Category Archives: Katherine Dillon

Edward Button, Katherine Dillon, Projects, Thesis

"Emergence Unfolding"

Edward Button

A site specific parametric sculpture shaped from sound and grown algorythmicly

http://itp.nyu.edu/~etb273/wordpress/2014/05/video-documentation/

Description

Through research, I created a comprehensive framework for site specific parametric sculpture. The framework uses parametric design and location narrative to create formal possibilities within a family of possible outcomes. This process framework was used to design a parametric sculpture for fabrication and installation in the atrium of 644 Putnam Avenue, a commercial office real estate development in Greenwich Connecticut. The design uses procedural growth algorithms and parametricly designed shapes drawn from audio spectrographs as if it had been grown from the location narrative. Fabricated utilizing Transitional Light Film, the sculpture interacts with the sun and architectural lighting to create an ever changing form and reflection. For display “Emergence Unfolding” takes the form of a model and 3d rendurings built in Unity.

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Justin Lange, Katherine Dillon, Projects, Thesis

New Circuits for Dancing with Light

Justin Lange

Gloves as a luminous dance instrument that are not simply pretty, but expressive

Description

LEDs wands, poi, hoops and other “light-up” instruments and toys constitute a desired aesthetic in EDM culture, but as tools for individual movement-based expression, they are no more expressive than a flashlight. Most LED devices have only two states (“on” or “off”), or offer preprogramed sequences. Several state-of-the art POV (“persistence of vision”) devices allow custom images to be uploaded, but none allow immediate control over LEDs' expressive potential, such as luminance or hue. To encourage light dancing that is not simply pretty but also expressive, I created a new hand-held kinetic instrument — a pair of gloves — with onboard sensors and controls that allow dancers to spontaneously generate and display novel light patterns while dancing.

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Katherine Dillon, Projects, Thesis, Valerie Chen

Pippin

Valerie Chen

Pippin is a themed hard cider bar that recreates a series of historical periods significant to the story of cider in America.

http://thesis.itp.io/students/vjc258

Description

Apple trees are extreme heterozygotes: when grown from seed, instead of inheriting the characteristics of their parents, the traits of the new generation are wildly unpredictable. These capricious offspring are called pippins. Likewise, Pippin is a pop-up cider bar that takes on unpredictable forms. The entire space moves through three themes: an indoor garden paradise, a frontier log cabin, and an underground speakeasy. The themes correspond with historical moments that shaped the complicated relationship between Americans and the practice of drinking alcohol. The designs for Pippin's first iteration have been brought to life as a navigable digital environment where users can experience what such a place might look and feel like.

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Jorge Brake, Katherine Dillon, Projects, Thesis

Serendicity

Jorge Brake

A mobile application that encourages serendipitous exploration and discovery of city neighborhoods.

http://jabrake.github.io/serendicity

Description

Serendicity is an attempt to upend the normative travel experience. Travelers often have a specific destination in mind when they arrive to a new city. Rather than taking the fastest route there, why not explore a more interesting one? Leveraging open APIs and frameworks, the mobile app generates walking routes based on location, time, and preferences. The end result: less structure, more serendipity, and hopefully a different travel experience.

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Katherine Dillon, Kelly Saxton, Kyle Greenberg, Projects, User Experience Design

Fish In The Hewitt

Kyle Greenberg, Kelly Saxton

An interactive way to explore and fish into the Cooper Hewitt Museum's enormous collection

http://bit.ly/FishyCoopHew

Description

——-This is apart of the UX Lab: A Journey Into The Cooper Hewitt——-

The Cooper Hewitt Museum approached Katherine Dillon's UX class with the challenge of designing an interactive experience that will get visitors excited about learning about the Cooper Hewitt's collection. Using the theme of fish, Kelly Saxton and Kyle Greenberg designed and prototyped an interactive experience that let's visitors learn about the collection through a site specific installation of capturing photos of swimming silhouettes of fish that are imprinted with different pieces of the Cooper Hewitt Collection.

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User Experience Design

Amanda Gelb, Craig Protzel, Creative Javascript, Dynamic Web - Server, Katevisuth Sukpisan, Katherine Dillon, Lauren McCarthy, Mashups - Creating With Web APIs, Mike Dory, Projects, User Experience Design

Art Channel

Amanda Gelb, Katevisuth Sukpisan

An interactive personal music video that let you dance with the animated art from the Cooper Hewitt collection.

http://www.katevisuth.net/ux

Description

**** This project would be a part of UX LAB: A journey into the Cooper Hewitt ****

**** Prefer you to watch this VDO https://vimeo.com/93448180 ****

Change perceptions of the museum from a boring and too conceptual place into a fun and interesting place through the Cooper Hewitt Museum website. The idea is… “Viewing art should be as fun as watching other web entertainments.” So, we are going to make the collection of the Cooper Hewitt come alive with a personal music video that integrates the art collection, song, together with your own move through a web cam.

How it works:

1. Enter the site.

2. Select the theme. (Each them has a few animated images and song.)

3. Learn about the collection before get started.

4. Start making your VDO.

5. Save or share your VDO.

6. Done and explore other collections.

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Creative Javascript, Dynamic Web – Server, Mashups – Creating With Web APIs, User Experience Design

Andrew Cerrito, Katherine Dillon, Projects, Thesis

We're Still Here

Andrew Cerrito

We're Still Here is about the boring things in life.

http://bit.ly/werestillhere

Description

We're Still Here is an exploration of the ordinary objects in our lives that perform their duties day in and day out without much acknowledgement or conscious thought from their users. Each object in this collection is modified to display surprising behaviors or personality traits that are derived from how it normally operates; the series begins with a neurotic, overly needy alarm clock and a dutiful-yet-exhausted coatrack that just wants to catch a short break.

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Katherine Dillon, Mike Allison, Projects, Thesis

Ecstatic Computation

Mike Allison

Ecstatic Computation is the union between human and machine (when thought becomes bit) explored through virtual reality ritual.

http://michaelpallison.com

Description

As I become a cyborg though corporeal and mental appropriations of computational tools, what then of my metaphysical relationship to these new “bodily” members?
Through my research I've encountered many religious, spiritual and scientific practices that seek to make sense of the relationships between our minds, bodies, spirits and the universe. Some practices contain the notion of ecstasy, which in existential terms means to achieve a state of being outside of one's self. Using virtual reality, my project explores the moment of Ecstatic Computation: the merging of consciousness and quantum energy in the physio-chemical registration of state within the computer's memory. The moment when thought becomes bit and electrons become ideas.

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Katherine Dillon, Projects, Su Hyun Kim, Thesis

Tiya

Su Hyun Kim

Tiya is a mobile app paired with robotic ears that are programmed to deliver physical interaction when somebody sends you a message.

http://www.mytiya.com/

Description

Tiya is my experimentation towards finding physical manifestation of the emoji language usually seen only on screens. Tiya, the virtual messenger, works hard to deliver emotions between you and your close ones. Tiya utilizes graphic expression in conjunction with physical expression. My goal is to create a different interface other than verbal to find out if we can communicate emotions effectively.

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