communication
Haptic Harness
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The haptic harness grew out of an investigation into movement instruction. Our primary question was whether a person could learn to move entirely through haptic communication, or vibrations against the skin. We developed this as a conceptual project, and set ourselves the task of building a flexible harness that would easily place up to 16 haptic buzzers on any part of the body, in order the test the potential of our interface. Our final deliverable included:
Visa 2010 Olympic Competition
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A collaboration between communication design and industrial design students for the 2010 Go World Visa Olympics Campaign in Vancouver.
The design is a combination inspired by Vancouver's iconic Canada Place and it's beautiful mountains, ocean waves and orca whales.
The design is constructed out of cardstock and assembled using no glue.
Major General Albert Stubblebine III Type Poster
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The only parameter in this typographic poster was the specific portrait size. David chose to use an excerpt from a speech delivered by Richard Dawkins at a TED conference concerning the case of Major General Albert Stubblebine III. Since the size of the poster is reminiscent of a door through the wall, it is suiting to be reading text recounting the failed attempts of a man trying to run through the wall. The visual design was inspired by the concept of treating white space like the spaces between atoms a concept that implies there is more space than matter in this universe.
'ZUAH' An Assistive Communication Device for people with Verbal Disabilities
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'ZUAH'~ Is an assitive communication device for people who have lost the ability to speak (Often associated with MS or ALS disorders). This device transmits pre-recorded messages (of the users former voice, or other human voice) to a speaker unit, based on the gesture during the conversation. The device uses an excelerometer to monitor and transmit the movement and choose the approriate recording. The device also contains a text window, so that the verbally impaired user can communicate more lengthy messages that have not been previously recorded. In this instance, t
