Jamie's Mad Scientist Lab

Posts By: Jamie

Chop Shop

As I was going through the different brand logos, more than one caught my eye. Some are iconic, others all pervasive, but I wanted one that was more recent than the age old stalwarts of good branding. This brought me […]

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Don’t eat the poo!

Why eat healthy? Because that’s the only way you can win! I was partnered up for this week’s ICM project with the lovely Becca Ricks. we agreed on the premise within minutes of talking about the project. I even convinced […]

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Day or Night fun with Arduino

I started with the two labs for the week. The first lab involved coding a switch to change between two LEDs on the breadboard. It required the code below.   And setting up the Arduino and the breadboard as pictured […]

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Expressive Typography

The first part of this assignment was to write my name in six different fonts that were representative of my personality. This led to hours upon hours of perusing and I am still not fully satisfied with my choices. I […]

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Interactive Kiosk at Hayden Planetarium

I went to the Museum of Natural History in search of interactive kiosks. My friend Angela decided to come along.  We expected to pick one of the dinosaur installations, but a “Send a Video” kiosk at the Hayden Planetarium caught […]

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Spaceship Animation

Upon approaching this assignment, I thought about generative artwork, but the truth is my brain struggles with that type of concept. I am much stronger at setting a scene or telling a story so I decided to make a cute […]

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The Keychain Light

I started off learning all of the different parts in my Arduino kit. The time spent on this proved endlessly valuable for the rest of the labs. Then I moved on to the labs. A friend happened to have a […]

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To Sign or not to Sign?

The assignment was to find three terrible examples of signs and one fabulous one. Since I often meditate on loving/kindness and am working towards viewing things in a more positive light, I have decided to start with signs that I […]

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Jed the Emoji

I must admit I was a bit intimidated by my first assignment. Securing a new apartment and moving had eaten up my entire last week and I was left with little time, scarce fine art skills and an apartment without […]

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Design Analysis

I was always struck by the visual style of the 2006 animated film, RENAISSANCE, directed by Christian Volckman. The poster shares the same incredible imagery with the film itself. The entire base of the style uses negative space to tell […]

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