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Monthly Archives: October 2010

CG Modeling: Maya – Modeling a Roman Coliseum

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International Dance Party

International Dance Party! The full length video of this crazy and funny party machine! from Niklas Roy on Vimeo. Sax Guy

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Interaction Design – Reading Reflections on Ubiquitous Computing

Today I will be reviewing a reading excerpt of “Ubiquitous Computing as Expressive Means of Personalising Public Space” by Margot Jacobs. The excerpt talks about project Tejp, which examines the utilization of ubiquitous computing in personalizing public space. The project uses a succession of experiments using low tech prototypes to help personalize public spaces. The [...]

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Interaction Design – 5 week Design Intervention Proposal

1. Identify a Public Space! Map This Space (A) Abandoned lot on 8th Ave by 46th street 2. Why did you choose it? (A) Because it was in need of a serious Design intervention & it’s a high pedestrian traffic area. 2A. What meaning does it hold? (A) No meaning, it’s just an eye soar [...]

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Design for this Century – The Genius of Design

For my proposed reading submission, I want to review the book “The Genius of Design” by Penny Sparke; 2009. What I enjoyed the most about this book was the part named “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” for many reasons. When the subject of the space moon walk in 1969 was introduced I thought it was [...]

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Design for this century – Jamer Hunt: Lecture reflection

In the lecture by Jamer Hunt, he basically starts off talking about Scaler Shifts & designs potentialities. He begins talking about portions & gives an example of how human beings grow in a un-proportional way to adulthood from toddlers. Jamer then talks about Tom Freedman & how he created the 1 ft ruler based on [...]

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Alien Space Ship – Maya: Box Modeling

Hey everyone, so today I will be modeling an alien spaceship using what’s most commonly known as box modeling. I added a background after I finished modeling it. Final Render Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 Step [...]

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Lecture Reflection #2 – Design for This Century: Ted Byfield

In the lecture by Ted Byfield, he starts off talking about a map designed to represent a cross section of information about murders occurring in New York city. Everyday the NY Police department announces crimes happening in the city usually made from reports, news accounts & other reporting in general. The map shown to us [...]

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Reading Reflections

The Social Life of Urban Spaces Hi everyone, so today I’m going to be reviewing an excerpt from the book “The Social Life of Urban Spaces” by William Whyte. Whyte starts off by talking a little bit about public city spaces & why some work to serve the people using them & why some spaces [...]

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Parthenon creation – CG Modeling in Maya

Okay I recently was working with Maya & here is a Parthenon I modeled. I’ll try to take you through the process I took to create it. Final Scene Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10

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