gift and exchange

non-material experiences and adding value and meaning

A group research project at Goldsmiths explored value and the act of exchange in the public arena, exchanging a self-made product and gradually trading up to a final object, auctioned against other groups.

A conflict between ethics and aesthetics led to an exploration of non-material experiences and adding value and meaning to objects and environments through a more human design approach.



The outcome proposes methods of adapting use patterns and traces left by visitors passing through a location, re-interpreting them into visual outputs that change the look and feel of the environment.

Essentially this was an introduction, albeit incredibly low-tech, to the principles that would fuel my embracing of all kinds of interaction design over the next few years.



Posted on 10/06