Joanna Kim – Final Project: Edelweiss

My final project was a refined version of our last assignment. I created five flowers that light up according to the different notes that are played in the song from The Sound of Music, “Edelweiss.” My target audience would be people who can read music, as I would ideally want to have an instrument and…

Interactive Assignment: Edelweiss

Summary: I named this project “Edelweiss,” as I was inspired by the song from The Sound of Music. This assignment is the prototype for my final project. This project is meant to resemble an edelweiss flower and change colors to the song “Edelweiss.” The lights on the circuit playground will shine different colors according to…

Interactive Assignment Proposal

Student Name: Joanna Kim Title (tentative): Edelweiss Project or Assignment Summary: There will be a painting with six Edelweiss flowers. I was envisioning the flowers to light up according to the pitch of the note being played in “Edelweiss”. In the song “Edelweiss” there are seven notes (E, G, D, C, F, A, B). I…

Creative Switch: Light-up Butterfly

I wanted to create an interactive piece where it is shaped like a butterfly, and when you make its wings flap, the LEDs turn on. The switch aspect in this project is the loop made out of conductive fabric tape touching the copper tape to close the circuit and turn the LEDs on. Supplies: 4 red,…

Assignment 1 – Drawing Machine

I was inspired to capture the joy that plants might feel when they are being watered. This is the sentiment I tried to emulate in my piece, “Happy Flower.” The empty watering can follows the user’s mouse, and when you press down, water should come out of the watering can. The sun in the corner…