Solar powered charger in use on airplane      Solar Powered Charger         The first design project that fits under the first Slow Design Principle is a solar powered charger. This design project fits under this category because it does not overlook one very important aspect of life,…

Laptop Light Show: For this project I wanted to remain with using light like I have for the semester. All semester I had been interested in creating a light show that was responsive to sound that would be mounted on the back of a television, laptop, or desktop monitor. To make my idea a little…

Name: Ashley Villagrana My Responses to 3 classmates Interactive Unisex Blinking Bracelets:Response 1)   Which type of material or design should I use to make a bracelet that will be a perfect fit for everyone? Well in my opinion I’d probably go after arm sweat bands they are flexible and comfortable and big enough to install…

Ashley Villagrana 1) What is plausible about Jesse Schell’s future is that it does sound fun in a economical sense. It does sound possible with technology happening how it is today. Pedometers that earn you activity points on your ipod is actually up and running today. I can see a person getting points for eating…

Immediately after reading “Priniciple 1: Reveal”in Carolyn F. Strauss’s and Alastair Fuad-Luke’s “The Slow Design Principles,” the new iPhone came to mind. It was when I read the part about materials and methods being overlooked that made me think of the iPhone 5 and eventually just Apple in general. On Apple’s website there is a video…

The first design project that really intrigued me was Tyranny of the Plug by Dick Van Hoff. These are various kitchen machines that perform actions of chopping, blending, or churning with the use of electricity. In this particular design project, it uses no electricity, and instead, it uses human energy. This fits into the slow…

Student: Ashley Villagrana Teacher: Sabrina Raaf Class: Intro to responsive arts Called the Pythagora Switch is a educational television program that airs on television. Shows the number one principal in the Slow Design principles, which is to participate. They displayed what they call interactive physical properties that we normally in everyday life can see. This…

While researching different works that use Slow Design Principles, I found a project titled     Amazingness by Anna Hillman. Amazingness, a collection of photographs taken throughout London, was Hillman’s way of presenting the sublimity and “amazingness” of nature in urban life. Through this project, Hillman captures several Slow Design Principles, particularly revealing experiences in…

Lawrence Malstaf is an installation artist that creates theatrical pieces from advanced technologies. His work centers around the relationship between order and chaos. I find his installation pieces surreal since they submerge the audience into strange situations or environments. His theatrical style came from his beginnings in working as a set designer for choreographers and directors. The work that first caught my attention is…

http://www.selektion.com/members/wollscheid/video/NORDPOLBRUECKE.html The link that is near the image is a link that shows you the video of the bridge. I am enchanted by the simple beauty of this piece! It is a bridge that has glass beneath the railings that lights up in case one or more people cross. The light that accompanies pedestrians grows…