My holistic goal and vision of the thesis project is, Connect the physical and digital world, Increase the awareness of body, Inspire connections between people, Developing the skills of technology, thinking, and practice After these days of interests exploring and discussing with my study group…

The development of automobiles has a history of more than 100 years. In addition to ordinary human-driven cars, autonomous vehicles have also entered the application stage. But driving safety has always been a topic that cannot be ignored in the history of automobile development, because…

The first US census took place in 1790. This census also marked the beginning of the term “race” in the questionnaires. Enumerators were instructed to write “White”, “Black”, “Mulatto”, “Quadroon”, “Octoroon”, “Chinese”, “Japanese”, or “Indian”. (The later referring to Native Americans).   Officially designating non-white…

This week I mainly focus on researching why humans are happy from different perspectives. Such as psychology, sociology, and cultural factor. How will those elements affect people’s happiness. Below is the mind map:   The three possible designs that will address a question I am…

This week I focused on refining my interests and approaches into actionable ideas. I started with several topics such as Neural Aesthetic, interface design and metaphysical space and connected them to tools that represented these topics. I chose to focus on two potential designs instead…

This week I began by thinking about my own identity as a designer and artist and my passions and interests with the goal of brainstorming a list of potential thesis projects. The full mural board described in this post can be viewed here: Mural Mind…

I would love to use this first journal/blog post to take stock of my thesis ideas and progress so far, as well as to lay out where I plan to look next. Thesis Idea Origins In the Spring of 2020, I was part of the…