A film about a friendship between a human and AI robot that help each other manage their uncertain circumstances.

Computer Vision
Conversational AI
Raspberry Pi

A design film, shaped by research on embodied proximity, that proposes a remedy for social fragmentation.

Physical computing
Interaction Design
Speculative Design

Nelson Notes

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A pair of IoT devices that facilitate a sense of connection with distant friends through a game of Simon Says.

Physical Computing
JavaScript
IoT

Jibber Jabber

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An art film about a fictional character created using generative AI that symbolizes the collective memory of a place and people.

Generative AI
Model Training
Media Design

Blockchain Oracle

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A design film that speculates a blockchain-based public amenity where communities consult like the ancient Greeks consulted their oracles.

Unreal Engine
Conversational AI
Interaction Design

LA Gentrifier AR Filter

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A computer vision model for Snapchat Lens that empowers community members to identify objects of gentrification in their neighborhood.

Model Training
Augmented Reality
Snap Lens

Part-of-Us

An experiment with Unity3D’s VFX Graph and physics engine, and the Axis Neuron motion capture suit. Review code

Unity3D
Motion Capture
VFX
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Dance Dance NFC

A public interactive experience that reimagines NFC technology as communal and delightful, instead of mundane and practical.

HTML/CSS
Interaction Design
Experience Design
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The Black Box

A book that communicates the implications of AI development on human society and culture as a provocation to imagine a different future.

Communication Design
Typography
Artificial Intelligence

S.E.B.N.F.E

An augmented reality, immersive experience that instigates critical reflection of the speculative design discipline through the metaphor of a staircase.

Augmented Reality
Typography
Immersive Experience
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