Experimental Clock

Cosmic Rose Wait and watch 🙂 Each second, a unique pattern is generated! You can view my code here🙂 Description My sketch has a strong cosmic vibe to it like the Coldplay cover art for A Head full of Dreams, A Sky full of Stars and Music of the Spheres. The twinkling colourful stars at the back along with seconds, minutes and hours orbiting around the planet-like form like rockets, add to…

Face Generator

Sugar Skull Move around and click to explore! Swipe left or up to reset. You can view my code here🙂 Description While brainstorming for this assignment, I had a few ideas that I wanted to explore: an abstract rainbow face inspired by retro wallpaper with concentric circles, a leaf changing shape and colour, a sun that went from being sharp, pointed and angry to becoming cute and friendly. However, the idea that…

Lost & Found

Mariel’s Gold Chain Move around to explore! You can view my code here🙂 Description My partner Mariel described her lost item: “I lost a gold necklace. It was a thin chain and it had a coin that was about the size of a dime attached to a small gold hoop that looped it onto the chain. The chain went to just above the breastbone. The coin itself was a vintage replica of a…

Research Inquiry

Pilea is my first plant that I got after arriving in the city. I bought it from a very sweet lady on Facebook Marketplace towards the end of August. Today, my plant collection has grown quite rapidly to 8! I was talking to my grandmother and she asked me why I’m ‘buying so many plants when I have no space for myself. I didn’t have an answer to give her…

Entering the Research Phase

To begin working on our individual research project, we quickly brainstormed design and research topics that we were interested in. These fell under the following categories: social problems or phenomenon you’ve found compelling (recent, longstanding) personal challenges or passions people in your life are engaged with (elders, roommates, peers) new ideas, terms or questions that have come your way in DT/NYC fantasy tool/ toy /experience you wish you could invent…

Wk 5 Blog Post: Points of View in Creativity | Analytical Frameworks

The Creative and the Technical: In high school, I made the unconventional choice of studying the sciences with art. This nurtured my natural inclination for mathematics and science, and introduced me to traditional rendering skills with different media. In India, pure science and engineering are considered ‘professional’ streams while art and design are generally looked down upon. I was often asked how art would benefit me as a science student…