Tailored + Refined
Progressive + Performance
D BLOCK COLORS
rmine the pattern of colurface. The child at the l by touching blocks of one
CARMIGO APPLICATION FOR GM AND ONSTAR Summer 2012 | General Motors + MTV Infotainment Design | Ruth Wang , Douglas Rhodes, Leah Miller, Joe M. A winning application for the MTV/Viacom Infotainment Competition in collaboration with GM. Carmigo is an in-car app which facilitates carpool planning decisions by assigning seats and driver, dj and navigator roles to participants based on a leaderboard ranked by car ownership, past miles-driven, number of times a rider pays for gas, and other point-accruing tasks.
CYBERPLAYGROUND A NEW FORM OF ENGAGED TELEPRESENCE GSAPP Spring 2013 | Netlab Studio| | Critic: Kazys Varnelis | Ruth Wang The Cyberplayground facilitates a new form of engaged telepresent play, engouraging trans-generational interactions across ability levels, continents, and time zones. Jacob (5) Washington, D.C.
Part I THE CYBER PLAYGROUND Merging Virtual Play + Actual Play
Anna (26) Washington D.C.
with her son at East Potomac Park.
Rose (73) Palo Alto, CA Aging in place Visits Grandson Jacob on Holidays. Otherwise, has a lot of downtime at home.
WELCOME
ENTER USERNAME:
>Anna (26) Washington DC
NEW PLAYER:
PLAYING WITH? > Grandma Rose
> Saved Game
LOADING...
> Play Now
Grandma Rose Pong Game 04/18/2013 @1:30pm
Telepresent play is achieved through the linkage of virtual and actual (on site) gaming. For example, Above: Pong-Handball.
vacuum formed translucent gripping panel Tetris game played remotely. block colors coordinate with lighting of of climbing “hopscotch” wall.
LED panel insulated wire
solar power cell
welcome monitor receiver
Example 2: The Tetris-Stair
CO
block oring playg chos
WELCOME
ENTER USERNAME:
NEW PLAYER:
PLAYING WITH? > Dad
> Saved Game > Play Now
>Jacob (5) Washington DC
MUSICAL TOPOGRAPHY A CONCRETE FORMWORK GSAPP Spring 2013 | Visual Studies | | Critic: Joshua Draper | Ruth Wang , Brittany Roy, Madeeha Merchant, Miguel Lantigua A method for using fabric formwork to register and reflect the fluidity of music in the heavy medium of concrete facade panels.
MUSICAL TOPOGRAPHY: THE FORWORK COMPONENTS upper frame
elastic fabric
eyelet screws tuning board stringed lower frame
aluminum u wire clip peg board with threaded rods threaded rod
drainage tray
bolt
Final Cast
MUSICAL TOPOGRAPHY: NOTE LENGTH TO ROD DEPTH TRANSLATION
ROD HEIGHT
NOTE LENGTH
PANEL INDENTATION
longer
deeper
shorter
shallower
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