An exploration of the scientific method as it relates to design process expressed through the editing of a lecture by Seth Ruffins, Ph.D.

An exploration of digital text and how it can be utilized in the creation of a new way of reading. The text that the project explores is Labyrinth, a collection of short stories by Jorge Luis Borges.

In his essay "The Art of Noises: A Futurist Manifesto," Luigi Russolo states that "In the 19th Century, with the invention of machines, Noise was born." With digital technology, a new type of noise was created.

This exploration begins to look at how interactions with existing objects can become the elements of interface. It has been built within the spirit and ideas of the New Ecology of Things.

An exploration of interactions based on the results of the physical manifestations of emotional outburst.

An event created to explore the relationship between real space and the virtual world while simultaneously developing an environment where participants perform by giving control over to a virtual system.

The goal of this research experiment was to document a very specific physical location in a way that was unique to that space. By incorrectly entering an address into a GPS device, I ended up at...

Research for this project began as a formal sculpture exercises and over the course of 14 weeks expanded and grew into the definition and creation of a model for a conceptually relevant space.

As a team, we worked to create an e-reader specifically designed for news content but also addressed ideas of user contribution, locative relevance and other limitations of traditional newspapers.

A design research project to study the thresholds of walking in a driving culture.

A series of design research projects intended to inspire more questions than they answer.

The Informed Kitchen (a useless prototype)
What can we learn if we create an intentionally useless network that pokes fun at the ideas of the cloud or ubiquitous computing?

This sensor triggered infrared remote camera control was developed as a tool for use in a research project investigating walking habits.

This camera was created to document the presentation of Seth Ruffins, Ph.D. using a method relevant what I was able to learn about his work in advance of the presentation.

This site automatically collects and displays my activity during my time here in the MDP.

To extend the color analyzation explorations into real space, this standalone reactive object prototype uses a sensor to read color for use in the manipulation of audio samples.

This book documents a collection of materials created utilizing varying and evolving controlled random processes. The works within are the results of programmatic systems developed for generating visual form.

As an exploration of physical interface, this standalone reactive object is the beginning of a series that investigates ways in which objects can play and manipulate sound using external input and data.

The design for this custom snowboard was created utilizing a series of systems developed to visualize weather data collected for Detroit over a 31 year period (1971 - 2002).

These letterforms are the result of a collaboration with MeaningfulVoid. The process began with basic marks to define the proportions and was then passed back and forth to create each iteration.

The image color analyzers were created to read and extract the colors from images and save them to an array of hexadecimal values for use within other programmatic systems.

These audio explorations created in MAX/MSP and Jitter utilize various methods of controled random for the creation of sound and manipulation of sample playback.

Using an Arduino Stamp, an IR LED, and the IR signal patern for the Nikon D50 found online, this device was created to allow for the automated control of time-lapse photography.

Live performance at Noise: Seen and Unseen, a noise festival in New York at the Ontological-Hysteric Theater.
Post-set photo by Kosta.

The Monome is a unique input/output device created by Brian Crabtree and Kelli Cain from Pittsburg, PA. My goals have been to explore the visual, systematic, and generative potential of the device.

A collaborative project with MeaningfulVoid to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

This cable was created out of a broken hands-free ear bud and an old audio jack that was laying around in order to run the audio from the hands-free line out of the phone directly into a recording device.

Along with Doug Kisor, Chair of the CCS Graphic Design department, a presentation was given that outlined the department's collaborative approach to teaching and media...

In the Graphic Design Practicum course, students work to address actual client needs through target audience interviews, visual research, and prototype development.

During the Fall 2008 semester, CCS students Alyssa Mullen and Brett Renfer participated in an independent study with the goal of exploring interactive objects and reactive spaces.

Course description: The goal of the course is to expand the student's understanding of how messages are created as dynamic experiences using sound, physical or proximity interaction, typography...

In the winter of 2008, CCS was invited to participate in this interface design challenge. I was responsible for mentoring CCS's student teams including the over-all 1st and 3rd place winners.

In the Fall of 2002, I was invited to join the College for Creative Studies' Graphic Design Department to teach interactive and time based courses as an adjunct faculty member.

This site was designed and developed along with Doug Kisor to promote his graphic design student summer program in the Netherlands, De Program 2009.

Each visit to this page generates a unique background image based on 1 photograph selected at random from my latest 10 Filckr posts. 100 of these generated images are then used to create 100 business cards.

For the 2008 Susan G Komen Race for the Cure, the Great Lakes Region of Citi Smith Barney asked me to design their team's shirt.

Experimenting with analog methods, this motion piece for the Audi A5/S5 and was displayed at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, LA Auto Show and Miami International Auto Show.

This series of motion pieces created a lifestyle narrative following a young woman through the course of her day - a day that is "engineered beautifully."

This website was designed and developed for Beth Singer Photographer, a well known and widely published photographer working in the Metro Detroit area.

The typography for this story on motion graphics in Detroit was created for Defrost Design using RE:cursive, a coded typography drawing engine that I developed.

Formalplay was asked to create a design solution that utilizes motion and narrative themes in the development of a new on-screen brand identity for Danoo.

This microsite received quite a lot of publicity for it's open format. Volumes of users hijacked the site for the purposes other than suggested...

Based on the fact that every designer has a voice, this site was created to provide users the opportunity to complete an unfinished manifesto about life, design, and the creative process.

Designed to be an online gallery showcasing the recognized entries, this website also explored the categorization of the projects.

A partial list of automotive websites created between 2005 and 2008 with the various automakers' agencies of record.