http://juliatsao.com Julia Tsao Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:11:04 +0000 http://juliatsao.com en http://juliatsao.com/The-Strangers-Project-2008 http://juliatsao.com/following/juliatsao.com/The-Strangers-Project-2008 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:11:04 +0000 Julia Tsao 93184 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93184/01.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="444" width_o="900" height_o="597" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93184/01_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="398984" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93184/03.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="444" width_o="900" height_o="597" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93184/03_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="398987" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93184/04.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="444" width_o="900" height_o="597" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93184/04_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="398989" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93184/05.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="444" width_o="900" height_o="597" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93184/05_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="398991" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93184/06.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="444" width_o="900" height_o="597" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93184/06_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="398992" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93184/08.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="444" width_o="900" height_o="597" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93184/08_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="398996" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93184/09.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="444" width_o="900" height_o="597" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93184/09_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="398997" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93184/10.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="444" width_o="900" height_o="597" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93184/10_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="398999" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93184/11.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="444" width_o="900" height_o="597" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93184/11_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="399001" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93184/13.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="444" width_o="900" height_o="597" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93184/13_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="399002" /> The Strangers Project 1 family, 2 timezones, 3 people, 9 lights. Super-ordinary, amplified everyday objects. The Strangers Project is a design intervention dealing with issues of familial closeness, daily ritual, tolerable inconvenience, nuanced conversation, and opportunity, missed (and gained). The purpose of the project is twofold: one, as a design research probe addressing issues of closeness and relationships, and to, as an experiment in interaction design, with the new interaction being embedded into an existing behavior instead of a new, learned behavior. The project addresses the simple behavior of turning on a lamp in the home, and the amplification of this activity. With the project installed, each participant is simultaneously turning on a light in each other other two participants' homes when turning on an existing "hacked" lamp in her home. In this way, the participant is not asked to learn a new behavior, rather, the project functions within the framework of existing behaviors. The project takes place in three separate locations. A kit consisting of a two-light setup is installed in each participant's home. Each of the two lights is controlled via the internet by an existing lamp in the other two participants' homes. By turning on an existing lamp in his or her home, each participant is simultaneously turning on a light in each other other two participants' homes. The project participants consist of a family of three (myself included), the Tsao family. The three participants, Gus, Alice, and Julia, though a family by definition, have lived as separate households for many years, and in essence are strangers to each others daily behavior. The project began on April 1, 2008, and will take place on an ongoing basis. The ultimate goal is to have the project gain a sense of invisibility in the daily lives of the participants, and to then gauge the impact of the project once it reaches that point. Thanks to Hans and Jason of ioBridge. http://juliatsao.com/Mctega-2007 http://juliatsao.com/following/juliatsao.com/Mctega-2007 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:10:28 +0000 Julia Tsao 93239 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93239/mctega_02.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="639" width_o="1300" height_o="1240" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93239/mctega_02_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2231211" /> Mctega Design & branding for Mctega fashion design. http://juliatsao.com/Small-Sounds-2007 http://juliatsao.com/following/juliatsao.com/Small-Sounds-2007 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:10:25 +0000 Julia Tsao 93521 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93521/01.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="1024" height_o="682" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93521/01_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="400465" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93521/02.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="1024" height_o="682" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93521/02_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="400466" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93521/03.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="1024" height_o="682" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93521/03_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="400467" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93521/04.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="1024" height_o="682" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93521/04_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="400468" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93521/07.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="1024" height_o="682" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93521/07_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="400471" /> Small Sounds Small Sounds is a study of acoustic sound generated through a digital medium. In amplifying the sound of four objects in motion, we hoped to create an atmospheric installation of site-specific noise. Small objects were placed in four separate containers attached to motors and suspended in the project box. Vibration-sensitive contact microphones were attached to each of the containers to capture the sounds emitted by the vibrations of the objects in each of the containers. The user, standing several feet away from the box facing the closed end of the box, turns the record to interact with the installation. As the record is turned, different combinations of containers begin to vibrate, turning on and off, thus amplifying the sound of the objects within through large speakers. There is a performance aspect to the installation--the user, the one controlling the record, can hear the small sounds amplified through the speakers. The audience, standing on the other side of the box, can view and hear the motors running and the objects moving, but they cannot hear the amplified sounds of the objects vibrating. http://juliatsao.com/Text-Wall-2008 http://juliatsao.com/following/juliatsao.com/Text-Wall-2008 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:10:22 +0000 Julia Tsao 93224 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93224/01.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93224/01_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="399293" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93224/02.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93224/02_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="399296" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93224/04.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93224/04_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="400221" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93224/03.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93224/03_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="399297" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93224/08.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93224/08_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="400224" /> Text Wall Text Wall is a design research project looking at the role of streaming, real-time media in daily life. Text Wall was a custom Flash application linked into the Twitter API. Family members send text messages to an assigned number (via Twitter) which in turn is sent to a server. In Flash, a color, size, and path of animation was assigned to each text sent to the server. Using a projector and a Mac-Mini that connected to the server's IP address, the texts were projected onto the wall inside the home. Family were encouraged to send in messages about anything, anytime, from anywhere. There were many unexpected outcomes. These behaviors included family members using the Text Wall in real-time to comment on television programs, and giving the wall anthropomorphic qualities such as a name and a personal history. Texting the wall also became a game where families members would text to be first or last so their messages would remain on the board. Finally, family members stayed up late a night to watch the wall "clear" at midnight and rose early to be the first to text it in the morning. Most interesting was how "sticky" the wall became. In both cases, family members texted the wall even after it had been removed from the home. http://juliatsao.com/FAIR-ENOUGH-2008 http://juliatsao.com/following/juliatsao.com/FAIR-ENOUGH-2008 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:10:09 +0000 Julia Tsao 277840 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/277840/IMG_0476.jpeg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="670" height_o="446" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/277840/IMG_0476_o.jpeg" align="left" data-mid="1277275" /> FAIR ENOUGH Fair Enough, Los Angeles, CA Fair Enough is a Los Angeles-based design collective. Founded by Adam Guzman and Julia Tsao in 2008, Fair Enough seeks to inform the development of compelling experiences through design-driven inquiry. We look to define not just the content of the project, but to question the medium in which the content lives. Motivated by design research and ever-evolving creative strategies, we seek to work with unique individuals to create meaningful, compelling design. http://juliatsao.com/Nosaj-Thing-Album-Art-2009 http://juliatsao.com/following/juliatsao.com/Nosaj-Thing-Album-Art-2009 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:10:05 +0000 Julia Tsao 93203 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93203/03_2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="328" width_o="670" height_o="328" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93203/03_2_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2230508" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93203/02_1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="333" width_o="670" height_o="333" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93203/02_1_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="2230507" /> Nosaj Thing - "Drift" Album artwork for Nosaj Thing. http://juliatsao.com/UNDFTD-Nosaj-Thing-Shirt-2009 http://juliatsao.com/following/juliatsao.com/UNDFTD-Nosaj-Thing-Shirt-2009 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:10:04 +0000 Julia Tsao 93412 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93412/01.jpg" border="0" width="540" height="380" width_o="540" height_o="380" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93412/01_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="400095" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93412/02.jpg" border="0" width="540" height="380" width_o="540" height_o="380" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93412/02_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="400097" /> UNDFTD / Nosaj Thing Shirt T-shirt design for UNDFTD and electronic music producer Nosaj Thing. http://juliatsao.com/Nike-Cold-Weather-2011 http://juliatsao.com/following/juliatsao.com/Nike-Cold-Weather-2011 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:13:44 +0000 Julia Tsao 2842739 <img src="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/2842739/Screen Shot 2012-02-19 at 9.11.08 PM.png" border="0" width="658" height="430" width_o="658" height_o="430" src_o="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/2842739/Screen Shot 2012-02-19 at 9.11.08 PM_o.png" align="left" data-mid="14446966" /> <img src="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/2842739/Screen Shot 2012-02-19 at 9.09.16 PM.png" border="0" width="670" height="424" width_o="957" height_o="607" src_o="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/2842739/Screen Shot 2012-02-19 at 9.09.16 PM_o.png" align="left" data-mid="14446967" /> <img src="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/2842739/Screen Shot 2012-02-19 at 9.09.03 PM.png" border="0" width="670" height="427" width_o="1015" height_o="648" src_o="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/2842739/Screen Shot 2012-02-19 at 9.09.03 PM_o.png" align="left" data-mid="14446968" /> Nike "Cold Weather" Digital Campaign While at Wieden+Kennedy ! http://juliatsao.com/Robotic-Displays-2009 http://juliatsao.com/following/juliatsao.com/Robotic-Displays-2009 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:01:58 +0000 Julia Tsao 93183 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93183/01.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="431" width_o="900" height_o="579" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93183/01_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="398979" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93183/02.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="431" width_o="900" height_o="579" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93183/02_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="398980" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93183/03.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="431" width_o="900" height_o="579" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93183/03_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="398981" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93183/04.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="431" width_o="900" height_o="579" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93183/04_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="400477" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93183/05.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="470" width_o="1094" height_o="768" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/93183/05_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="400479" /> Robotic Displays Robotic Displays is an experimental interaction design experiment dealing with the implications of media on top of autonomous motion, through physical space. The project involves six robotic "pixels," each functioning as a standalone unit in the overall integrated display system, that move and act based off actions sent to each remote system from a centralized brain. The project attempts to gain an understanding of movement and media in physical space, moving through it, engaging with environments and, ultimately, with people. Each individual robot contained an arduino, which acted as the brain of the system, an xbee for wireless communication, and the mechanical robot itself, which consisted of 2 servo motors, 3 wheels, and a custom-designed chassis. The robot was designed to be able to move in any direction from its position, to allow for a very different type of movement than typical remote controlled "driving." Extra special thanks to the magical Peter Faber. http://juliatsao.com/Curious-Displays-2009 http://juliatsao.com/following/juliatsao.com/Curious-Displays-2009 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:32:27 +0000 Julia Tsao 263179 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/01.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="800" height_o="533" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/01_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="1196228" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/02.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="800" height_o="533" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/02_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="1196216" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/03.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="800" height_o="533" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/03_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="1196229" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/04.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="800" height_o="533" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/04_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="1196232" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/06.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="800" height_o="533" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/06_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="1196234" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/07.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="800" height_o="533" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/07_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="1196235" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/lightson.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="800" height_o="533" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/lightson_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="1196459" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/remote.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="800" height_o="533" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/remote_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="1196349" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/remote_02.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="800" height_o="533" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/remote_02_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="1196462" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/remote_03.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="800" height_o="533" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/remote_03_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="1196465" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/remote_04.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="800" height_o="533" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/remote_04_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="1196467" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/killswitch.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="800" height_o="533" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/killswitch_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="1196348" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/killswitch_02.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="800" height_o="533" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/killswitch_02_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="1196458" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/warning_02.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="446" width_o="800" height_o="533" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/6317/263179/warning_02_o.jpg" align="left" data-mid="1196468" /> Curious Displays Fall 2009. Graduate Thesis Project, Media Design Program. Art Center College of Design. Curious Displays functions simultaneously as a form of design research and as a proposal for a new product, a future display technology. The project explores our relationship with devices and technology by examining the multi-dimensionality of communication and the complexity of social behavior and interaction. In its essence, the project functions as a piece of design fiction, considering the fluctuating nature of our present engagement with media technology and providing futurist imaginings of other ways of being.