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So I have not posted for a while but have been trackÂing the work I have been doing in the form of short videos, phoÂtos etc. Flicker in the Wind is not comÂing along as I had hoped but I … ConÂtinue readÂing
A few weeks have gone by since I last sat down to conÂtemÂplate and put to the web what has been slipÂping by too quickly. Before spring break Marcela Godoy and Aiwen Wang-Huddleston helped me by makÂing cusÂtom made wind … ConÂtinue readÂing
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Wind Energy is all around us and we are not takÂing advanÂtage of this. CurÂrently I am workÂing on a canopy that harÂnesses wind energy to light up a panel of LEDs. As I learn how to do this I … ConÂtinue readÂing
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For our midterm in Design FronÂtiers I opted to look into HarÂnessÂing Wind Energy. ConÂcurÂrently I am in the basic stages of designÂing a canopy that would perÂform like a windÂmill. Each end piece of the canopy would be hooked … ConÂtinue readÂing
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The project is a wind powered/activated instalÂlaÂtion. This instalÂlaÂtion will act like a tree canopy. The leaves will be mounted to a branched system/gridded strucÂture. These leaves will move and danÂgle in the wind. When these move, the light that … ConÂtinue readÂing
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I say this someÂtimes but find myself now quesÂtionÂing myself. I wonÂder if it is doubt… or if it is the lizard brain speakÂing for me. HesÂiÂtaÂtion setÂtles in. Fear musters and jitÂters the sound of a key in the … ConÂtinue readÂing
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For Project DevelÂopÂment StuÂdio we are asked to make a piece that is physÂiÂcally interÂacÂtive. I am interÂested in makÂing a piece that is in essence much like a tree but not at all like one. I am fasÂciÂnated by … ConÂtinue readÂing
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I think of place and being as inherÂently conÂstructed by each. We look to our enviÂronÂment to grasp vital relaÂtionÂships that bring meanÂing and order to a world of events and actions. We oriÂent to objects or things or places … ConÂtinue readÂing