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The Inner ear

CAPTURING & PHYSICALIZING HOME VIBRATION DATA

The Inner Ear is a ceramic device that captures vibrations within participants’ homes. Once captured, the Inner Ear becomes a 3D printed porcelain physicalization of the vibration data.

SPECULATIVE DESIGN — INTERACTION DESIGN — DESIGN FILMMAKING

The Inner Ear was a fun and challenging project. It was ambitious and audacious to choose such an abstract approach to investigate critical questions of data, privacy, and surveillance. This project pushed me to remap my definitions of design and research. Stretching from my original capacity as an interaction designer, I contributed to the development of the visual system while leading the production of the participant documentaries.
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I joined the project one year after it had been underway. While I was initially recruited to work on the project website, I migrated to the visual systems work. Once the Inner Ears were deployed I tool charge of photo documentation, and later documentary production. This project was an incredible learning experience, both in technical skill and application of ethics to incredibly sensitive situations.

Exposing Tensions in Documentary Filmmaking for Design Research: The Inner Ear Shorts ↗