Archive for 2008


Anti-Paparazzi Fashion

In response to the rise of paparazzi I\’ve created an interactive clutch bag that communicates the desire to not be photographed. When it detects a camera flash it responds with another flash that obscures the photo. I think it\’s important for everyone to realize the worth of their own image and to be able to protect that. The goal of anti-paparazzi fashion is to build a two-way communication between the photographer and subject.

The Kickbee

As a baby grows inside the womb, pregnant mothers are constantly and acutely aware of its presence mostly through its movements. With the Kickbee, I intend to extend a baby\’s minute contact with the world beyond the mother\’s body by sensing these movements and transmitting them via digital networks.

Dream Jammies

Dream Jammies are pajamas which are aware of your body in several ways. They know whether you are standing or laying down, tossing or lying quietly. Dream Jammies also know your body temperature. This information is relayed to your partner\’s iPhone, and expressed on their screen in color, changing in realtime.

As you lay down to sleep, the screen fades from green to blue, the shade of blue reflecting your body temperature. As you roll around, the screen flickers red. By shaking the iPhone your partner is able to reach out, causing the chest of your pajamas to vibrate. Not pleasant while you sleep, but a perfect alarm clock. Not only are you able to keep in touch while living on opposite sides of the world, Dream Jammies offer insight into how you sleep by capturing data as you snooze.

CyranoSuit

We are eager to communicate with the people through various methods; phone conversation, instant messanger, textmessage. However, the contents of the conversation still remains as ours to chose. Then,what about things that remain and were not communicated? What abut things hard to be verbalized because of our \’vulnerable emotional state\’ CyranoSuit is men\’s suit to help a nerve-racking shy man to express his feeling to his dearly loved women. The suit provides him the scripts / notes to act and perform as sensible and gentle men in confidence. it supplies the lines in order to reveal his unshown true feelings. Also it suggests great conversation topics for him to engage in the conversation with the woman in front of him. He becomes men of confidence with CyranoSuit!

KneeSlapper

There are two controllers that can be attached to both of your thighs (or share one with a partner), giving you the option to move around or dance while you play. The sensor pads can be slapped like an electronic drum kit, with the volume varying according to the strength of the slap. The Kneeslapper inputs midi data to a midi synthesizer or audio recording program like Garageband. You can choose a different instrument sound for each of the sensor pads.