Annabelle Press

Junior | Communication Design

The Technology U + I Can('t) Reach Tech Fair! | Fall 2021

Reflection

This class has made me consider a lot about our current relationship with technology, and what that relationship could look like if its current form was reimaged, or perhaps a different form entirely. The assignments throughout this workshop made us think of our interaction with technology from a much more philosophical viewpoint, while still applying design and creativity.

Metaphor of Choice For Using Technology

The normalizatoin and dependency we have on technology has become addictive- like children getting introduced to sugar for the first time.

For Moms (and others) On-The-Go

Speculative Computer

This project made us reconsider the forms that technology can have. Instead of being an object that we are conforming to, how can technology be something that conforms to us? With this question in mind, we chose a specific group of people to reimagine how techology could be more convenient for them.

Thinking about mothers (and others for that matter), who are constantly multitasking and juggling many things on their plate, I imagined a new form of computer that is an extension and combination of the current Apple Watch and Alexa or Google Home technology that we are already familiar with.

Google Forms Reimagined

Synthesiac Software & Peripheral

While the current softwares and programs we work with today have a lot of potential and interactions already, how could it be better? What mechanism could be improved, added, and how can this software have a new function outside from what/how it is typically used?

For this project I took Google Forms and created a Riddle questionaire, where the user has to guess the name of a song based off of images, metaphoral questions, and lyric snippets.

Who is AXP?

My Networked Identity

Taking inspiration from Legacy Russell's Glitch Feminism, we were asked to reflect on ourselves, and consider how we could be considered a glitch. In terms of social, gender, and other forms of societal pressurs and standards that have been imposed onto us.

Thinking about my identity as Asian-American, and the questions of doubt and self-consciousness that I have asked myself over the years, these sticky notes My identity as Asian-American has been a battle and journey to come to terms with. There have been numerous moments of doubt and self-consciousness before there was any self-assurance and confidence. These sticky notes are questions of doubt that I have asked myself over the years, ending with statements, reasurring myself that while aspects of me may be considered a glitch to others, it does not reflect my identity; that there is beauty and uniqueness in the glitch.