Leo

A project about sunlight for a Networked Objects class. Leo draws on principals of plant motion to centre human lives more around sunlight, particularly in regions in which access to and in worlds in which we spend a great deal of time inside. 

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Spring 2018

 
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Skills

UI Design
UX Design
Raspberry Pi
Python

 

Objective

Create a human-centred networked object using a Raspberry Pi and SenseHat or Grove Pi.


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Exploration

Most of my classes this semester centre around cities, so I turned this project to that means as well. The project started out looking at mapping and how objects mature in space and are aware of themselves. An art project from Manchester about how Smart Cities are aware of themselves was an inspiration at this stage. 

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Research

I pulled apart aspects of cities, asking how an object placed in a city is fundamentally different from those in other places. Sunlight emerges as a key point of interest. How might we centre our lives around sunlight? How can an object exist both for itself and for humans?


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Iteration

 

Analysis

Here I explored several avenues for what a phototrophic object or wearable might express as, both of which use nudges to direct a user towards a sunlight-rich life These two directions explore both how personally arranged aspects of our built environments respond to sunlight and how we structure our body’s movement in relation to sunlight.


Outcomes

coming soon!