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TECHNOLOGY IS NEVER AS NEW AS IT LOOKS.

Computer Picnic is an editorial project by Niki Selken connecting today’s technology stories to overlooked histories in art, media, books, and internet culture.

QUIZMET

April 4, 2014

QUIZMET is a mobile App prototype created by Niki Selken, Gulraiz Khan, and Li-Chung Chang.

As an MFA student in Design and Technology at Parsons, I have focused on interaction design as it pertains to live spaces. 

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In Museum Interaction Design, Parsons MFADT, Design Tags museum design, design
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Design Manifesto

April 4, 2014

Wealth and dignity are different from a Klout score. They are instant signals, not states of being. It is the latitude granted by the hysteresis—the staying power—of wealth that translates into practical freedom.  

-Jaron Lanier

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In Design, Parsons MFADT Tags design
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Blinking Monkey Hat

March 17, 2014

This project is a piece of wearable technology created with Arduino and an 8×8 LED matrix by Annelie Koller and Niki Selken. In our quest to program two 8×8 LED matrixes, we wanted to create a piece of wearable tech with blinking eyes.  First we thought of glasses that blinked, but after visiting the discount store to buy the glasses, we found this hat and settled on making a Sock Monkey hat with blinking eyes. Below is our first prototype.

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In Design, Parsons MFADT, Web Design and Code Tags arduino, wearable, wearabletech, physical computing
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Design Brief

March 4, 2014

My project deals with the question, how does technology mediate our relationships with each other? Does it contribute or disrupt human closeness  and connection?

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In Design, Major Studio 2, Parsons MFADT
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