This document summarizes a lecture from an open course on art, design, technology and impact. The lecture discusses several topics:
- The course is open to all levels and puts an emphasis on thinking about how creativity and design can respond to issues like climate change.
- Assignments include weekly discussion responses, two short papers and a final manifesto.
- A current exhibit at Times Square featuring the work of Melle Chin is mentioned.
- Examples of historical manifestos are discussed to understand the genre.
3. 30Aug2018
looking at impactofworking with art design tech
Outsidepeoplewould come
give
talks
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Anyone can
join It isieaerded.fr
OF difflevels
Puton canvas 1 hrafter
individuallevel class
systemic level
globallevel
Thinking ofrelatedquestions
eg
how can creativity design respond toclimate
disruption
Grading call onCanvas
12 weeklyheadingresponses 2shortpapers
4thirdterm Manifesto
Final Recipe
MelleChin 9 Wake
Piece onTimesSquare
Ondisplay till Sep5
Akshansh Chaudhary 1 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
4. ConceptofMETANMIRATNE
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forwhat
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things
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work on Morphogenesis cyclicAMPsecreted
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paper
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thinemold
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Lewis Blast
Trade a manifesto
Salvador Dali 1925
yellow Manifesto
Akshansh Chaudhary 2 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
5. Severalexamples
ofmanifesto
discussedin class
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thetopicpeoplewanttoshare
0
fmmiwsFgiplaceonthe
topicthatpeoplechose
whattheyfeltwhile
writing
a manifesto
HOMEWORK
Read assignment on Canvas Culturaltexts
AnswerIthinkofsuchquestions
ifyou
can answerthem
you are on thenighttrack
Akshansh Chaudhary 3 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
6. RECITATION E Discussion
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everyone
discusses them
Do an
activitybased on a topic
you
discussed
Justtoonireaseengagement
on topics
WHATISDATCABOUT
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whatkind ofquestions to ask around theworld I
How toask form an opinion I
Akshansh Chaudhary 4 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
7. Semiotics:
Study of understanding meaning through signs
Parts: Signiļ¬er, signiļ¬ed and referent
Representation
for example: red: danger in west and auspicious and festivity in east
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IdentityikepresentationIPomei
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you
attributetothis mark
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for
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Alphabet
when
you
thinkaboutconceptIsth think
whois represented who isnt whyisthatchoicemade
Representation
BodysuitasshewaspregnantFrenchbanned8blacksuit spoilsthe
culture
oftennis
Akshansh Chaudhary 5 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
8. Interpellation
Discussion on howpeople are accepted ofthesociety
eg girls pink
FBmktcategory who
you
are howmuchdo
youspendetc
Theorize
Menaregenerally theinstigator
Menaregenerallytheactionofthefilm
Panopticon
a prisonarchitecture
involvingcentralizedcontrol
Akshansh Chaudhary 6 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
9. 13Sept2018
following fromlastweek'sdiscussion Panopticon
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who
joinher
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o Designersworking on Fetting
Mathew Mazzotta TheStorefrontTheater
Is TempleGrandin createda differentslaughterhouseforcattle
better
wayfootreatinglivestock
WendyJacob Squeezechainforautisticpeople
CamilleTurner Miss Canadiana
PedroReyes Palas
forPistotas voluntarydonation
forarms
weapons were melted converted toshovels
Imagine convertedweaponstomusical
instruments
Akshansh Chaudhary 7 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
10. Antanas thockus
wearing
superherocostumesandspreading
awarenessaboutttaffic mimes making
funofpeoplebreakingtrafficrules
thiele Ukeles Touchsanitation
actofshaking
handswith allworkers
Tomas
Jonsson Buygoodsfrombig
stores
sellthem
outside Inogain or
margin atthe same
price
Adrian Blackwell e thodel
forpublicspace
Ideastalkedaboutin the tent
Co
design Designing
bytakingopinions of
users
Akshansh Chaudhary 8 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
11. 20Sept2018
Discussionability
AliceSheppard
Integrateddance disabilitydance
Analysisofrelationship
ofthebodyninth a wheelchair
I Call a wheelchair a
technology
i b Destigmatying it bynotcalling it a device
I 4Assistivetechnology
i bA wheelchairis an extension
ofthebody
A diffcartographyoftheworld
Readtheslopes
through thewheels
ofa
Infirm
teemingin movementthroughwheelchair
is Technology
enhances the
joyofdisability
Akshansh Chaudhary 9 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
12. Design is notthinkingaboutaccessforthedisabled
design
concentrates on functionality not on aesthetics
I
Googenheim MuseumRamp
i Not ADA compliant
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t
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its Rampfail
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Ifyougoto a restaurant I findtheramparea
i separatefrom the stat entrance
you
are
i disconnectingthepeoplewithdisabilityfromtherest
Akshansh Chaudhary 10 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
13. b Ramp
Joy
trampsthat
give
a
joyofmovement
ADA compliance min compliance It missesthe experience
Compliance is notenough It's notequitable
AmericansninthDisabilityAct
Consideraudiodescriptions
fordanceevents
Howdo
you
RENDERdance Nothow
you
describe
dance
Create an audio experienceforlisteners
Givethem a choice contentbasedon thetrack
you
want to listento
Arafat
Ytunking
aboutthe
future Agerelated
disability
Akshansh Chaudhary 11 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
14. 4Howcan
you
as designers maketheworldbetterCinclusive
fewdisability
Do
your
research
Talkto disabledpeople
owthie
thinkthattechnology willfixdisability why
don't we create a culturethatmakes
disability more
inclusive
DisabilityModels
g
Medical Social
Caused
byhealth Identitymodel
Laynditions Caused
bythestructureofsociety
Institutionalmodel
Diff btw Impaiment Disability
Actualmedical Foldersthatcomedueto
condition that impairment
Akshansh Chaudhary 12 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
15. 27Sept2018
TalkbyAmelia
Winger
Bearskin
VNAAdirector producer
Background in AI
Decentralized Storytelling
4Wampum Modern
day
blockchain a contract
T n oldculture it was done infrontofpeople
Cadeclarationsinstead
of digital orlodgerleased
Tellingstories in realtime
Eg Minecraft fakeNews
Workon NewYork Museum
project
Monsters
Installationnextmonth
360 videopiece
with
WendyRedStar
2nd
pqjefamofapmonsnf.sn.earth
Theforestunderground
I
Akshansh Chaudhary 13 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
16. Another
project yourHands are feet
Foundthe Hackathon
qgg.gg qq.gg www.gmq
Annefeiftonfeek
w
Theideaaboutstorytelling Takeuptechnologiesofthepast
sharing it forthefuture
Creating a storytoexplain a conceptsuchthat
people wouldunderstand it 7generationsfrom now
why2 Becausestoriesstick
Akshansh Chaudhary 14 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
17. Good booktoreadOo
10 reasons to delete
your
Socialmedia accounts
right
now
Akshansh Chaudhary 15 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
19. 11 Oct 2018
mid TermAssignment MANIFESTO
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challenge
you
on
them
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integrated with Msl's finalproject
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ThesisfacultyItas2faculty MFADT
Divinatory history ofgames pagamedesign
playingwith lifelDivination's Divine Diviners
tying changethe
Performance a history ofgames future
YokoOno
comparingaperfumeolikeyokoono
to a
gamer
Akshansh Chaudhary 17 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
20. Gamedesigners use
games
tosolveissue
It'slikeusing a hammertosolve
everyproblem in a house
Noteverything is a nail
4Notalwaysyou
wantpeople tohave
fun in a
game
Design GamerCentered vs SituationCentered
humancentered
thinkingaboutthe
design context dynamics F
player centered how we can intervene
design in thosedynamics
Youneedtobeembeddedin
thatsituationtoexperience
design
Instrumental
games
vs participatorydesignlast
howcan we makepeoplestart
dfgifea.gg
themselves
thatallows
you
tosolve
yourproblemsyourself
Playtesting A session in whichpeopleinteractwith
your
game
I collectdatafrom it
Akshansh Chaudhary 18 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
21. Games
forchangefestival at TNS
Designforchange vs designfonspeculation
how can we makedesigns that
helppeoplespeculate about their
future
Future
ofgames diviningutopias throughplay
Oneofherprojects
It's desirabletodesignfoulpersonfommunitythandesigningfor
everyone
oHowdo we move forward in thepracticeofdesigning for
socialissues
Akshansh Chaudhary 19 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
23. I8 Oct 2018
TalkbyArielKennan
Housingforthehomeless
in Nyc
CivicServiceDesign
Designing forsomeoneinfluenced
by civic services
A
job
hole
ofa
designer is rare in thegovernment
even in Nyc
References
Akshansh Chaudhary 21 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
24. Inspired
by E oDownloadabletemplates
civicservicedesign com
nyc.gov xdesign
How can we
get
involved
as a CivicService
Designer
Federallevel GovtDigitalService UsDigitalService
Resources on
CivicService
Design
Akshansh Chaudhary 22 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
25. 25 Od 2018
Talkby
HelaineCrean data machinelearning
Machines are now
creatingmiragestobe used
by
machines
machines
digitaldata invisible to humans
Farooqi dronevision digitaleinageculture
Artificiallycreated
images
Eigenface facialsignature FB'sdeep
facealgorithm
recognizingpeople
ZackBlas
ArtisttryingtodeceiveAl byusing masks
AdamHarvey
Artisttryingto deceiveAl
through makeup
Akshansh Chaudhary 23 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
26. Recognizingpeople
movementpatterns
typingpatterns dronesurveillance
info
Predictive
Policing
Edward Snowden's archive using IBM Watson's
tech
JamesBeidal
Artiststudying dronedata
Brownianmotionused tocalculatepeople'smovement
thatexamples
ofsharks
ofmiancialriskis calculated
wingBrownian motion
Surveillance Capitalism
Predictive
analytics industry datasoldforadvertisements
Understanding user behaviour
recording analyzing it
Akshansh Chaudhary 24 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
27. O
Personal information on social
mediawebsiteslikeFB allows
linking your
emailwith
your
ninage It creates
youridentity
Axiom Oracle companies interested in creating
yourglobalID
Creditscoreis createdlegallyby FB
Another
imp readingon thesame topic
How
your
preference
dataiscollected
is usedto serve
your
customads
Amodel thathas
beenused
formodeling
people's behaviour
Akshansh Chaudhary 25 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
28. Interestinghead
01 Nov 2018
FIBRE OPTIC COMMONIcons MarissaJahn
CenturyOptic Globalleader
offibreopticconnection
Lend3 Communications
Fibreopticcables thickertowardstheshore mostvulnerable
area
outerlayers insidethe ocean
sending messages throughlight
Goodreference to
understandtelecommethods
Akshansh Chaudhary 26 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
29. Trevor Paglen's DeepWeb Dine
Starosielski
a
ConnectionNarrative DisruptionNarrative
ExampleofNodalNarrative
surfacing in
Otherresourcedprojects Allied MediaProjects madea
welaemetays.org meshnetwork
forbetterinternet
access
Akshansh Chaudhary 27 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
30. Duetothe issuesofNet Neutrality F communities which
trytooffera neutralinternettotheregions
Countries
in Africa aretrying toworkwith VR So access
of
properinfrastructure is imp forthoseareas
Redbook wirelessnetwork example
ofa communitynetwork
a
Akshansh Chaudhary 28 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
32. Businessmodelgeneration entireplan on 1page
madeby AlexAustinaldeo slideshow
Inspiring movies
forLina's
project
BornInto Brothels
TheDevilCame on Horseback
Inocenti a
filmby
Lina Marissa StoryofInocenti
homeless
artist
whois DayaniCristal
Projectstarted in 2008
Moviedebut 2013
6mainissues
of 1
project
Akshansh Chaudhary 30 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
33. whoisdayanioistal com
freeresource
forreferencing
focusingon all 6issues
My City Istanbul
4 A VR project
TheEnemy
Another VR projecton socialimpactstrategy
beating an experience
observingempathygeneration
Another
project takenMagik
4Abandthatcame outof
earthquakeevents in the
US
Musicvideoshown in class o PaanKaKwon
Akshansh Chaudhary 31 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
34. Risk Challenges
Techno determinism use theplatformthatworks
forthe
story Don't
just
choosesth
youlove
Hijacking narrative
IntellectualProperty
Funding Distribution
Impact Measurement
Solve
bycommunity centeredparticipation
Akshansh Chaudhary 32 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
35. 15 Nov 2018
SOCIAL ALGORITHM
by
thebaineCrean
Benjamin's Stack model
ofThinkabouttheinternational
borders theidentitycardsused
to managethem stacked
BenjaminBratton
Second
Century
ReplacedfemaleswithAlanTuring theTuringTest computers
fordetection
Think of anthropomorphic framingofAl
female voiceassistants
Siri Alexa
Cambridge Analytics
Psychographicprofiling ofmillions
ofAmericans
frimbasedin the UK
I UsedFacebook'sdatatotweak the Uselections
Inthenews
today
Akshansh Chaudhary 33 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
36. Think whatroleshouldtheStateplay in regulating Al
e
IDENTIFICATION CARDS
Aadhaarlard 1India
One ID t people Usuallycountrieshavemore than 1
IDs
o Q Howdo
you
satesomeone's trustworthiness
Howaboutpeoplewhohave no credithistory
CHINA
Doesthe
govt
use Sesame's Credit
History data
by a
privatecop Alibaba to
give
benefits tothecitizens
Thisinfo
may
notbecorrect Forcases likethis
check
yoursources theauthenticityoftheauthor
Nadia a chatbotwithEmotional Intelligence
created
bySoulMachines
Akshansh Chaudhary 34 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
37. 29Nov 2018
D47C Finals 3 RECIPE
Recipe
Ingredients Measurements
Setofinstructional that are a kitwhichsuggest a
future tocome
Reference Prisoner'sInstructionsbook
eg
a rulebook
ofsorts howtodosth created
forsomeonetofollow
talkbyItephaniewakefield
fnstagram
backlogs tu
Urbangeographer
YouTube BackloopTV
o Anthropocene
ageofthehuman
popular turn comes up a lot these
days
Geology measuringthetraces
of our civilizations
deepinsidetheearth
studying
whatwould
beleftofus several
yearsafter we are
gone
Akshansh Chaudhary 35 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
38. god thepath we are
T
taking
0
font
loop white
Back loop
green
frontloop stablepathtoliving generation
backloop 8 upheaval taking newshape transform
eg forestfire
Presently we are in thebackloop
Thinkabout whatforces are responding tobackloop
wherethisis seen 8Resilience an approachtomaintain
thephysicalparameters of a
system bygovt
TheideaofresiliencereallygainedpopularityafterHurricaneSandy so12 Bloomberg tookcharge
Hit NewYork
Akshansh Chaudhary 36 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
39. Rockefeller foundationhelpfund Rebuild
ByDesign
Idea Study Oyster's lifecycletocreate a protectionborder
around NYusingoysters
Miami Gaound
zerofor sea level
Flooding happens dueto
hightides Chingtides
Cen ifthere are no
rains
Working on resilience in Miami
Seawalls elevatedstreets oldstyleinfrastructure
Therewas apushbackSo thisiswhat
theydid
Akshansh Chaudhary 37 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
40. thiamin's new motto
living withwater
Rebrand
forresilience
hiringdesigners eto to
create a coolversion ofresilience
ElevatedStreets
Cat SunsetHarbor
4in rich areas
Alotofpushbackfromland owners
Pumpingsystemtosendwater
backtothebag
Issues Outofelectricity
Sendsfecalmattertothe
bagBeachesclosed
Question Howdo we thinkofthesepractices in relation
tothebackloops
Resilienceinfrastructure theoysterborders won't hamper
the ship movement
Akshansh Chaudhary 38 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
41. thiamin therealestatemarketChousingmarkets is
veryprominent
taxcollectedis usedfor infrastructureprojects
what now
Getting out ofthefrontloop backloopcycle
I
Some
regions
haveadaptedto it closetoLouisiana
Amphibious
M 1
Housing
Metalrods on thesidesninthstyrofoam
atthebottom houseselevate as perthe
waterflow alldonebyresidents
People in California are thinkingabouthowtohave
fireproof housing
Akshansh Chaudhary 39 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
42. Geoengineering Mars colonization rainseeding are some
modernexamplesofresilience
PeterKingsley a
great
Philosopher
1It'salready over we are
runningawayfromit
denying that its not over How we endthingsis
reallyimp we are
running from it
Akshansh Chaudhary 40 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
43. ObDec2018
UserCentered
Design
Talkby Paul PeripheralVision International
As designers we continuouslyfacechallenges So we should
askourselves howisthis an opportunity
ABOUTAFRICA
MostofAfrica has issuesofelectricity
garde
watching Tv is a
majorthing
Peoplelikeactionmovies because I hinted
languagebarrier insuchfilms
comedyhaslanguage
barriers acrossnations
Launched a musicvideo
company
boned
Pulley
Akshansh Chaudhary 41 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
44. Kileanda Boda Public
screenings
Moving display F in Uganda where
anyone
could
Proreides accesstoeveryone join
StartedNewz Beat
Rappers read news
Stepsforstarting to dofieldwork
Start at
your
desk doresearch
Goto thefield lookaround
observedashiquestoirs
youfindthatDVDsdon't workin
Mozambique Theyuseflashdenies
Akshansh Chaudhary 42 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
45. followDesiro
whatarepeoplestealing
howis that an opportunity
followMoney
Designers should ask questions
whendoing a
survey don'tdosnowballSamples
1Justtaking 1 2 opinions building on that
Atone1st oftime
ganda
didn'thavephones Then
technologyleapfrogged in about2
yes 60 ofpeople
gotflip phones
Akshansh Chaudhary 43 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
46. HisFutureProjects
Telenovela TV
genre
Stories
oftone sea conflict
He isplanningtobringthat toUganda
youngaudience
Thepopulationis an opportunity Animation
Future
ofAfrica
Majority ofthepopulationwould
beyouth
I
Youthrelatedcontentisgettingpopular
Plantodevelop a Tv showwith Africans astheprotagonist
American
average 60k Io k
4Ifyou
earnthatmuch
you
wouldbehappy content
Anotherproject
Usingpuppetsto communicate a
message
Talksaboutsen knowledge
KatweCorner
Akshansh Chaudhary 44 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
47. TALK BY ED KELLER: Post-Planetary Design
Talk about scale: 1 meter and 1 second (scaled up)
ā¢
Coordination: The cosmopolitan gesture
ā¢
Talk about our evolution through history
ā¦
Planetary systems
ā¢
Speaking with the AI
ā¦
Is the earth communicating with itself, if so,ā¦
how?
How do we control planetary systems?
ā¦
Trees communicate with each other
ā¦
Thought as not thought: a cosmopolitics
ā¢
Biopolitics: Structure of people working on a mine
ā¦
Black mirror: 15 million miles
ā¦
Vertov: Man with a movie camera
ā¦
SuperSurface: Superstudio, 1972
ā¦
Cosmopolitics
ā¢
Dark examples: The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu
ā¦
Orthogonal cosmopolitics: Annihilation (2018), Ex Machina (2014), Garland
ā¦
Idea: Living together with the world
ā£
Reference movies: Mirror (Tarkovsky), Arrival (Villeneuve, Ted Chiang)
ā£
Final comments: there is no diļ¬erence between communicating with the AI and the alien
MODERATION COMMENTS
Talk by Ed Keller
Thank for how the course made us think about our role as designers in diļ¬erent instances
1.
Question to Ed: How has the talk about design and technology changed over the decade? For2.
instance, we had discussions on VR this semester. What kind of technologies did we start talking
about when the course started?
To Ed: You talk about the alien. What is your deļ¬nition of it? Do you refer it as systems or3.
communities which we donāt totally understand, and how we can understand it?
To Ed: You talk about Orthogonal cosmopolitics. I understood it as living with other planetary4.
species and maintaining a balance. How is it relatable to us now? We see these elements in
science ļ¬ction and the movies. Do you see this as an indication of how the future would be like,
and how we would have to act in it?
To Ed: Realizing science ļ¬ction and designing around it. What are your thoughts on that?
5.
13 Dec2018
FINAL LECTURE RECITATION
Akshansh Chaudhary 45 MFADT | Parsons School of Design
48. Student Manifestos
Ryan: Design does not require technology
1.
Johnney: The last of us game: queer inclusive
2.
Queer games does not tell me about my identity
A.
The future of games requires more embodied experiences
B.
June: Gender based division of labor
3.
Explore territories of multi sensory design
A.
Natalie (Trans D): Design is compromised
4.
Designer should address women and men issues diļ¬erently
A.
Laurey: Breathing exercise
5.
Take control of bodyās physiology
A.
Jae: Age of information warfare
6.
Role of technology agency
A.
Breaches in big companies
B.
Waverly: Play has become to be associated with digital systems
7.
Dias (Trans D): Public policy in Japan
8.
About individual happiness
A.
Emani (graduate student): (pic)
9.
Carolina: Stretching oneself and self espionage
10.
Observing ourselves and stretching ourA.
boundaries
Zihao: Non visual data visualisation
11.
Exploring data through our senses and notA.
just seeing it digitally: sight, smell, taste, etc.
> Thoughts by Andrea Lipps
Organized the Senses Exhibition at Cooper Hewitt
> Thoughts by Anke Lopes (Alumni, Trans D)
Quote by Renee Watson
Assignment:
Tell me where you are from: Hissar, India
Akshansh Chaudhary 46 MFADT | Parsons School of Design