Side View Mirror Project - IgniteCbus4

Erik Dahl, designer & anthropologist @eadahl www.sideviewmirrorproject.com

So why am I talking to you about this silly art project?

InspiraAon InspiraAon(s)

origins Early exploraAons

Looking backwards and looking within.

Are these shared experiences? What are they dhinking? t oing?

What is the boundary between public/private?

What paIerns are emergent?

10 Lessons learned… or how this applies to you.

1. Just start, even if you don’t know where you are going or where it will end.

2. Make it ﬁt into what you are already doing.

3. Take advantage of opportuniAes

4. Ready-‐to-‐hand vs. Present-‐at-‐hand

5. Its all about the people.

6. Context is king. He’s a police oﬃcer.

Dual op tripAc 7. Human emoAon is hugely volaAle.

8. People will live with horrible experiences.

9. PerspecAves change interpretaAons.

10. Goals & expectaAons change how we perceive new experiences.

…the end. Urban cowgirl www.sideviewmirrorproject.com @eadahl

by Erik Dahl on Apr 05, 2011