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ANIMISM

Digital Animism imagines ways our smart environments might come to life — moving, reshaping, and responding to their occupants in playful, interactive ways.

Working in the Fun Palace

Design Thesis :: Harvard Graduate School of Design :: Spring 2021

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How might we design more engaging, "Archigrammatic" interfaces for our buildings' increasingly-ubiquitous digital systems?

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SHERPA

Design Research :: Harvard Graduate School of Design :: Spring 2021

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How might we design privacy-driven interactions into our smart home devices? How might we make the smart home more relatable?

DC Protest Data Infrastructure

Research Studio :: Harvard Graduate School of Design :: Spring 2019

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How might the digital footprints from our social media be used as a source of bottom-up, urban planning tool for cities?

Work/Home Kinematics

Research Studio :: Harvard Graduate School of Design :: Fall 2020

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How might we rethink space partitioning for the
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space-as-a-service" economy?

The IOT Menagerie

Design Research :: Harvard Graduate School of Design :: Fall 2020

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As the objects in our smart home increasingly "come to life" with computational brains, how will we interact with the digitized creatures we'll be co-habit our homes with in the near future?

ChromotherapyBot

Design Research :: Harvard Graduate School of Design :: Fall 2020

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How might the IOT-connected devices in our smart home create ambiences that impact our mood?

Nunchi Lamp

Design Research :: Harvard Graduate School of Design :: Spring 2021

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How might we bring the soft environmental cues of face-to-face communication to our online interactions with other people?

Humanizing the Scan Car

Professional Work :: UNSense :: Spring 2020

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How might we make data collection in the smart city more privacy-respecting, transparent, and actionable for everyday citizens?

Responsive Retail Layout

Design Research :: Harvard Graduate School of Design :: Spring 2019

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In a world dominated by personalized online shopping experiences, how might spaces that change function over time create more enjoyable, productive physical retail experiences?

Responsive Airport Programming

Design Research :: Harvard Graduate School of Design :: Spring 2019

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How might we improve the air travel experience with more flexible, responsive spaces?

CoWorking Space Use

Professional Work :: UNSense :: Fall 2019

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How might we better understand space use in our increasingly-flexible coworking spaces?

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