COLLABORATOR / INNOVATOR / TINKERER RESEARCHER / THINKER / OBSERVERCONNECTOR / COMMUNICATORSTORYTELLER / LISTENER
A DESIGN PORTFOLIO
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Q: How do you create an interaction among strangers while building a community where people feel a sense of belonging?
A: Project-README.blogspot.com README is an interactive initiative designed to pass knowledge and build community by sharing with each other the books that we read.
(Designer)
Amazon.com is reporting new milestones in sales of their eBooks everyday, but with the age of print media being transformed into digital, there is something beautiful being lost in translation. Project Readme’s aim is to remind users of the tangible beauty of the printed book, while encouraging people to connect with strangers and share ideas in the physical world.
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Share With ME:
Email ME at [email protected] and tell ME your story._Where you found your book (location/City/State)_What you thought of it_How you passed it on(Feel free to send photos of the book)
*Please include Title/Author/README Tracking Number
project-README.blogspot.com
*Slap README icon on cover for all to find.
*Place README Information Card on inside coverto keep track of the book’s adventure.
README Tracking Stickers:
Amazon.com sells 180 eBooks for every 100 Hardcover Books and the trend is rising. What is
the future of the printed book?
Welcome to project
READMEFIND ME... READ ME... PASS ME ALONG
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How To Get Started:
1_Find a book2_Read the book (Don’t be afraid to write in the margins and share your thoughts and feelings)
3_Pass the book along (Leave it on a park bench or give it to a friend… as long as you remember to leave it behind for someone new to find.)
Project README is an interactive initiative designed to build community and pass knowledge
by sharing with others the books that we read.
*Remember to record the README Tracking Number found on the README Information Card and visit:
project-README.blogspot.com to track your book’s adventure.
AUTHOR
TITLE
project-README.blogspot.comTRACKING #
DATE FOUND LOCATION FINDERS NAMEplace / state
project-README.blogspot.com
project-README.blogspot.com
Share With ME:
Email ME at [email protected] and tell ME your story._Where you found your book (location/City/State)_What you thought of it_How you passed it on(Feel free to send photos of the book)
*Please include Title/Author/README Tracking Number
project-README.blogspot.com
*Slap README icon on cover for all to find.
*Place README Information Card on inside coverto keep track of the book’s adventure.
README Tracking Stickers:
AUTHOR
TITLE
project-README.blogspot.comTRACKING #
DATE FOUND LOCATION FINDERS NAMEplace / state
project-README.blogspot.com
project-README.blogspot.com
Share With ME:
Email ME at [email protected] and tell ME your story._Where you found your book (location/City/State)_What you thought of it_How you passed it on(Feel free to send photos of the book)
*Please include Title/Author/README Tracking Number
project-README.blogspot.com
*Slap README icon on cover for all to find.
*Place README Information Card on inside coverto keep track of the book’s adventure.
README Tracking Stickers:
Visit project-readme.blogspot.com to get started. *
Q: How do you offer socially conscience design that tackles the global WATER problem?
A: Clear H2OOffering a set of directions (a tool bag) where community members can use local craft traditions and locally sourced materials to build their own water purification unit.
(Group Facilitator)
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Initial Ideas
- Use found objects and objects that could be made using local processes found in 3rd world countries for ease of production
- The construction needs to be able to be achieved through common construction methods such as metalworking and welding.
- Distillation and Slow Sand filters are very low tech.
- Speeding up the process using pressurized water and then projecting it through the filter to clean the water faster than a gravity fed filter could ever do.
- Dual Functionality, using heated surfaces that are used in the water purification process to aid in other processes as well, such as cooking food.
- Is the unit communal or for personal use?
2 liters of water from a local contaminated swamp 18-24 hours for all three filters to finish
proof of initial concept
Steam generation test
3 of Earth’s water is fresh, much less than that is drinkable
of all diseases are caused by unsafe drinking water.
by 2025 up to 2/3 of the worlds population will be without safe drinking water
3,600 children die each day from water born diseases.
8 minutes of heating vaporized a liter of water.
The filter with the
most carbon
filtered the fastest,
while the pure
sand filter was the slowest.
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Initial Ideas
- Use found objects and objects that could be made using local processes found in 3rd world countries for ease of production
- The construction needs to be able to be achieved through common construction methods such as metalworking and welding.
- Distillation and Slow Sand filters are very low tech.
- Speeding up the process using pressurized water and then projecting it through the filter to clean the water faster than a gravity fed filter could ever do.
- Dual Functionality, using heated surfaces that are used in the water purification process to aid in other processes as well, such as cooking food.
- Is the unit communal or for personal use?
2 liters of water from a local contaminated swamp 18-24 hours for all three filters to finish
proof of initial concept
Steam generation test
3 of Earth’s water is fresh, much less than that is drinkable
of all diseases are caused by unsafe drinking water.
by 2025 up to 2/3 of the worlds population will be without safe drinking water
3,600 children die each day from water born diseases.
8 minutes of heating vaporized a liter of water.
The filter with the
most carbon
filtered the fastest,
while the pure
sand filter was the slowest.
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How can they help themselves?
teach them what we know...
current aid modelNow the UN and other organizations give and
give to supply thirsty nations with potable water through short term solutions. This system is one
way and not sustainable.
new aid modelGive the thirsty people of the world a way to filter their own water with what they already have. Use
local craft traditions and locally sourced materials.
Set up a sustainable cycle of mutual benefits within
the community so that everybody benefits.
Clearly Beneficial... How Do We Help Ourselves?
Teach People What We Know.
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Clearly Communicated...
InstructionsPrinted on organic fast growing hemp these pictograms explain the construction and use of our water purification unit.
We chose to omit language from the instructions because of the great variety of dialects varied levels of literacy.
The combination of printing with dye and the hemp canvas makes a durable fade and tear resistant soft good.
operation
construction
components
*By showing how to build only the most important parts of the unit, we allow for local craft traditions like pottery and metalsmithing to find their way into the final deliverable.
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Tool bagWhat more could the instructions be than a piece of cloth?
With the clarity of the instructions as the highest priority, we found that the graphic layout lent itself to some interesting form folding possibilities.
Adding practical funtionality to the instruction sheet elevates this piece of cloth to an artifact with real value.
bag would be delivered in folded form so that users can learn how to fold it while unfolding
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Clearly Communicated...
InstructionsPrinted on organic fast growing hemp these pictograms explain the construction and use of our water purification unit.
We chose to omit language from the instructions because of the great variety of dialects varied levels of literacy.
The combination of printing with dye and the hemp canvas makes a durable fade and tear resistant soft good.
operation
construction
components
*By showing how to build only the most important parts of the unit, we allow for local craft traditions like pottery and metalsmithing to find their way into the final deliverable.
Q: How do you improve a system like TED as a form of modern day storytelling?
A: TED liveYou give the power back to the audience by designing a system that allows the bright minds of TED conference members to record and upload their TED experience LIVE via a video upload platform.
(Designer)
lbcohen
liveStefan Sagmeister, Graphic Designer“The Power of Time Off”
Tim Brown, President, IDEO
Christine Herron, Principal, First Round Capital
Researcher, University of the Arts and Design Helsinki
Translation Student,Argentina
VP Marketing,United States
Reaction Video
Reaction Video
TED Talk
TED Talk
Area of Empowerment
TED, “ideas worth spreading,” is an amazing platform that transforms an educated crowd into a captive audience. In less than eighteen short minutes, TED sets a stage for a remarkable person to share their ideas with the rest of the world. It transforms theses “remarkable people” into intellectual icons and leaders in their fields of study.
When looking at TED.com and other digital educational platforms, what I noticed was that the audience members in the crowd at conferences, or watching at home online are only given the chance to observe and not actively participate. Within the development of TED, the act of participation was innovated out of the system. Whether or not this was done consciously, I feel that in order for an idea to have an impact on the world, society needs to feel as though they have contributed to that idea. They need to feel as though they have a voice within the system, which they can use to communicate their ideas and opinions. When they are given that voice they feel empowered to help and support the cause, spreading the message on to others.
So how do you give audience members that voice, how do you make them active participants in the TED community?
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LIVE UPDATE
REACTION VIDEO
You empower the audience by designing a new system that I call TEDlive. TEDlive allows the amazing minds of the TED conference members to record their TED experience live via a wifi video unload tool. These members can then create reaction videos expanding on the ideas of the day and sharing their thoughts with the online TED community. The online community will have to opportunity to watch the TED Talks live without editing, follow their favorite “ educated minds,” view multiple reaction videos, and hear different opinions on just one talk. This system allows for interaction between audiences with the ability for the Innovation Icon to participate as well. If TED is truly about spreading ideas, then when you actively engage the audience members, ideas will spread that much faster.
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Q: How do we reduce Americas dependence on foreign oil and find an answer to our energy addiction?
A: WiWalkWe can bring the global community together through kinetic energy created by the universal activity of walking.
( Lead Designer)Winner- Syracuse University Next Generation Design Competition 2009
The kinetic energy produced from the pressure of walking is stored in piezoelectric materials, such as certain varieties of crystals or ceramics. These materials have the ability to generate an electric current from the applied pressure. The electrical energy stored in the show insert will be stored in the shoe insert until the individual steps onto the energy depositing station.
transferring electric energy or power over distance without wires
intelligent tracking system that detects all objects
Building a Community While Curing Ourselves of Our Energy Addiction
This is achieved by harnessing the potential of kinetic energy by placing a kinetic device in one’s shoe. With this system, one can simply donate energy without being inconvenienced.
Socially connecting people through the need to find alternative forms of energy, this insert gathers one’s daily kinetic power and deposits it throughout the community.
No matter how minute the effort, one will be able to create an impact in order to aid the fight to conserve our energy and save our world.
Q: Why is effective collaboration an important tool in the search to solve complex problems and find innovative solutions?
A: Collaboration : AND ITS POWER TO SUPPORT THE PROCESS OF INNOVATION
Collaboration when done right, has the potential to bring people together from different backgrounds to build upon each others talents to find out of the box ideas that can exceed the needs of the problems that we face.
(Author)
Semester One Research Book
Please visit http://issuu.com/lbcohenportfolio/docs/collaboration to view full text.*
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