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Two knowledge systems in a room, one human and one machine, both getting better because the other one is there. That's the version I want.
The industry is optimizing for what you do next. The machine is learning too, but from a thumbs-up which is the thinnest thing a person can say. Optimize on that and you get a system that agrees with you. Are we designing for the part where both of you end up knowing more?
That's what humane by construction means to me.
Consent, time, reasoning, and imagination aren't ethics bolted on afterward. They're the conditions under which people produce anything worth learning from. Rushed tricked or bored people teach a model nothing.
If showing up counted as much as donating, would more people show up?
Neighbors donate, volunteer, or bring supplies. Every contribution fills a tile, and the neighborhood changes one tile at a time. Companion to my MFA thesis :
The Effects of the Internet and Civic Engagement, 2012
SCAD (Savannah College of Art & Design)
What can you leave at home if the place has it, and someone there can tell you where?
Live weather, local events, and what people are actually wearing, contributed by locals and by travelers who paid attention. Pack lighter, buy the one thing you need from a shop someone recommends, and leave a note for whoever comes next.
Can you see through the noise?
Rhetorical pressure seems to be more legible than factual accuracy, and far less contested. Two issues were assembled by hand before any of it was automated.
Can a team feel the cost of designing for someone they've never met?
You get a brief, a persona, and a wall of beautiful parts with price tags. Most people build something gorgeous and wrong, then see what everyone else built for the same brief. The only way out is to ask the customer, which is the point.
What if you could only see it by showing up?
The latest collection stays hidden online. It reveals itself when you go offline, stand near the booutique at kura Hulanda or hold a code. Proximity grants 48hr of access, then the door closes. Presemce is the machanic. Similar to the unit-e project in a different environment.
A bespoke and in person customer experience solution.
Collaborating with local developers to cmplete the inperson and personalization experience for norehearsal.co
This is one of the questions I keep coming back to, in my own work or when invited to evaluate modern product design solutions.
The fear is that grounding work in real people makes it cautious. What I've seen goes the other way. A team that can point to what it heard gets to try bolder things, because the bold idea finally has a reason behind it. Without that, every ambitious option is one opinion against another, and the safe one wins.
It's less a rule about what AI can do and more about what a team forgets how to do if it stops doing it.
Experimenting with Gen AI tools to create a series of short films.
A story I first created a decade ago is now coming to life through the latest in emerging tech. This project is a direct result of curiosity and commitment to adapting to a quickly evolving landscape. A short Story 10 years in the making Created by Stephanie Hasham and synapses and written and expanded by Mame Bougouma Diene.
I am a also a multidisciplinary freelancer with over a decade of experience in the digital space. My studio provides comprehensive services for a select number of projects at a time, including illustration, tech consulting, branding, and web design. I leverage my deep knowledge to help clients build a compelling brand and a robust digital presence from concept to launch
Roba Alma is an award winning short film currently making its rounds in the European and Caribbean Film festival circuit. Directed by: Elizabeth Francisco - Adobe Illustrator
FML is a brand new party game for people who are simply over it, tired of the whole thing and looking for others who understand that. Design new website and ecommerce store setup and brand extension with CTA links to amazon.com up 14.89k sessions
Developing concepts, research, and protoyping for an IoT Pill Dispenser Bot
Together we will learn techniques used by global foresight practitioners, collaborate and explore timely topics, spark the imagination, and create a unique XR artifact of possible futures.
