Vanessa Carpenter, Interaction Designer

GeekPhysical @ ThoughtMade, May 14, 2010

Fri, 21 May 2010 11:24:01 +0200

GeekPhysical @ ThoughtMade, May 14, 2010

Cold Feet - Interactive Wedding Bouquet The couple (who met...

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:22:23 +0100

Cold Feet - Interactive Wedding Bouquet

The couple (who met creating a critical corset that tightens when the wearer’s heart rate goes up) have decided to take the leap and get married! We of course love biometrics and geekery and thus have decided that our wedding needs to be equally geeky. We’ve been working hard on taking our biometrics project into a new realm, detecting wedding emotions and datalogging the entire day.

Read it all here:

http://geekphysicalbiometrics.blogspot.com/2010/01/project-cold-feet.html

Sparkfun Behind the Scenes with GeekPhysical Video from our trip...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:37:00 +0100

Sparkfun Behind the Scenes with GeekPhysical

Video from our trip to Vegas with Sparkfun. We made a photoshoot featuring the Critical Corset, and had a great time with Sparkfun.

Publications!

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:18:00 +0200

In order of publication / presentation

SIDeR Conference March 2008
Ladies and mens room mixup: A critical design perspective on social
norms at a clubbing environment Vanessa Carpenter, Mads Høbye, Jonas Eriksson, Daniel Brynolf, Nicolas Padfeld
(http://www.itproducts.sdu.dk/events/sider08/)

Human Computer Interaction Educators Conference March 2008
Winner, Interaction Design Competition
Learning in Liquid Place Vanessa Carpenter
(http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/hcied2008/index.php?action=4&submenu=15)

Human Computer Interaction Conference September 2008
Bodily Awareness: An Exploration in Critical Design
(SS) (119) Daniel Brynolf, Vanessa Carpenter, Mads Høbye &
Henrik Svarrer Larsen
(http://www.cms.livjm.ac.uk/hci2008/documents/hci2008%20final%20programme.pdf)

Design & Emotion Conference October 2008
Ladies and men’s room mixup: Examining the role of emotion in social norms. A critical perspective in a clubbing environment. Vanessa Carpenter & Mads Høbye
(http://www.sd.polyu.edu.hk/de2008/files/DE2008_Program.pdf)

Awarded (with co-presenter, Mads Høbye) Best Presentation Award

Tekne Nyhedsbrev Marts 2009, #9
Move it motherfucker! A criticism of the interactive installation that makes you move: RMR - Run Motherfucker Run by Marnix de Nijs. Vanessa Carpenter
(http://www.teknenet.dk/fileadmin/tekne/Dokumenter/ENTER_ACTION_essays/RMRCriticismbyVanessaCarpenter.pdf)

Human Computer Interaction Educators April 2009
Play as Education, teaching Arduino and tangible computing as a tool for interaction. Workshop and Paper. Vanessa Carpenter, Nikolaj Møbius
(http://hcied2009.abertay.ac.uk/)

Upcoming:
October 2009: Festival della Creativita, Florence, Italy. Exhibition on Biometric Social Interaction. Paper forthcoming.Vanessa Carpenter, Nikolaj Møbius

Submarine Ballet I had the incredible opportunity to be part of...

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:25:00 +0200

Submarine Ballet

I had the incredible opportunity to be part of the Submarine Ballet, working with my friends and some new artists and dancers. On large illuminated fleets, surreal and dreamy scenes float through the Copenhagen city central water way. A floating symphony orchestra, courageous dancers, explosive fire art, and light installations in the water comprise the Submarine Ballet. The event unfolds in cycles as it travels through the harbor. SUBMARINE BALLET is a raw and poetic work of art, drifting through the busy city night, through traffic and noise, completely separate in a floating world. The vessels appear as supernatural visions in the dark harbor; strangely beautiful post apocalyptic fragments of civilization and lost cultures. The submarines Nautilus and Kraka are build by Danish pioneer Peter Madsen. The art project LIVE ART INSTALLATIONS, also known as Half Machine, is behind SUBMARINE BALLET, staged by by Danish choreographer Pipaluk Supernova in collaboration with the artists. Produced by Copenhagen Dream House for Live Art Installations and ‘Metropolis Biennale’, supported by the Danish Art Council and Copenhagen City & Harbor.

GeekPhysical+Sparkfun+Vegas GeekPhysical went to Vegas with...

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:59:00 +0200

GeekPhysical+Sparkfun+Vegas GeekPhysical went to Vegas with Sparkfun to show off our Critical Corset, a corset that tightens when your heart rate goes up. This ad is currently featured on issue #19 of Make Magazine! Read all about the trip here: http://www.geekphysical.com/2009/06/geekphysical-sparkfun-in-vegas.html and all about the Corset here: http://geekphysicalbiometrics.blogspot.com/2009/07/critical-corset.html

IXDing a baby highChair An exploration of a younger target...

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:40:00 +0200

IXDing a baby highChair
An exploration of a younger target audience, babies and youthful mothers. An in-depth exploration of the needs and desires of both mothers and children at meal times. The Playchair is an interaction design solution - without any computer technology! Created by Vanessa Carpenter / Ben Volpov / Brian Lai. Documentation here: http://www.vanessacarpenter.com/pdfs/Playchair.pdf

FembotHow does the media portray women? An art exhibit was held...

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:37:00 +0200

Fembot
How does the media portray women? An art exhibit was held in Yaletown, Vancouver, BC in which participants listened to and saw through the eyes of the average female, by using a mannequin, audio and video. A myriad of images in the background of common media images of women, created a chaotic environment in which the womans sense of self was easily lost. Created by: Vanessa Carpenter / Ben Volpov / Angie Yoo / Ada Wu / Jennifer Hui / Heidi Liao

Barcode Beats Barcode Beats is a system that converts barcodes...

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:34:00 +0200

Barcode Beats
Barcode Beats is a system that converts barcodes into music through an interpretation of the numbers on the barcodes. Users have the opportunity to scan multiple items, and create a composition of sounds. Read about it here: http://barcodebeats.hobye.dk/ Created by: Vanessa Carpenter / Daniel Brynolf / Henrik Svarrer / Mads Høbye.

LED Matrix 64 LEDs are soldered together, creating a grid. The...

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:30:00 +0200

LED Matrix
64 LEDs are soldered together, creating a grid. The programmed microcontroller displays a 64 X 64 photograph, edited for high contrast, black and white, and scrolls and zooms the photo across the 64 leds, each one lighting in turn to create the image. Part of the GeekPhysical empire!

Illutron: Interactive Art http://www.illutron.dk/ Illutron is...

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:27:00 +0200

Illutron: Interactive Art http://www.illutron.dk/

Illutron is the art group I belong to in Copenhagen, Denmark. We do large scale interactive art. Our venue is a boat. (Photo by Sonny W). We do really interesting projects that challenge how people interact with each other using technology, humans, lights, sound, fire, water, and anything we can get our hands on.

Ladies and Mens Room Mixup How do you approach someone at a...

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:16:00 +0200

Ladies and Mens Room Mixup
How do you approach someone at a night club? In an effort to facilitate contact between people at a night club, we created a need for people to communicate: to clarify a confusing situation. We developed a prototype for a restroom gender sign switcher, which operated both automatically and as a result of human interaction and input. Read more…http://illutron.dk/posts/60 Created by: Vanessa Carpenter / Mads Høbye / Daniel Brynolf / Jonas Eriksson / Nicolas Padfield

GeekPhysical! This is my other blog! Exploring physical...

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:12:00 +0200

GeekPhysical!
This is my other blog! Exploring physical computing, electronics, interaction design, and sensors. GeekPhysical focuses on how people can use physical computing techniques to realize their ideas, and to demonstrate how much there is to learn about the world of geeking. http://www.geekphysical.com/

Hi, I’m Vanessa! I’m an Interaction Designer,...

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:17:00 +0200

Hi, I’m Vanessa!
I’m an Interaction Designer, recently graduated with a Masters of Interaction Design from Malmo Hogskola in Sweden and a Bachelors of “Interactive Art and Technology” (read: Interaction Design) from Simon Fraser University in Canada.
Currently, I reside in Copenhagen Denmark, with frequent trips…everywhere… to conferences, art festivals, or exhibits where I get the opportunity to meet people, share ideas, collaborate and do some amazing projects.
I work with Illutron, an interactive arts group based in Copenhagen, Live Art Installations, a performance group in Copenhagen, and run my own art/geek group with my partner, GeekPhysical! We’ve done some really cool stuff and I’d be happy to answer any questions you have!