http://haemiyoon.com Haemi Yoon Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:19:59 +0000 http://haemiyoon.com en http://haemiyoon.com/190748/Thesis http://haemiyoon.com/190748/Thesis Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:19:59 +0000 Haemi Yoon 190748 http://haemiyoon.com/190748/Thesis http://haemiyoon.com/199124/-2008 http://haemiyoon.com/199124/-2008 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:26:21 +0000 Haemi Yoon 199124 http://haemiyoon.com/199124/-2008 http://haemiyoon.com/199128/-2008-2010 http://haemiyoon.com/199128/-2008-2010 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:26:18 +0000 Haemi Yoon 199128 http://haemiyoon.com/199128/-2008-2010 http://haemiyoon.com/373338/Restless-Freetime http://haemiyoon.com/373338/Restless-Freetime Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:28:12 +0000 Haemi Yoon 373338 RESTLESS FREETIME is a playful investigation into the use of down-time in objects. Conventional interaction design focuses on the high-level and productive interaction between man and machine. This project opens up idle time of electronic objects as an opportunity for meaningful experiences. The methodology is inspired by current trends in "emotional design," "techno-biology" and "anthropomorphism" which result in seeing electronic objects as pets and friends. Instead of presenting entirely new product concepts, RESTLESS FREETIME strives to expose and shift the owner-servant relationship we have with our objects. As a result, the objects in this project, during their "free time," exhibit different behaviors that are not productive but rather full of character. The biggest potential to this concept is that in the future, people are able to appreciate all objects in the world just the way they are... including those that are electronic and man-made. Project site: http://people.artcenter.edu/~hyoon7/restlessfreetime/ Thesis Blog with thought / design processes: http://blog.haemiyoon.com/ <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/373338/intro_o1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="376" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/373338/intro_o.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="376" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/373338/intro_o2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="376" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/373338/walkway2.jpg" border="0" width="540" height="304" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/373338/walkway4.jpg" border="0" width="540" height="304" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/373338/walkway6.jpg" border="0" width="540" height="304" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/373338/d1.jpg" border="0" width="540" height="304" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/373338/object3.jpg" border="0" width="540" height="304" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/373338/object6.jpg" border="0" width="540" height="304" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/373338/object9.jpg" border="0" width="540" height="304" align="left" /> Previous&nbsp;/&nbsp;Next image&nbsp;(1 of 7) http://people.artcenter.edu/~hyoon7/restlessfreetime/ http://haemiyoon.com/373338/Restless-Freetime http://haemiyoon.com/332953/Between-On-and-Off http://haemiyoon.com/332953/Between-On-and-Off Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:47:06 +0000 Haemi Yoon 332953 <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/332953/dials.jpg" border="0" width="400" height="616" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/332953/dials2.jpg" border="0" width="400" height="693" align="left" /> Previous&nbsp;/&nbsp;Next image&nbsp;(1 of 2) A series of visualizations that show the possible modes between on and off for future electronic objects. I’ll have this on one of the walls at my exhibition! http://haemiyoon.com/332953/Between-On-and-Off http://haemiyoon.com/332939/Thesis-Reference-Guidemap http://haemiyoon.com/332939/Thesis-Reference-Guidemap Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:37:58 +0000 Haemi Yoon 332939 <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/332939/IMG_3920 copy.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> This is a “guide map” of references I have utilized for my thesis. Each “floor” is a category of concept and the size of it shows how much significance each category has on my thesis. The “basement” includes some concepts that are not necessarily obvious at first sight but are definitely at the root of my thesis. <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/332939/reference map2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="1025" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/332939/reference map3.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="451" align="left" /> http://haemiyoon.com/332939/Thesis-Reference-Guidemap http://haemiyoon.com/263352/Visualizing-Freetime-of-Electronics http://haemiyoon.com/263352/Visualizing-Freetime-of-Electronics Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:25:14 +0000 Haemi Yoon 263352 Diagram 1. <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/263352/freetimechart3.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="433" align="left" /> A diagram that looks at how much free time each electronic object has per week. The squiggled lines indicate when each object is powered with electricity. It also breaks free time of electronic objects down to 3 categories: knocked out, sleeping, and dozing off. Diagram 2. <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/263352/freetime.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="1035" align="left" /> This is a diagram that shows when each object is free to play. By having these visualized in a pie graph, we can see what times multiple objects share free time. <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/263352/IMG_3344.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/263352/IMG_3347 copy.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> Previous&nbsp;/&nbsp;Next image&nbsp;(1 of 2) Diagram 3. The pie chart looked nice but the bar graph just gives us a better idea for comparisons. <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/263352/freetime2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="433" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/263352/freetime2_2.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="324" align="left" /> Previous&nbsp;/&nbsp;Next image&nbsp;(1 of 2) Diagram 4. <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/263352/freetime3.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="433" align="left" /> http://haemiyoon.com/263352/Visualizing-Freetime-of-Electronics http://haemiyoon.com/111071/Everything-Spins-Orderly-Chaos http://haemiyoon.com/111071/Everything-Spins-Orderly-Chaos Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:51:26 +0000 Haemi Yoon 111071 <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111071/week3_pg3_1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="1072" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111071/week3_pg32_1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="893" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111071/week3_pg33_1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="530" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111071/IMG_2641.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> Previous&nbsp;/&nbsp;Next image&nbsp;(1 of 4) As one starting point for my thesis, I started looking into the idea of the "orderly chaos". I once read a detective novel where the murderer was completely unpredictable and fit no prior profile whatsoever. The detective, of course, saves the day at the end but he mentioned that the murderer makes complete sense in his own head, just not in ours. The murderer's seeming chaotic actions, as the protagonist puts it, is just an orderly chaos that we can't seem to understand. Ever since then, I've been in love with the phrase, "orderly chaos" and recently remembered it and decided to adapt it. After reading about the “tea leaf paradox,” which was a linked example under the wikipedia entry for “spontaneous order,” I’ve gotten obsessed with the idea of spinning objects. I like how all the “chaotic shapes” end up with an “orderly pattern” due to a scientific reasoning of “the center of gravity.” The photographs have been shot at different shutter speeds and as Norman Klein puts it, this project "slows down our vision to reveal something we could miss so easily." I like that. ---------------------- caption for photo #4 During the thesis pecha kucha, Tim Durfee advised us to try and make a final project with whatever experiments we did in the past 5 weeks. I’ve been wanting to make a poster or something out of the orderly chaos experimental photographs and finally got to making them into a fan-out printed piece. The spinning motion in the photograph is mimicked in the form that it’s in and this has actually been a great way to show the details I liked in the photographs. Because I took this extra step, I do feel like the work I put into this project didn’t go into the trash and was left as an artifact towards my final thesis project. http://haemiyoon.com/111071/Everything-Spins-Orderly-Chaos http://haemiyoon.com/111157/Attached-to-Imperfect-Objects http://haemiyoon.com/111157/Attached-to-Imperfect-Objects Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:51:26 +0000 Haemi Yoon 111157 <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111157/IMG_2608.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111157/IMG_2612.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111157/IMG_2613.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111157/IMG_2614.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111157/IMG_2615.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111157/IMG_2616.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111157/IMG_2617.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111157/IMG_2618.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111157/IMG_2619.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111157/IMG_2620.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111157/IMG_2621.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111157/IMG_2622.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111157/IMG_2623.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111157/IMG_2624.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111157/IMG_2625.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> Previous&nbsp;/&nbsp;Next image&nbsp;(1 of 15) As a kick-off project into my thesis direction on imperfect technology, I've given out a survey to my friends outside of the studio. I got a total of 29 people to answer my survey in 3 days. The survey asked: 1. What are 3 objects/spaces/etc you have an emotional attachment to despite/because the fact that it is imperfect / broken / burnt / not in mint condition? (no people or pets please.) Also, give a quick explanation as to why you chose them. 2. If none of your answers was a piece of electronic, please name one and give a short reason / story behind its importance. I got a total of 100 objects and 51 species of objects in response. I then went into analyzing the survey. I was able to identify 7 definitions of imperfection though the survey; 1. old 2. used 3. broken in: the object has adapted to me 4. broken 5. the object is in an incomplete state / set: pieces of the set is missing 6. ephemeral: it's something that we can enjoy glimpses of 7. risky (see photo #5) There were also keywords that were reappearing in different answers. The top 5 were: first, kid(and its synonyms), always(and its synonyms), with, use. *not in order of amount of usage I've divided the answers into number of responses/species according to technology vs everything else. My biggest finding is that the number of responses that named a piece of technology was nearly twice the number of everything else but the number of species was the opposite. 30% of the interviewees didn't name a piece of technology as their answers in the first question. At the end I had to wonder if imperfection was taken as is in these beloved objects. I was surprised to see that the responses contained slightly more answers that contained objects people loved BECAUSE of the imperfection and not despite of it. I have a lot to take out of this survey. The different definitions of imperfection, the face that there are less species of technology people name as objects they are attached to, and the idea of "because / despite of imperfection" seem like three starting points for my next exploration. http://haemiyoon.com/111157/Attached-to-Imperfect-Objects http://haemiyoon.com/111207/Irregular-Alarm-Clocks http://haemiyoon.com/111207/Irregular-Alarm-Clocks Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:51:25 +0000 Haemi Yoon 111207 From the basis that I wanted to explore with objects that had subtracted functions to create interesting interactions / emotional responses from people, I grabbed a couple of alarm clocks at target and just cracked them open. Irregular Alarm Clock #1: I only make sense at 8:08am<img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111207/IMG_2605.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111207/IMG_2575.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111207/IMG_2576.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111207/IMG_2589.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111207/IMG_2596.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111207/IMG_2604.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111207/IMG_2606.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> Previous&nbsp;/&nbsp;Next image&nbsp;(1 of 3) The mark on the face of the LCD, the broken electric connections, and the missing buttons on the top are its imperfections. This alarm clock makes no sense all day long but when it's time to wake up, 8:08am, it suddenly knows how to talk?! I noticed many people look at their alarm clocks only when they wake up and change the minute marks on their alarm clocks to fool themselves in the morning. So then why not make the time illegible to begin with? Irregular Alarm Clock #2: I fan you instead of yelling at you.<img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111207/IMG_2611.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111207/IMG_2627.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111207/IMG_2638.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> Previous&nbsp;/&nbsp;Next image&nbsp;(1 of 3) Here's an alarm clock inspired by my grandmother. She would have a hard time waking me up any other way but once she opened the windows to let the cold air in and on top of that, take my blanket away, man. Sleep time was over. I've tried attaching a computer fan and a motor(separately) to the alarm clock to make it fan me when it hit the alarm time. It didn't exactly work as I wanted, but the idea is there I guess. Wouldn't you want a fan blowing at your face instead of that annoying alarm sound in the morning? I'd be a lot less grumpier. Irregular Alarm Clock #3: Ding dong, wake up time is here!<img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111207/IMG_2630.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111207/IMG_2635.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> <img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111207/IMG_2636.JPG" border="0" width="670" height="446" align="left" /> Previous&nbsp;/&nbsp;Next image&nbsp;(1 of 3) If you thought someone was at the door, would you wake up faster? I would. I also, I wake up when I hear a cell phone ring tone. Feeling someone's presence may be the reason for both. Irregular Alarm Clock #4: Cuz I'm that special<img src="http://c0573862.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/1/0/9676/111207/IMG_2649_copy.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="427" align="left" /> Let's say your alarm clock came in a soundproof box. Just the speaker is outside of the box. What is the attitude of this alarm clock? Can you hear it say "I'm gonna wake you up but I don't have to hear anything" or "don't break me when you're grumpy in the morning"? http://haemiyoon.com/111207/Irregular-Alarm-Clocks