worked best with residents to talk about sustainability was the optimism nudge card I designed. Working as a volunteer distributing food during COVID allowed me to have conversations with people from within the community. However, this was a very delicate moment where people cued waiting for food after receiving a token. The food distribution charities would save food that would otherwise go into landfill from various vendors and measured success based on how much food wastage they saved. Using this same method of celebration and optimism, I designed a tool to play ‘the role of optimism’ and change otherwise uncomfortable moments in moments of deep reflection. As the lockdown started easing I used this tool at charity sales leading to them requesting more for ongoing and future rail sales.

Mapping the NEIC - parks which remained open during Covid-19

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Activity Pack

Death & grief in the digital age

Initial research findings

based on informal conversations, literature review, and expert interviews

Understanding of what grief is Experience map and mourning practices with and without digital technologies Digital legacy and second-loss anxiety (Basset)

ENGAGEMENT TOOLS FOR INTERVIEWS

Participants had the possibility to bring an element that they keep in memory of a lost loved one to the interview. These artifacts, wether physical or digital, became a basis for conversation.

Qualitative research

Insights from participant interviews

Four grievers were interviewed about their experience with digital commemorative artifacts.

HMW

narrowing down

Helping people keep away from insomnia


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Product

The final product looks like a clock, this device can remind people to establish good sleep habits.

Personal privacy protection on social media

Explore the gap between privacy attitudes and privacy behaviors

We are continually experiencing social network privacy leaks. In this case, users should pay attention to their privacy and avoid disclosing their personal information on the Internet. But they did not do so. This is called the "privacy paradox." These are all self-perception biases that lead to these dangerous behaviors. This is also the root cause of the user's privacy attitude in the "privacy paradox" phenomenon because users did not realize that this behavior has potential risks and wrong privacy protection methods. Internet police studio is a leisure and entertainment space that combines online platforms and offline cafes. It aims to help the public raise awareness of privacy protection and understand the value of personal privacy. The studio's official account provides content sharing about privacy experience, real cases, protection methods, and online service consultation with the Internet police. At the same time, the cafe is the offline platform of the internet police studio. Users can get a cup of coffee by sharing their experiences, and they can also communicate with the online police and other users one-on-one offline. In the future, users can also participate in offline workshops, online privacy lectures, or experience some privacy risk mini-games.

Redefining and rethinking the furniture' s meaning to people.

Second-hand furniture co-design system

Death Avoidance

From early research and interviews, I discovered death is still a taboo topic in many Western societies including the UK. Thinking and talking about dying and death is unlikely unless you've had some experience with it. Most conversations about death happen close to the end of life.


Death as a taboo subject can have substantially negative consequences; unnecessary fear about the process of dying, not receiving preferred treatment and care, and not dying in a preferred place. Families, doctors, and carers often do not have the vocabulary and confidence to talk about it, meaning people are often unaware they are dying in the first place. How can we encourage these conversations to happen earlier to ensure people experience a good death? How can we promote death literacy in the wider society?

Death Literacy

Following further desk research, video interviews, and autoethnography, three key areas for death literacy were identified.


Reflection & conversation: reflecting and discussing end of life wishes and what it means to have a good death.


Knowledge & skills: giving people practical knowledge about supporting themselves and others in having a good death.


Planning & preparation: highlighting the ways and importance of planning for end of life before falling seriously ill.

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Recycling service

Collection van

Online recycling service

Online-to-offline recycling service

Generative Knitting Motif Software

This software aimed to challenge the origin of knitting motifs routed in family and place by providing an obvious contradiction to traditional methods.

Interactive Fair Isle Swatches

These interactive Fair Isle swatches were part of a digital knitting experiences and embodied insights from the research participants in Shetland. This was part of a display that enabled me to engage with participants and playfully share research insights.

Image of Local Knitters found in the Tangwick Haa Museum, Shetland.

Fair Isle knitting is a highly skilful and specialised craft which was traditionally practiced by women on Shetland. The technique with three needles and a knitting belt allows knitters to 'knit on the go' and to quickly drop the needles to do other forms of work in between.

Provotypes

The three provotypes consisted from left to right of interactive Fair Isle swatches which were based on traditional motifs, a generative motif software which allowed to alter and manipulate the traditional designs, and a set of digital knitting needles which assisted in navigating the new pattern by counting the row and stitches.

SELF-MANAGEMENT BEYOND THE SELF

Relational Map Outcome

SELF-MANAGEMENT BEYOND THE SELF

Participatory Workshop Plan

Persona Opening Sequence – Re-imagined

Re-imagining of the opening sequence to Bergman's Persona. Sound design, foley and production; music composition and production; by Simon Lowdon.

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Using Ambisonic Surround Sound to Enhance Player Experience in 3D Games

This project investigated how Ambisonic surround sound can improve a player's immersion and enjoyment of a 3D game. A 3D game, Pirate Ship Revenge, was developed using Ambisonic spatialisation techniques then tested by members of the public. Participants in the study tested two versions of the game, a binaural mix and a stereo mix, then compared their experiences of the two games through an online survey. The results from this survey suggest that players can successfully tell the difference between a binaural game and a stereo game, and felt more immersed by, and thus preferred, the binaural game.

ShipPlanView

Which version did you prefer?

How often do you play videogames?

Are you a musician or have experience working with audio?

The Tomb of James II King of Scots

For annotations please view model in full screen. This model depicts a historical interpretation of what the tomb of James II of Scotland (1430-60) may have looked like. James II was King of Scots from 1437 until 1460 when he was accidentaly killed by an exploding cannon. He was buried in Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh. The tomb was likely destroyed by an invading English army during the Anglo-Scottish wars in the 1540s. James was perhaps the first succesful king of the Stewart dynasty. At the time of his death he had the popular support of his nobles having won a civil war against the powerful Douglas family earlier in his reign. He married Mary of Guelders, a relation of the powerful Duke of Burgundy and was succeeded by a male heir in his son James. The tomb was modelled in 3ds Max based on historical research on Scotland and royal European tomb building in the 15th Century. Submited as part of a Masters Thesis in International Heritage Visualisation.

Alexander III of Scotland Hammered Penny

For annotations please view model in full screen. This penny was produced in Scotland between 1280 and 1286 during the reign of King Alexander III (1249-1286). Coinage had been produced in Scotland since the capture of English silver mines by King David I in 1138. Coins at this time were made by rolling out a weight of silver into a sheet and cutting it into discs. These were then placed on a small anvil bearing the king’s head design and struck with a steel punch bearing the cross design. This coin is of the 2nd recoinage of Alexander III’s reign and was issued from 1280 until his death in 1286. The recoinage of 1280 came at same time as English recoinage, replacing the recoinage of 1250 following his inauguration. The economic improvements during Alexander’s reign led to a boom in minting and his coins are among the most common medieval Scottish coins that can be found today. This model was created using photogrammetry before being optimised with the modelling software blender. Submited as part of Masters Thesis for International Heritage Visualisation.

Kelvingrove Gallery and Museum Front Tower 3D Model

3D model of the front tower of the Kelvingrove Gallery and Museum. Modeled with Autodesk's 3d Studio Max and textured with photos taken on site. Submitted as part of an assignment in the MSc in International Heritage Visualisation at the Glasgow School of Art.

Digital Staffa - Audio and Visual Patination

A preview of the interactive prototype. The model of Fingal's cave was created by Shona Noble as part of previous work with the HARPS project. In this play-through, user audio is uploaded by clicking on the seashell and speaking into the computer microphone, and are seen as "sound bubbles" (headphones recommended)

The initial planning of the interactive experience

This short video shows some of the initial storyboarding and design concepts in the planning stages. In the background is an excerpt of Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture plucked on a violin and auralised using Impulse Responses taken from Fingal's Cave. The hexagonal, geometric shapes of the distinctive columnar basalt of staffa inspired the design. Textures of patina on bronze also informed the design and colour palette.

Creating the User-Interface

The design for the user interface was inspired in part by the hexagonal basalt columns of Fingal's Cave, but also by the concept of "Patina" and how this manifests on bronze materials

Design planning

Due to the nautical theme of the subject matter, initial planning for the design of the interactive experience was based on matter such as seashells, rock formations and other associated objects

The title page of the Android AR app 'As Above So Below'

Assembled Goblin Ha' paper craft

Assembled Paper Craft model of Yester Castle

Paper Craft design of Goblin Ha' - designed using principles from Origamic Architecture

Paper Craft Design of Yester Castle, featuring the upstanding 15th century tower, 14th century curtain wall and the original entrance to the Goblin Ha'

The Library Cave Opens: Final Project

The Library Cave Opens is a short video game-like experience about Hungarian-British explorer and archaeologist Aurel Stein's stay at the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas near Dunhuang, China. Here, in 1900 a Daoist monk, Wang Yuanlu, discovered a sealed cave containing tens of thousands of manuscripts, paintings and secular documents dating from before the 11th century. The find comprises one of the most important discoveries for Chinese scholarship and today forms the basis of an entire field, Dunhuang Studies.
This interactive experience tells the story of how Stein, with the help of his Chinese assistant, Jiang Xiaowan, convinced Wang Yuanlu to part with 29 cases of artefacts which were subsequently deposited in the British Museum. The project was a prototype exploring how the video game medium could be utilised to reach wider audiences and spark conversation about the dubious acquisition practices of early Western explorers.

Created in Unity 3D, modelled in Blender & 3D Studio Max.
For a full list of resources used in the project please click here.

Close up of RBC animation

Deployed Stent

Uncompromising Stent

This shows that there are no wires in the way after successful deployment of stent,; this is a unique feature of the Fenestrated Anaconda

RBC Animation

RBC travelling through the Advanta V12 Balloon stent. This animation was created to show target vessel patency

RBC animation

What Not to Do With PPE: A Digital Application to Raise Awareness of PPE Protocol

Cross-contamination of the phone with PPE gloves on (with visible contamination)

Spot test for violation in PPE protocol

Self-contamination of the mask (with visible contamination)

Spot test for violation in mask protocol

Male Brush-Legged Wolf Spider

A Render of an S.ocreata male 3D Model

Created for use in a Real Time Application, the model shows a male Brush-Legged Wolf Spider

Female Brush-Legged Wolf Spider

A render of an S.ocreata female 3D model

Created for use in a Real Time Application, the model shows a female Brush-Legged Wolf Spider

Cartoon Male Brush-Legged Wolf Spider

A render of a cartoon S.ocreata male model

Created for use in a Real Time Application, the model shows a cartoon male Brush-Legged Wolf Spider

Cartoon Female Brush-Legged Wolf Spider

A render of a cartoon S.ocreata female model

Created for use in a Real Time Application, the model shows a cartoon female Brush-Legged Wolf Spider

Hand Dorsal Muscles

A Dorsal view of the muscles of the hand

The labeled image acts as one part of a two part informational graphic labeling the muscles of the hand

Full Breast Model

Final breast model containing muscles, mammary lobes, a tumour, and adipose.

3D Printed Moulds

Each tissue layer was created via a 2-part 3D printed mould.

Mammary Lobes and Mould

Silicone's of differing haptics were poured into the 3D printed moulds to create the life-like feel.

Muscle Layer & Mould

Digital Mould Creation

Each layer was digitally modeled using anatomical data. These digital models were converted into the digital moulds for 3D printing.