Major Studio 1 Notes - Akshansh Chaudhary
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This digital notebook contains the handwritten notes by Akshansh Chaudhary. The notes are a part of the course MFA Design + Technology. MFADT was taught at Parsons School of Design, New York. For more content and study material, visit https://www.akshansh.net/.
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Major Studio 1 Notes - Akshansh Chaudhary
- 2. Major Studio 1 MOHINI DUTTA LEGEND Assignments Homework StoryboardingIBiamsheiming ArtistHesigneotolookup Events prospectstoexplore
- 3. 27Aug2018 ofehip a blog website use any medium Deadline Wordpress Medium Tumblr etc Aug29,2018 Wite summaryofreadingassignment on theblog Document every class on a blog TotalProjects thisfall bs in s I project every dayfor5days Ideas in form show oneidea indiffwaysInstructionSets forStrangers create sthforstrangers interactwiththem Finalproject create a projectfromtheabove 3activities write a paper NII when you doresearch talkabouttheinfo youfoundusefulfromthatreference Don't justshare a link ofthereference Akshansh Chaudhary 1 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 4. AfewCriteriafor evaluation Is Not lookingfor a finishedproduct Ifyou are tyingsth out prooffconceptworks a partoftheentireproject but properlyfinished Are you able topresentwhat you havedone if Are youthinkingviticially deeply aboutyourproject It is not just about creatingthings biticalthinking is imp a Aboutyou On Paper main thingsabout yourself wide a comic storyboard concept OnScreen Shoot a video ofthatusingyourphone Sculpture 4Make an interactive sculptureoutofit Idea Communicate yourselfin 3 diffways Akshansh Chaudhary 2 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 5. I want to showthat I like tohelp So I create a storyofmyfriendhaving a doubt I clear it On Paper Create a storyofyourselfhelping outothers Idea I like to simplify things objectsaroundme I have myway ofsniplifyingthe complexity So I like share myunderstanding of simplicity In education I simplify a technicalsubject byputting it in my own words Akshansh Chaudhary 3 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 6. ABOUT ME 8 Iliketo learn SIMPLIFY LEARN THEE AI simple iE F F F F t SIMPLIFY me Enm g qq.TTmy0 a.IE 7EIeuApplyingthe simplificationsinreallife Akshansh Chaudhary 4 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 7. 29Aug2018 Present on AboutUs makesprojects in 5days Thinkofdesign as a dailyRITUAL Select your constraint theruleswithinwhich you work o O b Aform analog video game 04Acontent financialsys ecology themes topics 0hA context whois itfor howdoes it fitAtireofday btw 9am 10pm only sunrise af YaiFinifiliationsaigas 1project each day eg 1 processinggameperday I website perday Post about it everymidnight Select a content Iwantto select Cheate stfu for5 represent it in a difficulttopic difft agegroupsdifftforms I tryto simplify it in diffforms Akshansh Chaudhary 5 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 8. Set a valueofexcellence foryourself Ayes meet it Pick a difficult Divide the Createcontent topic you don't Sagegroups foreveryage know You wantto group leased on Bitcoin BloGckihain explainitt theirexperiences Sex nottheirconcerns Understand Makethe Documentthe whatformmeduim agegroupConsumed project post it wouldworkbest understandthe forthat age topicoousewtest Malloy group oprojectstartstomorrow Thur Aug3o2018 Akshansh Chaudhary 6 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 9. 5Sept2018 MS 1 OBJECTIVE Tonelanie Crean JohnSharp o Researchdomains find Point ofview convey Conceptdriven work Iterativeprocess refine Ideas inform Nextproject IsExploring an idea throughdiffforms Seeing a projectthrough diffscales I D 2B 3D 4D 5D Instruction Sets forStrangers have an idea put it inpublic things may happenwhich maynotbesuccessful its fine Akshansh Chaudhary 7 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 10. Midterm Talkaboutwhatyou'vedonesofar Talk whatyou want todoforfinals Moreof an advisorysession FinalProject what would you make in theskills youcurrently have2 Dmc manifesto heaters statement ofintent b whyyou'remakingwhatyou'remaking Process Makephototype fist then designstatement Evaluattainthia bconcept Innovm II 4Communion How wellexpressed IsCreatineProcess Method likeresearch prototypinghs Context Relatework wot to others working ind that space9research E Tools Methods 8 Use in new creative ways Akshansh Chaudhary 8 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 11. 5Sept2018 Thefirstsemesteris toteach you how you set your constraints whatisthelevelofwork you findinteresting toMMENTS ON 5 IN 5 Work on audioqualityforvideos Do userresearch using designprinciples whatform1media works forthem choice ofmedia can beworked on newspapersforelderly researchpaperfor graduates Akshansh Chaudhary 9 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 12. 12Sept2018 Playinggame activity Exquisitecorpse Make a textdocument bycombining elements written by everyone followedbythe reading on Oulipo Fluxus AmericanversionofOulipo Idea Surrealism checktheSpecial collection at Parsons beg Biggest collection ofantiquefabric Akshansh Chaudhary 10 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 13. 17Sept2018 Feedback foam TiwariNeeds more work bRemotely give flbGive a reference collate in theend Deliverables fortheproject Ideas inForm ID Text fthety ZD TeeteVisual sketch ofyour idea 3159Physicalprototypes buildtheexperience idfaak.tttmtefaohftmatfwedimht Attend Create a class design document shareresources on GoogleDime builda document Akshansh Chaudhary 11 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 14. 8 Akshansh Chaudhary 12 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 15. gComments on transcendenceThinkaboutcybernetics Waffa Bilal NYO Cameraembedded in skull takepictures t.name Iwww.nd antenna embedded in hisheadto see colors hinkM tentpeoplechoosingto augment themselves Build a reason ofmaking it voluntaryfmandalayts learnfromenvironment to be more holistic lookup bioconcrete speculativedesignconcepts Thinkaboutmaking it relevant totheindividual Akshansh Chaudhary 13 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 16. 17Sept2018 Takebest3 see howaudience engages in it onlysketches make a sequence Beingprototyping material The3ideas we like 2 Bracelet 11 Artificialrain 9 Artificialplant Sorted Comments in St E I Akshansh Chaudhary 14 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 17. Ideasankingleyvolitt picoDetectbrainchip XXV XX Objectdetectbracelet x Moistdetecting a Currentdetect watch XXX Moistdetectfootsing XXX XV Shiverdetectfoot o x DNAgeneediting XXXXX XXVARGlasses VVV Artificialplant gear x w XXV Bacteriaculture XVI X Artificial rain o VVXXXX Ourfinaltop 3 ideas 2 9 g 11 Akshansh Chaudhary 15 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 18. Bracelet 4 Thinkofthe worldwherethis isneeded It's not a smartwatch Combine 4D 5D Getsomeone to test it recordthat Createaproductvideo addworldscenario Think about 9 MEETPROTECT 0Aspace you want toexplore an emotion Iexperience you wantpeopletoexperience more Akshansh Chaudhary 16 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 19. 08Oct 2018 Affordance helm b w properties ofan object capabilities ofits actors Properties Relationship spahhttfme Hachesht usF w Instructuintelsfoustating what we are tryingtodo MakeAffordancesmoireDISCERNIBLE Signifier statessthhas a specificuse It is related to Discernibility Goal W o using words Akshansh Chaudhary 17 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 20. x Akshansh Chaudhary 18 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 21. Areain frontof flag 99 DO Akshansh Chaudhary 19 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 22. REED Puta sticky standee take a i why WEI Da DE Akshansh Chaudhary 20 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 23. Calne i o Crowded F i i O Akshansh Chaudhary 21 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 24. Es IE stickers t i Minus Targetaudoive so stickers peerboard µ toopeople Tinehnis sat votes Prepareillustrations Buy stickers Prepare standees Create a designforstandees Prepare postcards Akshansh Chaudhary 22 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 25. Design Statement mix AS g ffffifaudsepickupidiftin stack ofcards emptyfaces AFFORDANCES ofMothsblankspaces insticker handwithsticker illustration SlGMFlERS_ Cmdphoto OTHERTLOCATIONISPOT Sameillustrationasthenia STRUCTUREIMODEL nextto alandmarkCstoppingspots Heightleyelenedhandgeablenel Placementondienofmoutpassy basecolor handiestspace Metta seatingspaceColiseum p Hyoucanpickup pickupcalm objectiveachieved Result Ifsomething is incomplete complete it Morepickupofcalmpostcards Affordanceofstackdifference Morepastingofcrowdedstamps Signifierofblankfaces Akshansh Chaudhary 23 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 26. F puthandson it red i and as rested fackincount they.gafaken handsymbol withstriker Takeouta sticker o 35 Esp Blankspaces of hffsaminematffiwasmptofuson Ethers Akshansh Chaudhary 24 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 27. unexpected affordame Emptyfaceswith Illustration Inotactual EFhfutgamhmKidfhem thot Artpiece µsta tonqinfrontof stop thereIolesane ASK ME Akshansh Chaudhary 25 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 28. I0 Oct 2018 Hue InstructionSets forStrangers Presentation on than wholeprojectpresenton Wed myDetail MID TERM PRESENTATION I Od22,201 Tell a storyofyour designjourneythroughthe 1st k ofa semester fin MsD Connectwhat you havelearned what youdid buffest worstthingsabout a project a storyfortheiritis Howdidtheprojects you didrelate to you Bring everything you havedonein 1 narrative HighlevelconceptIdomain ofinterestforfinals Akshansh Chaudhary 26 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 29. Comments on Msl Midterm 0 MisplacedLabor don't betooinvested in yourdesign suchthat you make theprototype look too good Prototypes require iteration know your audience showworktotheaudience so that theyunderstandthe context ofyour creation leg Nuomeng's bootcamp project on Chinesecharacters Asians wouldprobablyrelate Americans maynot Narrowdown yourgoal Youarenothindered byreality you arehindered byyour technical skills Don't betoobroad Context is imp People judge a presentation bywhat we tell them So show your work Ok now I know a thing make a data vizproject impactfulenough so thatpeople remember Akshansh Chaudhary 27 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 30. Create a piecefrom your presentation changethestyle what you do in your presentation becomes a piece leg Michael's storytelling Me EDUCATION COMMUNICATION Thatis your interest area Focus on that buildon it Words are dangerous usewords carefully Words like empathy emotion are good but the thoughtbehindtheuse ofsuch words should beclear when you don't find a door buildone when you are thinking about a diet you want totake you cannotfind a reference create a reference write a book etc Talkabout your failures as designers we fail So its important to think aboutthe projects that don't work Akshansh Chaudhary 28 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 31. 24Oct 2018 Brainstorming Using your precedents Gametoexplainopioid Akshansh Chaudhary 29 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 32. Adams ProjectionMapping on a garbage on video game STATI Darkroom empty 17 i l t l DYNAMIC Empty UnionSquare E3 Ea Ll Akshansh Chaudhary 30 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 33. INTERACTIVI MMM is PARTICIPATORI Discussion i Akshansh Chaudhary 31 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 34. Yugi sculpture withinteraction STAI Empty unattended To DYNAMI MovingSeulfhim on impulse form D 81all Interactive breed belt Akshansh Chaudhary 32 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 35. INTERACTIVE People Interacting A 0 081K µ.at fs9nteractine breed belt PARTICIPATORY Peoplediscussing fommunity D o MKETLfs9nteractine breed belt Akshansh Chaudhary 33 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 36. Waverly Queer game animation STATIC Shreddedtext ftp.EE DYNAMI rotqiforuiidhea.ie Akshansh Chaudhary 34 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 37. INTERACTIVE People ging playing IEIH PARTICIPATORY People guessing interaction I Ita Fifth Akshansh Chaudhary 35 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 38. My thoughts on the readings/ movie viewings Daisies 1. Show passing time through different colour overlays A. The scenes have contrasting emotions. The supporting characters are shown and theirB. emotion is felt. Then, the main characters tweak the scene. Finally, the scene ends with an interplay between the contrasting emotions of the two characters (main and supporting). Mean, hungry and broke girls playing around with the emotions of men, trying to sustain lives C. Scene 1: A man cheated by 2 girls, one of them pretended to be on a date, when the other oneD. barged in Scene 2: The main dance in a restaurant gets taken over by a random act by the 2 girls E. Scene 3: focus on music for transitions, and scene syncing with the act F. 31 Oct 2018 Anatomyofan AI system anatomyof ai KateCrawford Vladan John CRITIQUING FEI'S CLASS PROJECT IDEAS Cassandra Queerness Textile Computation Reem btw materiality queerness weaving difft forms static electricity eg changing weaving patterns circuits Akshansh Chaudhary 36 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 39. Adam Unsanctioned Public Art Art thatis left out unrepresented whatformofart if you want people torealize Think about it in terms of disconnectivityfromphones Elena Queering thebinary Digitaltomb tomb sweepingholiday TDigital storytelling Preservingmemories Akshansh Chaudhary 37 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 40. 05Nov2018 Concept of in a startup used differently fromitsactualpurpose egoUnity startedas a video game wenttaille So theychangedtheir modelofcreating aframework wherepeople can playgames o fo design when you don't designthewholeproduct but just diff partsof it Designer shouldbe adaptive tochange b a lot of our work is in the conceptualphase Iterate it withpeople startfining it early So forfinals keep takingHb iterating your work goodstories arethose HannahArendt whichdon'thave a Writer philosopher structuredinterpretation Quote storytelling revealsmeaning w o committing the error ofdefining it Akshansh Chaudhary 38 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 41. Singapore is working in makinggames aroundsystems topics Concept ofEaster Eggs in a game parts of a game thatyou hideintentionallyto challenge theplayers Adesignprocess is a group ofLEGObricks it opens the world ofpossibilities interpretation Comments on PPT Think about your audience howdo you wantthe peopletofeel Ifyoudoit forkids willtheyhaveenoughsay in the medicine theytake2 Akshansh Chaudhary 39 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 42. I2 Nov2018 Msl final conceptfeedback by HaithamEnnasu MohiniDutta Benjamin Nakskov Nociception neurologicalterm no nociception CorNociception 1 pain exists Target been Museum e v R expensive displaybased ineballmf Nextstep createview sketches Topdown other angles Think about looklikesetup whenpeople are waiting in line eg screenshowing howto use RuttEtra machine reference forCRT monitor project Akshansh Chaudhary 40 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 43. by HaithamEnnasu MohiniDutta Benjamin Norskov Think Why are we doing theproject Objective Educational Guided Experience 4Explainbasichuman fn VR experience narration whatpartofthebody I'm in m Howdoesthe user knowwhere to interact Givevisualcues Explain info beforepilltaking Breaktheprocess in series ofinteractions Pin striking theperson Zoom toreveal thefatty acid 9Switchtheview to thestomach with pill title getting in Entrance into thebody 4Skin stomach nerve a Akshansh Chaudhary 41 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 44. Previous comments by theclass Think aboutthe mechanics interaction in addition to the narrative Thinkabout howtheplayers wouldfeelwhen they KatsmethiehisFame e whydoes thisprojectmatterto me Watchthefilms Fantastic Voyage49667 forinspium Osmosis Jones 8Cells at work Akshansh Chaudhary 42 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 45. 14 Nov2018 0 As designers whenever you do a survey don'taskleading questions Leg If Ilikethecolorblue Iaskthequestion do youlike thecolorblue If 7 leading questions peoplecan't give trueopinions Feedback onprojectidea Create a singlesceneinteractioninstead ofmultipleones makeyourselfas thepill thepain in front ofyou So create an interaction ofthe user trying to figure out whereto add medicine to reducepain Thinkaboutthephysical interactionwhen aplayer steps in to a VN space Aphysical structure cardboardofa person inpain you see thathestep in VR Updatingthe VRglasses tobe aperson's mouth you are thepill So as you puton theheadset youbegininteraction inside the body A VRheadsetinstalled inside a mouth or something Akshansh Chaudhary 43 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
- 46. 03Dec2018 Diff btw Commodity Community Commodity Sththat we can takevaluefrom Resource 8Sththat's openlythere may nothavethatvalue system Community Group ofpeoplecomingtogetherbased on common values NO SPACE BELONGS TO YOU UNLESS YOU OWN l e g FB Twitter Tumblr So if they remove yourprofile oneday you can'tdo anything about it Technologyhas thatinfluence So when youcreate techproducts or sth around a community make it suchthattheseroadblocks are not there People with valuesshould not get a pushback Akshansh Chaudhary 44 MFADT | Parsons School of Design