SVA MFA IxD

As an educator at SVA's MFA program in Interaction Design, I offer courses that explore the fascinating world of interaction logic, machine learning, and smart objects. In my Logic of Interaction class (Hello World), students learn to communicate with machines by mastering the fundamentals of Python, JavaScript, and C. By the end of the course, they have a solid grasp of software principles, best practices, and collaboration. In Smart Objects, through rapid prototyping, ideation, and fabrication techniques, we aim to create imaginative objects that are captivating and necessary and encourage an emotional connection. We focus on innovative interaction design, especially the implicit type, enabled by pervasive embedded computing.

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SVA MFA Interaction Design students at New Lab
SVA MFA IxD classroom session with IoT pyramid lights
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Students from the SVA MFA Interaction Design program at a New Lab event, standing in front of a "Hello World / Code Literacy" slide. Teaching at SVA since 2017 across three courses: Code Literacy, Machine Learning, and Smart Objects. The program attracts designers who want to work at the intersection of software, hardware, and physical interaction.

A classroom session at SVA, lit by custom pyramid-shaped ambient lights built as part of the coursework. Students working on laptops while code is projected on screen. The purple glow is from the IoT lights the students built themselves. The format is hands-on: less lecture, more building.

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SVA MFA IxD studio class panoramic view
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A panoramic view of the SVA MFA IxD classroom during an evening session. Students working at laptops, walls covered in notes and diagrams from brainstorming sessions, and a woman presenting code on a projector screen. The pyramid-shaped lights on the tables are IoT devices the students built as part of the Smart Objects curriculum. The room looks like controlled chaos because that's what a good studio class looks like.

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Vogue Wish List iOS app with image recognition
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Vogue
Hardware sensor testing on prototyping bench
Breadboard prototype with LEDs and sensor components
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Hardware & Firmware
Speaking at Creative Tech Week
AoE Office at Newlab in Brooklyn
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