https://piamarie.cargo.site piamarie Thu, 17 Jun 2021 09:20:03 +0000 https://piamarie.cargo.site en https://piamarie.cargo.site/Home-Page Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:43:59 +0000 piamarie https://piamarie.cargo.site/Home-Page https://piamarie.cargo.site/black-box-experiments Sat, 19 Sep 2020 18:17:30 +0000 piamarie https://piamarie.cargo.site/black-box-experiments black-box experiments Making acquaintances with the machinery. <img width="2000" height="1329" width_o="2000" height_o="1329" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2a72a7d6208479762e150f50dd325f49cc96a0e596c089e8bc8ff6a13198cc92/RadioPatterns_5.png" data-mid="83407390" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2a72a7d6208479762e150f50dd325f49cc96a0e596c089e8bc8ff6a13198cc92/RadioPatterns_5.png" /> Handling everyday-things as Black Boxes has long become an immanent survival technique in dealing with complexity, which plays an increasingly important role especially in today’s electrified world: As users of things, we are surrounded by a wide range of products whose detailed inner workings simply cannot be understood by most – and luckily, they do not need to be. While this lack of comprehension for our electronic companions has only little immediate effect during a product’s use, it quickly becomes apparent in the moment in which a product breaks. The common inability to act upon an error, let alone the functioning of the product itself, led to an assumption that is worth further investigation: As users of electronic products – do we only truly own their outer shell, but not their technological interiors?The heavy ecological implications of electronic products as well as the imbalance in power structures which are embodied in our physical devices motivated a series of experiments. They explore how the dualism between inside and outside – the hard separation between a product’s surface and its underlaying machinery – can be broken and how the design of a product can, instead, be applied to create a relationship with the technological interior. At the hand of a radio receiver (the technological ancestor for a large number of our modern technologies), the Black-Box Experiments challenge the traditional constitution of electronic devices.Representative for many more products and thinkable experiments, the four radio receivers explore the relationship between a product’s outsides and the hidden machinery:&nbsp; How can the circuit-board as a medium be utilized for the communication of functioning? How do spatial parameters influence the perception of normally flat circuits? How would an accessible, open and easy-to-manipulate product be designed? <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d951e9f838f43525c1e324c3a4d7e83b373100a71b5c964e185c529500b0f8a3/RadioPatterns_1.png" data-mid="83377913" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d951e9f838f43525c1e324c3a4d7e83b373100a71b5c964e185c529500b0f8a3/RadioPatterns_1.png" /><img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de6a563ec454c3690559910200618763aee5aff93e30ddf715f1eb158d1bfd84/RadioPatterns_3.png" data-mid="83377915" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/de6a563ec454c3690559910200618763aee5aff93e30ddf715f1eb158d1bfd84/RadioPatterns_3.png" /> Radio N°2 advances the printed circuit board from a component (which holds electronic actors in place and connects them to each other as tightly as possible in the smallest possible space) to the product itself. Along with the established, industrial mode of production, design parameters of circuit boards were identified, transformed and applied. Radio No. 2 uses the circuit board as a communication medium, interface, assembly surface and as a carrier of the physical affordances of the radio as a product. <img width="1927" height="1357" width_o="1927" height_o="1357" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c2a668c033f6a14fed4a4d62718fd27516f7367e118cb017f176f1bbf915fba/RadioProduct.gif" data-mid="83377917" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c2a668c033f6a14fed4a4d62718fd27516f7367e118cb017f176f1bbf915fba/RadioProduct.gif" /> Radio N°4 corresponds most closely to our idea of the classic product - and breaks with it. The magnetic housing gives way to the interior components, which are freely movable through plug-in systems and a new system for clear cable routing. Both the object's interior and its outer shell can be replaced, modified, reassembled and discovered, adding machinery to the overall picture. <img width="2000" height="1125" width_o="2000" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07c4b62d205754b847c7efedd77fcd96f9e3732b824cc2d142a4c2fd622d9224/RadioSpatial_N7.jpg" data-mid="83436476" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/07c4b62d205754b847c7efedd77fcd96f9e3732b824cc2d142a4c2fd622d9224/RadioSpatial_N7.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1125" width_o="2000" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6c50ca91b11cb3f9c56be547114ef8601cafbf80a69c0d8184c5cd2fbbe705dc/RadioSpatial_N6.jpg" data-mid="83436474" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6c50ca91b11cb3f9c56be547114ef8601cafbf80a69c0d8184c5cd2fbbe705dc/RadioSpatial_N6.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1125" width_o="2000" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1e8d301d6afd53e2c6e594a45b366e393fcb09b4771144c12a3c040e02b7933/RadioSpatial_N5.jpg" data-mid="83436472" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a1e8d301d6afd53e2c6e594a45b366e393fcb09b4771144c12a3c040e02b7933/RadioSpatial_N5.jpg" /> Radio N°3 projects the gained insights into three-dimensional space and, as a radio sculpture, explores the physical perception of interrelationships and modes of operation of the individual components. <img width="2000" height="1223" width_o="2000" height_o="1223" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f48605b7ebb33ab76ee3cbab50e9bcc72586d3d71b9c4f0bf311f685d4a2faa5/Radio1_1.jpg" data-mid="111607716" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f48605b7ebb33ab76ee3cbab50e9bcc72586d3d71b9c4f0bf311f685d4a2faa5/Radio1_1.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1223" width_o="2000" height_o="1223" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07d04ff11901da78969f9b15a5d693f10a6031231f0bd481017cec2222a97874/Radio1_2.gif" data-mid="111607684" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/07d04ff11901da78969f9b15a5d693f10a6031231f0bd481017cec2222a97874/Radio1_2.gif" /> Radio N°1 explores the circuit as a medium of communication and raises the question of the extent to which knowledge of a technology can already constitute a functioning device. The modified circuit diagram on paper, as a poster on the wall, paired with a few simple materials such as cables, thumbtacks, razor blade and pencil empower the user to make his own radio. <img width="2000" height="1502" width_o="2000" height_o="1502" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/914adfb624ec1bb89527b581af5ba9cc35fc759ec8bb1fc050480df505faec2e/Book.jpg" data-mid="83408789" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/914adfb624ec1bb89527b581af5ba9cc35fc759ec8bb1fc050480df505faec2e/Book.jpg" /> Köln, 2020 produced in acrylic, PLA, copper and paper, with various electronic actors awarded with:&nbsp; 1st place at the Cologne Design Awards 2020 exhibited at:kisdparcours2020, Köln Virtual Cologne Design Award 2020, Museum für angewandte Kunst Köln (MAKK) https://piamarie.cargo.site/open-house Thu, 17 Jun 2021 09:20:03 +0000 piamarie https://piamarie.cargo.site/open-house Open House Reclaiming the interior. <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ecc9dc96b2800e79df21464ebf9b134c3bb473b00cc8257dd90c892add722aa4/TitelBild_OpenHouse_Unperfekt.jpg" data-mid="111603220" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ecc9dc96b2800e79df21464ebf9b134c3bb473b00cc8257dd90c892add722aa4/TitelBild_OpenHouse_Unperfekt.jpg" /> Motivated by the ecological implications of electronic products as well as the imbalance in power structures that are embodied in our physical devices, this project opens simple household devices to the users: for repairs, updates, and transformation, facilitating the users to reclaim ownership of the interior again. Designed as a collection of single parts, the three products convey seemingly complicated electronic devices as puzzles, being accessible to the users and inviting new opportunities for action. « Open House » is not a proposal of a product-service-system, but an experimental exploration of the physical qualities an electronic product has to fulfill in order to allow the user to act — and an outlook on what those actions might lead to. <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf46c5889b47e7d8dd0a2dcd650d69a8f2587fe192f9ee79796187f84913a4ca/TitelBild_OpenHouse_Unordentlich.jpg" data-mid="111603221" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf46c5889b47e7d8dd0a2dcd650d69a8f2587fe192f9ee79796187f84913a4ca/TitelBild_OpenHouse_Unordentlich.jpg" /><img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33a4bca03b185a400477616b269d94e4521258f9ad00c1b12b0456fecf0553cb/montage.jpg" data-mid="111603228" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/33a4bca03b185a400477616b269d94e4521258f9ad00c1b12b0456fecf0553cb/montage.jpg" /><img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/445d6d82f107ba4ff0c74c452595b3cb3e494bf4117588b9777910b9dd9df7dc/animation-375-2.jpg" data-mid="111603223" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/445d6d82f107ba4ff0c74c452595b3cb3e494bf4117588b9777910b9dd9df7dc/animation-375-2.jpg" /> The circuit, meaning all connections between the actors, is clearly visible: the wires show it on the inside, while a discreet groove along the casing mirrors the paths to the outside. Instead of through loose cables that need to be soldered, electricity runs through the stirdy wires which are embedded in the casing’s interior. The casing splits into multiple parts to grant equal access to all actors. Actors are connected through screws, making them easy to replace, and modules can be added to expand the circuit. The concept aims at facilitating new product affordances to its users: repairs, extensions and transformations of the machinery. <img width="3272" height="2362" width_o="3272" height_o="2362" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d70f34e9322de4967ab829d10018eb47bb6023182da6871590264e670cb11c19/printer.jpg" data-mid="111603217" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d70f34e9322de4967ab829d10018eb47bb6023182da6871590264e670cb11c19/printer.jpg" /><img width="3542" height="2362" width_o="3542" height_o="2362" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f87eac8fbb62f020b2885f2dacc09bd81cdba7faecf0ce743a6dac1e9067b47/kitchenmixer.jpg" data-mid="111603219" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f87eac8fbb62f020b2885f2dacc09bd81cdba7faecf0ce743a6dac1e9067b47/kitchenmixer.jpg" /><img width="3212" height="2362" width_o="3212" height_o="2362" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d2918bdbaa9ef83057613a16e01eaab64b6260d3a9f21d5561b1ceb5c9abaee2/hairdryer.jpg" data-mid="111603218" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d2918bdbaa9ef83057613a16e01eaab64b6260d3a9f21d5561b1ceb5c9abaee2/hairdryer.jpg" /> Stockholm, 2018 printed in PLA, constructed with magnets &amp; combing several electronic and mechanic actors exhibited at:Konstfack’s Vårutställning 2018, Stockholm awarded with: Konstfack’s graduate scholarship https://piamarie.cargo.site/begripa-begreifen-to-grasp Thu, 17 Sep 2020 14:17:44 +0000 piamarie https://piamarie.cargo.site/begripa-begreifen-to-grasp begripa / begreifen / to grasp A series of switches. <img width="1000" height="583" width_o="1000" height_o="583" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2fd66676d90cd17da88f3ff2f56438e8a03340b20b3d94894f8239779d56d121/begripa_fuehlen.gif" data-mid="82988248" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2fd66676d90cd17da88f3ff2f56438e8a03340b20b3d94894f8239779d56d121/begripa_fuehlen.gif" /> “We don’t know what to do with our physical bodies which need massages as much as messages“ wrote Kenya Hara in regard to today‘s information society. Under the title of “grasping“ technology with its two meanings of physically grabbing or abstractly understanding something, this project explores the meaning of physicality in the relationship between humans and technology in order to seek for new means in the mediation between the two. Rather than through the lens of the established practice of interaction design, the philosophy of technology can highlight technologies‘ holistic impact on human life. The aim of this project is the exploration as to how far the philosophy of technology can be relevant for the design of interfaces and which additional qualities can arise from it for our discipline. As part of my BA thesis, I analysed theories from the modern philosophy of technology to uncover additional design parameters for new human-machine-interactions. Applied to a series of experimental interfaces, the standard of cognitive psychology is confronted with the theory of embodied cognition. Classical semiotics are replenished with the additional layer of material mediation. The industries’ concept of aesthetics is challenged. And the notion of engaging artifacts is explored in contrast to the thriving for efficiency of today‘s technology-driven society. <img width="1000" height="595" width_o="1000" height_o="595" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/419148bd40ca6a0a94a736c239474a91fdcf74d07fa6102efb7f07a70255a312/begripa_streichen.gif" data-mid="82988249" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/419148bd40ca6a0a94a736c239474a91fdcf74d07fa6102efb7f07a70255a312/begripa_streichen.gif" /> <img width="1000" height="593" width_o="1000" height_o="593" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fb36345d93e6676f79a41caf281a4d56bf29528cd1cf0a4353bee2d9b1bf0a23/begripa_balance.gif" data-mid="82988246" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fb36345d93e6676f79a41caf281a4d56bf29528cd1cf0a4353bee2d9b1bf0a23/begripa_balance.gif" /> <img width="1000" height="594" width_o="1000" height_o="594" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/616028cb660abea9711fe03a83fdcf936c7539b2851113031e83636253869e5e/begripa_biegen.gif" data-mid="82988247" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/616028cb660abea9711fe03a83fdcf936c7539b2851113031e83636253869e5e/begripa_biegen.gif" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aef95059370ba4d0748e1e072a0395320994bad4eec1914b2b031e2adf658791/begripa_3.jpg" data-mid="82988521" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aef95059370ba4d0748e1e072a0395320994bad4eec1914b2b031e2adf658791/begripa_3.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23370524dc38ca0bd5b288dee8cf55bd7e9ca14b414b29ee182994fb569a1b85/begripa_6.jpg" data-mid="82988524" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/23370524dc38ca0bd5b288dee8cf55bd7e9ca14b414b29ee182994fb569a1b85/begripa_6.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/812a26fdb5fde3534084243ef1ce74fc5c497dc70dae4bd2949ec5c9be88e01a/begripa_7.jpg" data-mid="82988518" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/812a26fdb5fde3534084243ef1ce74fc5c497dc70dae4bd2949ec5c9be88e01a/begripa_7.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3300e21a7048c6edec3b885d7ad26aa53b19dff8fb8eb6c7b7c70696038a57a/begripa_2.jpg" data-mid="82988520" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b3300e21a7048c6edec3b885d7ad26aa53b19dff8fb8eb6c7b7c70696038a57a/begripa_2.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/69e01fbe5f6ec12e8b4b699f468797ed81a0256ec5c5362c8a775581a46ab25e/begripa_5.jpg" data-mid="82988523" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/69e01fbe5f6ec12e8b4b699f468797ed81a0256ec5c5362c8a775581a46ab25e/begripa_5.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/029a53447a164327ebf7c852d0666ed1dd790e86d07e8d916689df8a69eec1f4/begripa_1.jpg" data-mid="82988519" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/029a53447a164327ebf7c852d0666ed1dd790e86d07e8d916689df8a69eec1f4/begripa_1.jpg" /> Stockholm, 2018 produced in PLA, silicon and with various electronic actors, programmed and realized with arduino exhibited at: Action &amp; Failure, Stockholm, 2018. KISDparcours2018, Köln. Kölner Design Preis 2018, MAKK – Museum für angewandte Kunst Köln. awarded with: Short-listed for the Cologne Design Award 2018. The corresponding research was published in form of the book « Begreifen. Eine technik-philosophische Perspektive auf die Gestaltung von Schnittstellen » at Tredition Publishers, Cologne, 2022.&nbsp; https://piamarie.cargo.site/accessories-for-the-paranoid Wed, 12 Aug 2020 18:53:03 +0000 piamarie https://piamarie.cargo.site/accessories-for-the-paranoid accessories for the paranoid An alternative approach to data security. <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c86bc67420b1be7738fc6521f1297f23c2aec26cf6be18ec7f3d5e95a312e8bf/Accessoires-for-the-paranoid_all.jpg" data-mid="82975645" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c86bc67420b1be7738fc6521f1297f23c2aec26cf6be18ec7f3d5e95a312e8bf/Accessoires-for-the-paranoid_all.jpg" /> When considering data as the oil of the 21st century, each of us is sitting on a small ground treasure — a resource that is being discretely mined by the most valuable companies in the world. As users of modern services and products, we have long become habituated to trade-offs in which seemingly "free" services are offered in exchange for our personal data. However, if attempts to restrict the flow of our personal data would consequently restrict our access to said services and products as well... do we have no other option but to obey and share? The "Accessories for the Paranoid" explore an alternative approach to our digital privacy. As our physical environment reads, collects and stores an increasing amount of user information, this series of parasitic objects generates fake data. The resulting distortion of the digital profiles allows our true data identities to hide behind a veil of fictional information. <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/517bb2a24050fbddd53eb4384529964a96eac5f19bcd88debf36b6f0b20f0be8/Accessoires-for-the-paranoid_Object-A_1.jpg" data-mid="82975642" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/517bb2a24050fbddd53eb4384529964a96eac5f19bcd88debf36b6f0b20f0be8/Accessoires-for-the-paranoid_Object-A_1.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1501" width_o="2000" height_o="1501" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c332fbac3cdee66871d0a0f7b3eaa490e1971e82c2715012a987f1a4ff03ea49/Accessoires-for-the-paranoid_Object-A_2.jpg" data-mid="82975644" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c332fbac3cdee66871d0a0f7b3eaa490e1971e82c2715012a987f1a4ff03ea49/Accessoires-for-the-paranoid_Object-A_2.jpg" /> Object A (Un-hacking webcams): By taking the principle of a toy camera &amp; applying it to data security, the first object allows its user to display different scenes through the glance of the webcam: a hospital bed, a picnic in the Alps or an empty bar in Tokyo shed a new light on the supposed life of the user to anyone who attempts to spy. The object continues where the modern idiom of the general mistrust against technology has set off: the sticker covering up the webcam. <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6cf798758666b5081e64b2cc3bd91c6552764a3b745eea1d04f906ffcdf0b2a4/Accessoires-for-the-paranoid_Object-B_2.jpg" data-mid="82975643" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6cf798758666b5081e64b2cc3bd91c6552764a3b745eea1d04f906ffcdf0b2a4/Accessoires-for-the-paranoid_Object-B_2.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c771b25123b66d44b947362054b7333b7c37f222d1119a27fd1fcd38f7de605b/Accessoires-for-the-paranoid_Object-B_1.jpg" data-mid="82975641" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c771b25123b66d44b947362054b7333b7c37f222d1119a27fd1fcd38f7de605b/Accessoires-for-the-paranoid_Object-B_1.jpg" /> Object B (Kidding Alexa): The Echo, Amazon's voice assistant for the connected home, reacts to the call of „Alexa". Thus having to listen at all times, the device observes, processes and collects data in her user's home whenever switched on. The second object confuses Alexa's algorithm and contributes to the creation of the user's online identity with thought-up personal interests or inquiries. It offers the choice between three modes to play over the earphone: 1. White noise that lets no information slip through; 2. Pre-recorded quests to occupy her with tasks far from the user's actual interests; and 3. Audio gathered from online videos which has her listen to random dialogues, collect false information about her user and their shared surrounding. <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2302787e37d7d2b6fae31d6230b3353cbfcb174a7c7e97669bbc54ef09e865a1/Accessoires-for-the-paranoid_Object-C_1.jpg" data-mid="82975648" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2302787e37d7d2b6fae31d6230b3353cbfcb174a7c7e97669bbc54ef09e865a1/Accessoires-for-the-paranoid_Object-C_1.jpg" /> Object C (Leaving false traces): When connected to a computer, the algorithm of the third object randomly accesses one of the pre-selected services on the push of its button. Autonomously surfing the websites of services such as Google, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter or Amazon for a few moments, it will create site-specific content: A wish-lists on Amazon will be filled with unexpected desires. A post on Twitter will be generated through text bricks paired with randomly chosen emojis that replace keywords. The social-media accounts will spread unspecific likes. On Google search, partially typed requests will be dynamically continued through the google auto-completion and ask ever-new questions. By hijacking the computer's keyboard for a few seconds, Object C leaves fault traces on frequently visited services. <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06bfcbc3bfe12b4e2484277c1a6397f9857f7f6f0a8531c45183cc50bc5af3b7/Accessoires-for-the-paranoid_Object-D_1.jpg" data-mid="82975646" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/06bfcbc3bfe12b4e2484277c1a6397f9857f7f6f0a8531c45183cc50bc5af3b7/Accessoires-for-the-paranoid_Object-D_1.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/96028ef2d8edf54d4318f45ebf01264e3eb14f5cd6a94a3c7fd17334efc475f9/Accessoires-for-the-paranoid_Object-D_2.jpg" data-mid="82975647" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/96028ef2d8edf54d4318f45ebf01264e3eb14f5cd6a94a3c7fd17334efc475f9/Accessoires-for-the-paranoid_Object-D_2.jpg" /> Object D (blurring patterns): As a parasite which can be strapped around any connected device that is able to collect data, the fourth object devotedly pushes their buttons. By thus creating the illusion of a user's presence and activity, it blurs the recorded use-patterns during nighttime, working hours or when their user is not actually home. As technology is continuously growing closer into our lives, our relationship towards technology should be an ongoing process of reflection regarding behaviors and habits. The tough task we as users are faced with is the balancing act between technophile acceptance or technophobic idiosyncrasy – to guard our autonomy and not fall into the role of a mere spectator. Since the monetary meaning of the business model that is build on the collection of and dealing with personal data grows, its importance seems to override our civil right to privacy. Being a common prerequisite to accessing a service, users only have limited choices and control over their personal information. The “Accessories For The Paranoid” rebel against this lack of empowerment in the imbalance between ordinary people and powerful tech companies. While operating within the boundaries that are dictated by the industry, they explore a bottom-up approach to data security. Instead of having to give up on using a product as consequence of regained privacy, the project instead embraces the practice of data collection by deliberately hiding identities in a veil of fake data. In this, the object series takes the intangible issue that discretely takes place in the background and materializes it within the personal home, attached to the every-day devices that help each of us pursue our lives. The accessories thus stand in-between the users and their technological devices and disrupt the established, yet un-questioned interactions with technology which we are engaging with today. As a series of four exemplary objects (of many more thinkable points of data-collection in modern live), they stand representative for the need to regain control over our privacy. Cologne, in progress 2017 – 2020 produced in polysterol and with several microcontrollers and electronic actors,programmed with arduino and processing. the video uses and samples the track "The Code of My Heart" by the talented Gurdonark, licensed under creativecommons. Thank you to the amazing Katja Trinkwalder for this truly great collaboration! exhibited at: Réseaux-Mondes / World of Networks, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR, 2022&nbsp; Manifestations, Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, NL, 2019 Het Nieuwe Institut, Rotterdam, NL, 2019 Ventura Future, Fuorisalone 2020, Milan, IT&nbsp;(unfortunately the Design Week was cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic) PechaKucha&nbsp; Amsterdam, NL, 2020 Data are Emotions | Emotions are Data, Gdynia Design Days, PL, 2020 awarded with: Winner of the Young Talent Award by Sioux-GBO in Eindhoven, 2019 Honoree at the Speculative Design Awards by Core77, 2020 https://piamarie.cargo.site/light-up-the-dark Thu, 17 Sep 2020 21:03:10 +0000 piamarie https://piamarie.cargo.site/light-up-the-dark light up the dark A concept for public lighting /&nbsp;an installation that transforms footsteps into lightwaves <img width="1000" height="542" width_o="1000" height_o="542" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f18f2b4e597d4145b056c5f753a1ae585beed495cbf143b3f9277e0baf30b41/walking2.gif" data-mid="83023523" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2f18f2b4e597d4145b056c5f753a1ae585beed495cbf143b3f9277e0baf30b41/walking2.gif" /> Stockholm is located in a part of the world where darkness can make up more than 75 % of a day during winter. The need for artificial light is an essential part of society both for the function of ‘lighting up the dark’ and through its aesthetic qualities. This light installation has been developed for a selected pathway that connects schools, residential areas and local shops to a well-frequented train station where residents have reported feelings of distress, fear and a lack of safety due to the space's 'darkness'. The municipality of Botkykra, Stockholm's län, has therefore approached us to create an alternative proposal to replace the public lighting that is already in-place. How can the feeling of isolation between the path, its surroundings and the pedestrians be broken? As an answer to this question, we facilitated a dialogue between the path, the space, and the people walking by through the means of light: During the day, the traffic on the walkway was recorded by vibration microphones on the ground. When the sun had set, these audio signals were translated into light: mirroring people, bikes, or even deer that crossed the path earlier. The path, therefore, told its own story of the day gone by, a story created by the community during the day, told to the pedestrians at night. On a second level, by radically re-adjusting the quality and amount of light on the path, as well as spreading and redirecting its direction, the pathway went from being a separated entity within the dark to becoming visually integrated with its surroundings and thus dissolving the 'wall of darkness' around the path that has been perceived before. <img width="2000" height="1312" width_o="2000" height_o="1312" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c4e6b8134658485b8b952830d1b5aa8629242eaebec59f55c5546fec8de882fc/light-concept_long_2.gif" data-mid="83411147" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c4e6b8134658485b8b952830d1b5aa8629242eaebec59f55c5546fec8de882fc/light-concept_long_2.gif" /> The lighting: The pathway in Botkyrka was already lit by bright halogen lanterns. While their strong and cold lamps shed light on the pathway, its glare and harsh contrasts isolated the path completely from its surroundings and had it be framed by a 'wall of darkness', resulting in the reported feelings of fear and discomfort. As an alternative, we radically reduced the amount of light, which – in relation to the dark surroundings – resulted in much better sight. By changing the sources' position to the ground level and spreading an additional light directed towards the surroundings, the path was visually integrated with its environment: without the unnecessary glare and due to the evenly fading brightness the spatial isolation was lifted. <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41902add5ca762628b6be82fc9f959e2c529e0a589f065883ba69525622b0ce5/lightupthedark_9.jpg" data-mid="83023520" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/41902add5ca762628b6be82fc9f959e2c529e0a589f065883ba69525622b0ce5/lightupthedark_9.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4eeb2202b62b111707d6796e903fbeccc6e120080e2d195969bf8955b9a946db/lightupthedark_8.jpg" data-mid="83023519" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4eeb2202b62b111707d6796e903fbeccc6e120080e2d195969bf8955b9a946db/lightupthedark_8.jpg" /> The research process included an intense exploration of the space, research with the residents and and experimentation with different lighting situations on site. The images above show a comparison of face recognition in the harsh lantern's light (left) and our proposal (right). <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/28bad1d565f6da2e64cf23a677b46bb48e780653ffa7fdd253f08bebe39ce3e8/lightupthedark_7.jpg" data-mid="83023518" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/28bad1d565f6da2e64cf23a677b46bb48e780653ffa7fdd253f08bebe39ce3e8/lightupthedark_7.jpg" /> The installation: The concept was presented to the residents and representatives of the municipality in an interactive installation, in which we invited visitors to hear the recordings the lights react to, test the functioning of the vibration microphones which create the recordings and take a look at the technological core that transforms the footsteps into light. <img width="2877" height="1598" width_o="2877" height_o="1598" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a6b8f9f1d02dd24065bb248c080bc33b209342ca67774d04945370392dea72e3/lightupthedark_3.jpg" data-mid="83023513" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a6b8f9f1d02dd24065bb248c080bc33b209342ca67774d04945370392dea72e3/lightupthedark_3.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1112" width_o="2000" height_o="1112" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d105695724a54a8f2a27994340b9814a8bb8d3b1f0056de6f6384a43674914f/lightupthedark_5.jpg" data-mid="83023515" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1d105695724a54a8f2a27994340b9814a8bb8d3b1f0056de6f6384a43674914f/lightupthedark_5.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1111" width_o="2000" height_o="1111" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/999e6ccc3e2b89c7787f492a1c6c3364b814fc1efedae15f1837533cbac12d98/lightupthedark_2.jpg" data-mid="83023512" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/999e6ccc3e2b89c7787f492a1c6c3364b814fc1efedae15f1837533cbac12d98/lightupthedark_2.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1250" width_o="2000" height_o="1250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/73770dccc910ddd00ed14a9c53033027a2069bdbcdfaa309448d880dc8f5e7ea/lightupthedark_1.jpg" data-mid="83023511" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/73770dccc910ddd00ed14a9c53033027a2069bdbcdfaa309448d880dc8f5e7ea/lightupthedark_1.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1111" width_o="2000" height_o="1111" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb63d7e3794de2fdaf4be36220a319f4fcdc16e3670315fc0226cbfcdc31130a/lightupthedark_4.jpg" data-mid="83023514" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb63d7e3794de2fdaf4be36220a319f4fcdc16e3670315fc0226cbfcdc31130a/lightupthedark_4.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1111" width_o="2000" height_o="1111" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d7571754428cbabe407c0312392c49ee9df1f95e420e1cb519d79c44dd31a22/lightupthedark_6.jpg" data-mid="83023516" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1d7571754428cbabe407c0312392c49ee9df1f95e420e1cb519d79c44dd31a22/lightupthedark_6.jpg" /> Stockholm, 2017 Realized through processing, arduino and raspberry pi, several vibration microphones, a lot of cables and LED stripes. The beautiful soundtrack in the video is "My Digital Compass" by "Blue Dot Sessions", licensed under creative commons. Partnership: Created for the municipality of Botkyrka, Sweden. It was a pleasure to collaborate with Fabian Bender! exhibited at:Exhibited on October 30th 2017 in Botkyrka, Stockholm's län. https://piamarie.cargo.site/innovating-co-creation-x-toshiba Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:17:18 +0000 piamarie https://piamarie.cargo.site/innovating-co-creation-x-toshiba Innovating Co-Creation x Toshiba Increasing the value of collaborative formats. <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7fc085f5daf28f07c7c0da33ad45d9021b21f6c24c65a83d9129dd23e377a126/IMG_2985.jpg" data-mid="111596784" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7fc085f5daf28f07c7c0da33ad45d9021b21f6c24c65a83d9129dd23e377a126/IMG_2985.jpg" /> Toshiba is a worldwide acknowledged corporation and striving for innovation in technological development ever since. Since the discipline of Service Design raised and Co-Creation had been implemented successfully into organizational structures of major competitors, Toshiba started to apply it as well. But as it is cost- and time-intensive, the top management could not see its value for the company. As a result, the Toshiba Design Center invited the Service Design departments from Chiba University and the Köln International School of Design to Tokyo to spend two weeks exploring the question how to increase the value of co-creation within the company: the main focus of the co-operation was the design of a new workshop format for the company itself. <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/572cf8074884a44608bded4df06ecdb2e1c5a6b7c321070c12b76d1134cb5cc7/IMG_2946.jpg" data-mid="111596782" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/572cf8074884a44608bded4df06ecdb2e1c5a6b7c321070c12b76d1134cb5cc7/IMG_2946.jpg" /> To explore how Co-Creation is perceived and conducted at the moment at Toshiba, we conducted individual&nbsp; interviews with Toshiba designers, employees and managers and spread a written questionnaire about Co-Creation among two departments. The evaluation revealed that Toshiba is facing different challenges regarding the implementation of Co-Creation: Silo-Structures between several Toshiba businesses, no common understanding of Co-Creation at Toshiba beyond the Design Center and a company mentality that focuses measurable success prevent Co-Creation from being conducted successfully. To implement this holistically we developed a comprehensive concept in three groups, which also included the important phases of pre- and post-processing of co-creation workshops at Toshiba: “Hibana - A system forsparking change.” A guerrilla marketing campaign aims to raise awarenessand knowledge about co-creation and itsand its value among employees. Workshop tools specially developed for Toshiba help to solve the individual challenges within the workshops. A co-creation platform encourages and facilitates exchange, connects the right people and provides information and tools. Overall, initiative and participation are encouraged on all levels of the company. When developing the workshop structure and -tools itself we focused on the different problematic fields that were discovered in the research: different expectations of the workshop, a lack of space for experiments, strict hierarchies that are also culturally anchored, and the difficulty of communicating new methods to employees. Within the workshop format we designed, it is possible to take risks, participate free of responsibility and judgment and exchange ideas on an eye level. The tools developed were targeted towards a one-hour workshop that was facilitated by a fellow student and me. <img width="2000" height="1562" width_o="2000" height_o="1562" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b43fb5c38792fcfe8951c93344b1fc4a6eb4ec2815da43ea089a80fd1719289c/IMG_3039.jpg" data-mid="111601356" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b43fb5c38792fcfe8951c93344b1fc4a6eb4ec2815da43ea089a80fd1719289c/IMG_3039.jpg" /><img width="1937" height="2906" width_o="1937" height_o="2906" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a74c8be6b4a6dad682764dee58e62022433affebd1938d67eb2539f22e705fb/IMG_2907_2.jpg" data-mid="111596780" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a74c8be6b4a6dad682764dee58e62022433affebd1938d67eb2539f22e705fb/IMG_2907_2.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c1e693102f4cba973a32e0087e287e32b3c80ea15d605f3641060a20d99b97e/IMG_2927.jpg" data-mid="111596781" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c1e693102f4cba973a32e0087e287e32b3c80ea15d605f3641060a20d99b97e/IMG_2927.jpg" /><img width="1827" height="1224" width_o="1827" height_o="1224" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e3825d5b74b3130737ad72a6798295034e04db66ff78727bd6ae96a4b0c95635/IMG_2957.jpg" data-mid="111596783" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e3825d5b74b3130737ad72a6798295034e04db66ff78727bd6ae96a4b0c95635/IMG_2957.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/51b240b4380692a292a54d0310471c4d0a56846684fbd9646a23addf1628909e/IMG_3079.jpg" data-mid="111596785" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/51b240b4380692a292a54d0310471c4d0a56846684fbd9646a23addf1628909e/IMG_3079.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1319" width_o="2000" height_o="1319" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9575d0461737ef10679018b1f870e658365c67eb9fe0d92a55d98fa58f4a260/IMG_2776_2.jpg" data-mid="111596778" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e9575d0461737ef10679018b1f870e658365c67eb9fe0d92a55d98fa58f4a260/IMG_2776_2.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/edad68a0c9bf6ba0f7c070fcbf209d58ade4741580bb4024a6bb18577c2c9dc1/IMG_2818.jpg" data-mid="111596779" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/edad68a0c9bf6ba0f7c070fcbf209d58ade4741580bb4024a6bb18577c2c9dc1/IMG_2818.jpg" /> Tokyo, 2016 &nbsp; It was an honour to co-create with the&nbsp;open-minded teams at the Toshiba Design Center! Thank you to ChibaU for their incredible hospitality.&nbsp; https://piamarie.cargo.site/cubus Thu, 17 Sep 2020 16:08:15 +0000 piamarie https://piamarie.cargo.site/cubus cubus A folding stool. <img width="2000" height="1335" width_o="2000" height_o="1335" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/311af181cc7bc2aa8ef72f86f0f7062d1dfe415dc3e66ad5922769de9a2f0014/cubus_5.jpg" data-mid="82996521" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/311af181cc7bc2aa8ef72f86f0f7062d1dfe415dc3e66ad5922769de9a2f0014/cubus_5.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1174" width_o="1000" height_o="1174" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e66d32692fe77d5d2e8c7fb6bf412c56dcf2f83d66913fd33e91c1f7182f61c/cubus_2.gif" data-mid="82996523" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e66d32692fe77d5d2e8c7fb6bf412c56dcf2f83d66913fd33e91c1f7182f61c/cubus_2.gif" /> <img width="2000" height="1501" width_o="2000" height_o="1501" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8817fdea13ab62c291a76358ed5a7a1b3748a2de4956d28319a0b6e16056319f/cubus_1.jpg" data-mid="82996518" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8817fdea13ab62c291a76358ed5a7a1b3748a2de4956d28319a0b6e16056319f/cubus_1.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1500" width_o="1000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d174443920b6220a73f1f366d7ffb01a1ed0c77879e69419fef283f45d31981a/cubus_4.jpg" data-mid="82996520" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d174443920b6220a73f1f366d7ffb01a1ed0c77879e69419fef283f45d31981a/cubus_4.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1335" width_o="2000" height_o="1335" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cac0864cb13b90acc8c12d038d403ba1b971a352919098242f42d2754098648a/cubus_3.jpg" data-mid="83156626" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cac0864cb13b90acc8c12d038d403ba1b971a352919098242f42d2754098648a/cubus_3.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1335" width_o="2000" height_o="1335" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/315691d634bf520a7b2fc73486d134fcc22f4734f87b0b8df05da23b60d65402/cubus_6.jpg" data-mid="82996522" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/315691d634bf520a7b2fc73486d134fcc22f4734f87b0b8df05da23b60d65402/cubus_6.jpg" /> Paris, 2016: produced in wood and steel, 40 x 40 x 60 cm. &nbsp; It has been my pleasure to work together with Hannah Green. Thank you to the beautiful Katrin Seibold for modeling! https://piamarie.cargo.site/pinocchio Thu, 17 Sep 2020 22:01:31 +0000 piamarie https://piamarie.cargo.site/pinocchio pinocchio The life of a coatstand within the internet of things. <img width="2000" height="1250" width_o="2000" height_o="1250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f032e3295aef86fac9c622ba9ff709b97d7ce934cc6bc7c4a94d83393479ac89/pinocchio_5jpg.jpg" data-mid="83409383" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f032e3295aef86fac9c622ba9ff709b97d7ce934cc6bc7c4a94d83393479ac89/pinocchio_5jpg.jpg" /> The internet of things has produced a new kind of object: Things that are able to observe the users, have the ability to learn from their observations and then make their own decisions without human interference. Merely smart objects have now evolved into silent assistants – the once clear border between inanimate machines that function and living things that act begins to disappear. Interpreting the findings of my research, « pinocchio » describes a slightly different future scenario: With the same technical possibilities that serve the IoT, this project explores how future interactions between humans and things would look like if we infused not only intelligence into objects in order to create a « smart » thing – but also a sense of personality. <img width="2000" height="1215" width_o="2000" height_o="1215" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/46556665da74e4d5344fbffd7cd8eac05facad8ac176d4995a0f027cc2f3f9db/pinocchio_4.jpg" data-mid="83055247" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/46556665da74e4d5344fbffd7cd8eac05facad8ac176d4995a0f027cc2f3f9db/pinocchio_4.jpg" /> <img width="991" height="1486" width_o="991" height_o="1486" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c110647c2d15c8ddf3de40cafab39122edc0d4a5fa0d5cefd3aea6e5e8a29fe2/pinocchio_3.jpg" data-mid="83054830" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/991/i/c110647c2d15c8ddf3de40cafab39122edc0d4a5fa0d5cefd3aea6e5e8a29fe2/pinocchio_3.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1500" width_o="1000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5af66db09e835dc672a4a81b4499eb6df5b09cfe1cdc0fefcee1ff66db6c1471/pinocchio_2.jpg" data-mid="83026812" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5af66db09e835dc672a4a81b4499eb6df5b09cfe1cdc0fefcee1ff66db6c1471/pinocchio_2.jpg" /> Köln, 2016 supervised by dreikant – office for product and industrial design A big thank you to my actress Laura Gedatus and my director of photography Christoph Stec for the video and hard work! https://piamarie.cargo.site/about Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:43:59 +0000 piamarie https://piamarie.cargo.site/about hey there / hallo / salut / hej! My name is Pia-Marie. As product and interaction designer, I am happiest if I get to shape both, bits &amp; atoms. In doing so, I am a continuous explorer of the relationship between people &amp; technology and deeply fascinated by experimenting with the mediation between the two. Currently, I get to challenge the future of sound within the amazingly talented and inspiring design studio of Bang&amp;Olufsen in Copenhagen. As a graduate of the « Master of European Design » Programme, I studied with a focus on interaction and industrial design at the Köln International School of Design in Cologne, ENSCI - Les Ateliers in Paris and the Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts &amp; Design in Stockholm. Learning and creating continued with three insightful years of designing for and within Ford Germany, where I shaped multi-modal human-machine interactions for the future of (automotive) mobility. Now located in Copenhagen, I am curious for what’s on your mind and am looking forward to hearing from you at post@piamariestute.com!