Chris P.

Third Year || Communication Design

The Technology U + I Can('t) Reach Tech Fair! || Fall 2021

Reflection

Looking back at this workshop, I have found myself examining the technology I use daily in a more critical and fundamental sense. Who is the iPhone designed for? Who benefits from the levels of abstraction created in code? I've learned to appeciate clarity, and accessibility, while also understanding that some exclusivity can create a space for those who need it.

Metaphor of Choice For Using Technology

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Projects

A Performer's Computer

Speculative Computer

I, alongside two other group members, was tasked with considering what a computer could look like if they were solely designed for performers. We chose to visualize this as a set of diagrams, and the computer itself essentially would play the role of the Stage Manager. Stage Managers oversee lighting, set changes, cues, etc.

Link to A Performer's Computer

On Doors.

Synthesiac Software & Peripheral

This was an exploration of how software interacts with eachother. I chose to write an article that explores the concept of "Doors", which in the realm of software, can be literal, metaphorical, or entirely obsolete.

Link to On Doors.

The Visitor

My Networked Identity

This project is a reflection on how my former religious practice affected me, and how impossible it felt to be and think freely within it. It is a pseudo-chat log narrative that tasks you, the user to interact with the mysterious "visitor."

Link to The Visitor