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Project 1: Hold+Fold

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Group Members:

Ideation: Michael Degen, Jason Tucker, Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao, Michael Chuah

Video Production and Compositing: Michael Degen, Jason Tucker

Media Design: Michael Degen, Jason Tucker

Programming (OpenFrameworks Prototype): Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao, Michael Chuah

Paper is an ubiquitous material in our everyday lives, with interactions that are tactile and familiar. Hold and Fold exploits the flexible properties of paper, starting with its ability to fold into defined physical surfaces which manipulate the dimensions of the digital world.

 

Anatomy ECard Aquarium

 

Hold+Fold Presentation

Hold+Fold Video

 

Project 0: Collaborative Ideation

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Digital Phantoms

Digital Phantoms is a project which combines the digital and physical world of modeling through the use of a digital “ghost”. The system makes use of the hands as an easy way of gauging proportions and addresses the problem of infinite scalability in CAD systems. With this, the modeling environment is constrained to the proportions of the users hands. The user can utilize their hands as well as specialized tools to combine the precision of CAD with the advantages of the freeform physical modeling.

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Michael Degen

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mdegen@gsd.harvard.edu
www.mdegen.com
Harvard GSD, MDesS Technology

Expertise

★★☆☆ Art
★★★★ Architecture
★★★★ Craft/Fabrication
★★★★ Design
★★☆☆ DIY Electronics
★☆☆☆ Electrical Eng.
★☆☆☆ Mech. Eng.
★★☆☆ Programming/CS

Experience
My experience comes from a background in architecture and industrial design. I am well versed in sketching and representational arts, as well as hand based and digital fabrication techniques. Over the course of the past year I have been studying responsive technologies, including programming and DIY electronics.

Why
I am interested in the bridge between the physical and digital and how this can be altered. It is my intention to learn more about interaction design and tangible interfaces, with the goal of mediating this divide.