Apologies: But in the meantime...

Unfortunately my site has been hacked and all I have left is my blog. While I'm building a new, much needed site with treasures for you to explore, enjoy the life-sized inflatable elephant I designed and built with two cohorts from my MFA in Design program at CCA. We were ecstatic with the amount of interaction our elephant received at the Metamorphosis themed Nightlife on November 14, an event hosted by the California Academy of Sciences Nightlife event.

In addition to the elephant, I also designed an animal riddles game in which participants tried to guess the answer to the riddle, then to reveal the answer, they had to hold the riddle card under a black light. The game was a fun for people to test their animal knowledge and learn a few new facts in the process.

Process, progress, and interaction. Enjoy.

Interactive, Life-Sized, Inflatable Elephant: California Academy of Science Nightlife

Interactive, Life-Sized, Inflatable Elephant: California Academy of Science Nightlife

Animal Riddles: California Academy of Science Nightlife

Animal Riddles: California Academy of Science Nightlife

Animal Riddles: California Academy of Science Nightlife

Guarantee vs. Possibility

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So much of vampyroteuthic behavior reveals it to be a lovable and loving being. An examination of our society, however, reveals hardly any evidence of human lovability. If anything, the following is true: For the vampyroteuthis, it is precisely love, the recognition of others [...] The natural state [of humans] on the contrary, is defined by universal hatred, by the universal struggle for survival — one against all. By overcoming its animality, therefore, the vampyroteuthis learns to hate; by overcoming ours, we learn to love. — Vilém Flusser

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