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Thesis Statement

Hack Club Bank provides students a toolkit for running student-led events and organizations. The installation aims to visualize the engagement and use of the online platform in a physical form to create a connection between the local and online community, create value of the actions taken online, and spark curiosity and interest in an appealing form. This installation will be placed in at the corner of Fall Road and Route 7 in Shelburne, Vermont at the office of Hack Club Bank. It will utilize lighting and physical design to create the representation.

Precedents

Technical Precedent:

Panic Sign (Portland, OR)

Conceptual Precedent:

Melting Memories

Aspirational Precedent:

Tidal Light (Boston Harbor)

Sketches

Prototypes

Prototypes

Final Project Photo (Remove Text)

Final project in context / use

Final Video / Gif (Optional)

Final Project

(best photo)

Precedents

Narrative Precedent:

Night In the Woods, a story-based game.

Tangible Precedent:

Gravity Falls journal as a prop.

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Precedents

Narrative/Tangible Precedent:

Sea of Theseus which is a book that is meant to look like it has been annotated by two other people before you.

Project Statement

Ambivalent is an immersive narrative where a young girl, Melanie, is faced with a harsh and inescapable reality. In a coming of age story and small town murder mystery, we dive into the head of a teenager as she is forced to face her mental health issues. This project aims to expand upon this story and bring it into the physical world. Ambivalent as a project is meant to immerse a reader by offering tangible evidence of this book's world through maps, brochures, party flyers and diary entries from or about the characters.

OI Week 1 Timeline

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Portfolio Day

Storyboarding and Map Development

Map Rough Draft and Writing Story Sample

Creating Brochure

Writing, Storyboarding, Feedback

Finalizing Brochure

Map Rough Draft

Writing Sample

When I was 11, my dad dragged me to the gas station in July. Our fading flip flops clapped against the cheap tile of the convenience store, padding our way to the back fridges to grab drinks. Artificial cans pumped full of colors and syrup sweat in our dry palms, I had chosen my favorite Arizona tea flavor - mango. I painted a small “hi” in the condensation of the fridge door, frowning as I realized it would be backwards after the door was closed. While attempting to draw a backwards “h,” I noticed my dad shuffling through the aisle behind me and scrambled back to his side. I heard a gruff voice at the front of the store, asking for two lottery tickets. My eyes trailed up to the voice, past the crinkly, plastic bags filled with snacks in my periphery. 

 “He was wearing jeans, and a brown belt,” I stuttered to the police, four days later.

Brochure

Brochure

1) Feedback about writing quality

2) Brainstorming about ways to physicalize this world

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Thesis Statement

We wanted to create a game where each level is a metaphor for a negative emotion (Fear, Jealousy, and Anger). We abstract these negative emotions through the game mechanics of each level.

Precedents

Diagram

Sketches

Visual Design Process

Animations

Audio Design Process

Final project in context / use

Thesis Statement

Affordable E-bike's main cause is to create an affordable alternative to a car, for people who either cannot afford a car or would like to spend less money on transportation. The goal is to create a bike that would allow commuters to go further and faster, without breaking the bank. This is done by combining the attractive aspect of a single-speed bike (cheap maintenance and simplicity) with the positives of an electric bike (longer distance with less effort).

Precedents

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Sketches

Bracket Prototype

Technical Diagram

Use Diagram

Precedents

Bike with kitted Motor and separate sprocket

Bike with both single speed and fixed gear sprockets

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Project Statement

Affordable E-bike's main cause is to create an affordable alternative to a car, for people who either cannot afford a car or would like to spend less money on transportation. The goal is to create a bike that would allow commuters to go further and faster, without breaking the bank. This is done by combining the attractive aspect of a single-speed bike (cheap maintenance and simplicity) with the positives of an electric bike (longer distance with less effort).

Sketches

These are the first initial sketches that we made

Prototypes

Testing pieces

1.) Bracket should fit snug on any bike with a beam between the two rear frame pieces.

2.) If the motor bracket fits, the motor will fit.

3.) Will be adaptable for any bike with the hole between the frame in the back

4.) Would be able to drive which ever gear you choose.

Observations

Used Bike

We got a free bike from a coach, and ended up fixing it up to make it ridable, and work for our project. We replaced the chain, freewheel, 2 spokes on the wheel, driveside crank arm, bar tape and fixed two flats.

Make a bracket

Buying motor and equipping it onto the bike

Create adaptable bracket

Create a mount for battery

Buy batteries

Next Steps

Thesis Statement

During the first week of the term, we had a mascot challenge. During that challenge, we split up from the group to think of a more refined and official mascot. We decided to continue that in open innovation, and made a final design, 3d model, and app prototype for the hypothetical mascot, Amaru. Inspired by students, coaches, and various cute robots, we thought Amaru could be a great assistant to everyone at NuVu.

Precedents

Technical Precedent:

Replika

Conceptual Precedent:

Vector/Other desktop robots

Sketches

Prototypes

Prototypes

Comic

Wireframe

Project Statement

PROactive is an application designed for people with ADHD who struggle to stay on top of a complex web of priorities, tasks, and routines. To address these issues we created a coherent and articulate organization system that prioritizes your tasks and utilizes professional productivity research to increase the user's potential. Intricate and compelling data visualizations help users easily track their progress and wrap their head around their hectic day-to-day lives.

Recurring Tasks:

Tasks that repeat at a set frequency

Un-dated Tasks:

Tasks with no set due date

Dated Tasks:

Tasks that must be completed by a

certain date

App Outline

Categories:

Categories are tags applied to tasks in

order to help clarify and prioritize

certain reminders.

Goals:

Link your goals to

categories to correlate

them to tasks

Precedents

Example 1: Todoist

Example 2: Notion

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Sketches

Prototypes

Data Visualization Concepts

Paper Prototype

Paper Prototype

Paper Prototype

Precedents

Project Statement

Saturday the 14th is about a group of friends doing a Halloween movie marathon that suddenly ends when the power goes out. They decide to go to sleep, but no one is able to. They then start hearing strange noises, friends disappear, and a hockey mask wearing man appears behind them, setting off a spiral of events.

The story contains several branches depending which pathways through the house the reader chooses to explore. This project allows you to take on the role of a character in a horror movie in order to understand what decisions you would make in these character's shoes.

Sketches

Finished Images

Transition Example

*Must include at least 1 diagram (Technical or Use Diagram)

Precedents

Todoist: A productivity app

Notion: Another productivity app

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Project Statement

PROactive is an application designed for people with ADHD who struggle to stay on top of a complex web of priorities, tasks, and routines. To address these issues we created a coherent and articulate organization system that is gamified and utilizes professional productivity research to emphasize the user's productive potential. Intricate and compelling data visualizations help users easily track their progress and wrap their head around their hectic day-to-day lives.

OI Week 1 Timeline

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Day 4

Mon/ Day 5

Mon/ Day 0

Portfolio Day

Block out concept/Rough sketches

Block out sketches in Adobe XD

Set up pages in Adobe XD

Migrate Adobe XD to Xcode / First draft data visualizations

Migrate Adobe XD to Xcode / Second draft data visualizations with personal productivity data

Features:

To-Do lists:

-Recurring

-Un-Dated

-Today

Bucket List:

-Pin Photos to checked task

-Automated Montage

Study Tools:

-Timers / Alarms with Music

-Curated Motivational Speeches

Effectivity:

SCRUM and other advanced productivity systems:

Productivity systems such as the SCRUM board and Kanban board for companies and teams are well developed and could be adapted to personal productivity 

Machine learning:

Over time a neural network could learn your productive strengths and weaknesses and optimize your reward system to help you overcome these. (Extra points for being productive early in the day, on weekends, or for extended periods of time, etc)

Arbitrary reward system and psychology study implementation:

There are many studies published regarding systems, habits, and tricks to help with productivity. An arbitrary point system in which you are rewarded with a meme, affirmation, or even small in-app currency (example: SweatCoin).

What is PROactive?

Sketches

UI Development

Data Visualization

User Experience

1) App UI/UX

2) Data Visualizations

3) How to approach gamification / motivation

4) How to design algorithm

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