2014 Poster (Printed on Spoonflower Performance Knit sheet for ultimate Mobility)
2013 Poster (Winner GTRIC Best Poster)
Original Poster for Digital Naturalism
Here is an introductory survey for me to get a background on the use of digital media by animal behavior researchers. If you study animal beavior, please fill it out!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_hGb-XKGDJraD0mIr49n6tlneIbtJjzdpXYi9tekF5c/viewform
Thanks!
All of my core participants are given their own official journals in which to keep their thoughts. I offered several different sizes, shapes, and abilities of journals so they they could choose on that best suited them. Both Toni and Peter opted for the smaller sized journals with Peter choosing the waterproof one (that you can’t use pens on), and Toni opting for the top-bound mini-drawing pad.
They are tasked with writing an entry everyday, and tackling these four guideline question/tasks (which are glued inside the journal).
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Questions for Research Journal
“What is Digital Naturalism” PDF “Inspirations” PDF Design Considerations for Ethology PDF
I compiled several different projects at the intersections of performance art, literature, design, physical computing, and cybiotic animal-machines. The goal was to have a rich reference guide for scientists to browse, investigate, and potentially adapt to their own approaches for engaging with or disseminating their research. I also made another guide, “What is Digital Naturalism” to quickly explain my research, when encountering interested parties in non-digital places (like the jungle).
For visual and textual knowledge sharing, this project faced interesting design challenges. I wanted to make booklets (by hand, since it was the cheapest) that the biologists could bring with them into the field and reflect on, in situ, during down time. My thought was that this could be additionally inspirational, but it also posed extra challenges. The booklets would need to be tough to survive in a field biologist’s backpack, and also not be too heavy.
This lead to my design of 1/4 page sized booklets, printed off our common GT printer (double sided), which I then sewed together for durability (and because the staplers were too short and the staples fell out too easily).