http://datumdezign.com designing places, things, and experiences Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:23:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://datumdezign.com/archives/national-september-11-memorial-and-museum/ http://datumdezign.com/archives/national-september-11-memorial-and-museum/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:38:33 +0000 Mi Cha El La http://datumdezign.com/?p=365 While working at Davis Brody Bond I had the amazing opportunity to be a part of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum team. I worked closely and assisted David Williams (firm partner), John Henle (project manager), Oliver Sippl (structural … Continue reading →]]> http://datumdezign.com/archives/national-september-11-memorial-and-museum/feed/ 0 http://datumdezign.com/archives/explorations-toward-a-responsive-architecture/ http://datumdezign.com/archives/explorations-toward-a-responsive-architecture/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:44:50 +0000 Mi Cha El La http://datumdezign.com/?p=332 This project is an investigation in an approach to a responsive architecture. It seeks to re-examine, re-imagine the processes of making responsive design. It explores the role of embedded computation and sensing technology as part of the design practice and … Continue reading →]]> http://datumdezign.com/archives/explorations-toward-a-responsive-architecture/feed/ 0 http://datumdezign.com/archives/pousse-cafe/ http://datumdezign.com/archives/pousse-cafe/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:19:16 +0000 Mi Cha El La http://datumdezign.com/?p=327 Pousse Cafe in collaboration with Fred Truman and Paragini Amin is a word recognition “machine” that pours you a perfectly layered gourmet shot. The machine uses Voce for processing and is made with a wine crate I got from the … Continue reading →]]> http://datumdezign.com/archives/pousse-cafe/feed/ 0 http://datumdezign.com/archives/en-el-rio-in-the-river/ http://datumdezign.com/archives/en-el-rio-in-the-river/#comments Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:46:27 +0000 Mi Cha El La http://datumdezign.com/?p=302 Continue reading →]]> http://datumdezign.com/archives/en-el-rio-in-the-river/feed/ 0 http://datumdezign.com/archives/vindauga-story-competition/ http://datumdezign.com/archives/vindauga-story-competition/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 17:57:00 +0000 Mi Cha El La http://datumdezign.com/?p=231 Design proposal for Story and GE to design an installation that reflected the process of making things using rapid prototyping techniques. It is a collaboration between Aida Miron, Claire Togunaga and myself under our design firm called Khora Forms. This … Continue reading →]]> http://datumdezign.com/archives/vindauga-story-competition/feed/ 0 http://datumdezign.com/archives/enabling-wearables/ http://datumdezign.com/archives/enabling-wearables/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:16:54 +0000 Mi Cha El La http://datumdezign.com/?p=210 Enabling Wearables is a project that Marcela Godoy and I collaborated on. It sought to explore the use of data to give form to a wearable object. The data we chose was published by UN Women. We wanted this object … Continue reading →]]> http://datumdezign.com/archives/enabling-wearables/feed/ 0 http://datumdezign.com/archives/the-embassy-of-south-africa/ http://datumdezign.com/archives/the-embassy-of-south-africa/#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:47:23 +0000 Mi Cha El La http://datumdezign.com/?p=387 The Embassy of South Africa is a project that I worked on in 2009 while at Davis Brody Bond. I worked closely with both David Williams (Firm Partner) and Marc Massay (Project Architect/Project Manager) along with our DC office to … Continue reading →]]> http://datumdezign.com/archives/the-embassy-of-south-africa/feed/ 0 http://datumdezign.com/archives/peel/ http://datumdezign.com/archives/peel/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:28:41 +0000 Mi Cha El La http://datumdezign.com/?p=204 Peel is a surface that breathes. When the air quality and temperature sensors that are hooked up to it reach a threshold that is not good for us, humans, the wall stops breathing. It stops living. Each unit has diagonal … Continue reading →]]> http://datumdezign.com/archives/peel/feed/ 0 http://datumdezign.com/archives/mozi-wall/ http://datumdezign.com/archives/mozi-wall/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:32:40 +0000 Mi Cha El La http://datumdezign.com/?p=186 Mozi Wall is an experimental paper wall that takes low resolution photographs as passerby’s or participants walk by it. Mozi is the name of a chinese philosopher who referred to the camera obscura as a collecting plate. Each of these … Continue reading →]]> http://datumdezign.com/archives/mozi-wall/feed/ 0 http://datumdezign.com/archives/plastic-of-the-feuture/ http://datumdezign.com/archives/plastic-of-the-feuture/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 04:30:23 +0000 Mi Cha El La http://datumdezign.com/?p=150 Plastic of the Feuture is a collaboration between Marcela Godoy, Sukmo Mong Koo, William Jennings and I. We were asked by The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to research, prototype and re think of a means to create sustainable models … Continue reading →]]> http://datumdezign.com/archives/plastic-of-the-feuture/feed/ 0