‘This project challenges the relationship between a person and their digital possessions, by deconstructing and re-presenting the interactivity and graphical connections of a user’s experience with offline and online content’.
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This article highlights how the use of phone calls as a social method of communication is becoming secondary to emailing and text messaging. A phenomenon not just limited to social life, but working environments too.
Below are some interesting points I have selected from the article.
‘The telephone has a very rude propensity to interrupt people.’
‘In today’s nearly door-free workplaces…calls are disruptive and…distressingly public.’
‘Telephones were first sold exclusively for business purposes…We may be returning to the phone’s original intentions – and impact.
Here’s one for all you Graphic Design Communicators… Real life Photoshop cs4.
It would be interesting to film designers using this, to see just how accustomed they have become to the virtual interface and digital attributes of a using a MAC.
How would one react to not being able to ‘Undo’, ‘Copy & Paste’ or create a new ‘Layer’?
These following videos and images explore the boundaries of digital environments, presented within an offline setting.
Personally I think the Mario Kart video is genius! - A completely ridiculous stunt that challenges the human relationship between computer gaming and real life ‘serious’ environments.
Their specialties in Social Media, User Experience & Digital Design are key areas of interest for me which I hope to include within my project outcome.
Today the course director at Chelsea issued us students with several key dates, including the final deadlines for this project.
From this presentation I have drawn up a timetable displaying my personal self-initialed deadlines & intentions, to ensure my project continues momentum over the Easter break.
This includes a two-week Work Placement to support my project with professional feedback at Digital Design Agency; HEAD.
Also outlined on the timetable is an additional two-week slot for further work experience. I have yet to fully confirm this slot for additional internship, so it will remain ‘penciled-in’ for now.
I find this deconstructing of identity, represented through ones possession’s very insightful and intriguing. Providing visual montage of the personal attachments they have developed towards their favored possessions in the photograph.
Using my initial sketches and visualizations, I aim to discuss my ideas with peers and indicate areas of further research I may need to pursue over the next few days.
