VISUAL MELODIES

Last night I met a great bunch of women at the first gathering of the UTS Community of Scholars for 2010.  The group gets together monthly to present where they are up to in their doctoral research projects.

Natalya Godbold’s project about sense making in online discussion forums for those affected by renal failure was really fascinating particularly as it is introducing an innovative methodology to the area of health communication.

Amy Chen’s Visual Melodies is a DCA project which produces an interactive art installation in hospitals to help relieve the stress of patients. I was super eager to learn about how the interactivity is enabled - phidget sensors and active script Flash programming make the ferns grow in the forest scene. Amy has had to hand code the active script herself - she reckons she’s the first to use it with motion sensors in this way. She gave up on using Max/msp+jitter because the colours lost saturation when she brought her video files across.

Apr 13, 2010 by admin

Campaign for Obama’s to line dry their washing

I adore this site. It has all the elements that make a successful campaign; beautiful design, wry humour and a clever concept linking a simple action to a global problem. Brought to us by the most fabulous design agency I shot him because I loved him damn him.

Jun 07, 2009 by admin

Morris on Campus - money smarts from an upperclassman

Fun and quirky flash animation from Bank of America designed to educate college students on their services. Great resource for those unfamiliar with what banks have to offer, and it manages to inject a degree of entertainment into finance.

Jun 07, 2009 by admin

History of Religion

How has the geography of religion evolved over the centuries, and where has it sparked wars? Our map gives us a brief history of the world's most well-known religions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. Selected periods of inter-religious bloodshed are also highlighted. Want to see 5,000 years of religion in 90 seconds?

May 23, 2009 by mejiann No Comments

Quake Quiz

Very attractive and engaging flash animation, developed for San Francisco's Department of Emergency Management, allows you to test your knowledge of how to cope during an earthquake.

May 12, 2009 by mejiann No Comments

Cocaine Basement

This flash-based education resource has Pablo the dog mule guide us through the hazards of using that evil drug cocaine. Highly interactive it uses grim realism to hit the message home in a humorous, non-patronising way. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="click image to enter cocaine basement"][/caption]

May 07, 2009 by mejiann No Comments