connect me
In partnership with Ghassan Alserayhi and Dishant Patel
Connect Me examines the use of 2D fabrication techniques to create 3D objects. It focuses on the coordination of computational technologies, sensory inputs and outputs, and formal ideas.
Deconstruction
Connect me explores the relationship between light, material, and user through designed and fabricated objects that exist within the environment and worn on the body. These objects communicate with each other through the use of two Adafruit Circuit Playground Bluefruits, or CPBs. The CPBs communicate through coded interactions and outside sensory inputs that are shown through the light changing color.The stationary sensory objects are connected with the sensory object worn by the user. As the user navigates through the built environment the light within the objects will match each other when coming within five to seven meters of another sensory object.
Culmination
The design of the worn object stems from an origami like form that allows for it to adjust to each individual’s size. The stationary object also incorporates this origami idea, making each piece visually distinct while still complimenting each other.Both pieces were fabricated out of Yupo using a Zund digital knife cutter to cut the 2D plans, exploring the idea of fabricating in 2D capacities while creating 3D objects. Within each of the final 3D objects sits the CPBs that have been coded to interact with each other as the use walks throughout the environment.