Periods are a big problem. It’s facile, but that’s the conclusion I drew after a break in which I did a lot of readings on the subject. I knew that I wanted to work on a project that affected both where we live and more developing countries, and I knew...

Although many forms of rebellion are the antithesis of ritual, others are directly codified by it. The idea, by Max Gluckman, a South African anthropologist, is that ritualized rebellion serves as a release for impulses that threaten institutions, by which they ultimately reinforce them. For instance, during Carnival, you can...

Spring Break has arrived, along with a snowstorm in New York. Knowing that I’ll be leaving for London tomorrow, I wanted to finish my lathe exercise before my trip– lest I be stuck competing with everyone else to finish in the last weekend before class begins again. I had no...

I’ve been looking at landsat data for Everything is Spatial, and it’s fascinating. I wish it had more zoomed-in data so I can look at building and cities more closely, but it’s interesting to look at larger bodies and seeing how things change. It’s nice to be able to access...

Our midterm for doing good is good business was a research project on the IDNYC. It all started with the following prompt: From there, I developed a list of questions about the program to ask Benedetta and also determine the answers to. At first, it was unclear whether we were...

As I mentioned in my previous post about Subtraction, I wanted to prototype a Vending Machine housing for my midterm project. It’s a project born out of the Battery Store, a small business run by me and Lindsey Daniels (and a few other helpers!) If you’re at ITP and want...

Honestly, I wish I could say that I created an extremely thoughtful data map for Everything is Spatial, but the output ended up being entirely shaped by the datasets that were available from NYC OpenData. A less discussed aspect of making data available for everyone from the government is the...

I hadn’t realized that I needed to build a paper prototype last class– I didn’t remember what Marianne had told us in class, and misread the syllabus. As the next assignment was to build out our world, however, and I don’t have a traditional world to build as I’m not...