megan galbraith   

 

masxxx
fall 2001
p: john maeda
ta: ben fry & tom white
     
         
   
         
         
 

assignment #3
elements of the world around you

15 october 2001

p1/Find 3 handheld-sized objects in your household that strike you as significant forms that you have encountered throughout your life. Describe these archetypal forms in an objective manner using the guidelines handed out in class using sketches and text.

p2/Choose one of the forms you have described and find a different purpose for the form in the electrical universe. Mind you, merely decorative treatments of a found object are not significant. Transform the form into an obvious and relevant input device to a graphical display system inproce55ing. Look for meaningful relationships between the existing form and a visual abstraction.