EXPANDED INTERFACEAlmost all interfaces are created in order to help humans in some way, and often there is an “off button” so to speak, allowing us to choose when and where we use them. I wanted to challenge this idea, and create something that’s sole purpose was to exist.

A person’s room is one of their most personalised possessions; they adapt and individualize it to how they want it, and to one that possibly refl ects their own personalities. This is also similar to their computers; often people complain about how they dislike using other people’s computers as it is “all wrong”. They change the background, arrange icons in a particular way and even name the computer. In addition, after researching the topic of ‘What distinguishes humans from computers’ was the lack of emotions in machines and computers.

So my concept is to merge the idea of personalising computers and room together in order to create a room that reacts and changes according to what mood the owner is in. So for example, if the owner was angry, the room would broadcast ‘anger’ through use of colour, patterns and audio as well as physical aspects. The walls would change colour, the lighting would change, the audio would get not only louder but also ‘heavier’ and the personalised computer voice would reply back in a snappish tone. The concept was created in order to highlight and “put a mirror up” to human emotions as often they subconsciously feel emotions that even they are not aware of.

AUDIO APPLICATIONThis application is reactive to audio. The circle size gets larger or smaller according to the volume level. The initial idea was that as well as the circle getting bigger or smaller according to volume, if the volume exceeded a certain threshold then the colours would change too. So for example, very loud sounds would be hues of red, quiet whites / blues. Also thought about adding frequency levels to this, but did not have enough time to fi x the broken codes I had. If I could improve I would add the frequency- for visual seduction.

AUDIO APPLICATIONThis application is reactive to audio. The circle size gets larger or smaller according to the volume level. The initial idea was that as well as the circle getting bigger or smaller according to volume, if the volume exceeded a certain threshold then the colours would change too. So for example, very loud sounds would be hues of red, quiet whites / blues. Also thought about adding frequency levels to this, but did not have enough time to fi x the broken codes I had. If I could improve I would add the frequency- for visual seduction.

GETTING EMOTIONALI concluded from my research that in order to have an emotional impact, we need a ‘connection’. That is to see we need to link the visuals in front of us, or the audio we hear, or what we feel to an emotion or a memory that triggered an emotion. Here are some different ways of doing so.

‘Thought of You’ by Ryan Woodward is a beautiful animation that ustilises the fact humans connect with humans far more than with anything else, in order to portray emotions.

Anger: When anger reaches a high enough state, it can weaken the immune system and we can have diffi culty fi ghting off diseases. Body temperature rises, and adrenaline pumps through the body. Suppressing anger for long periods of time can lead to gallstones. The liver is also associated with our ability to plan and make decisions. As a result if a person is in a state of chronic anger his / her decision making abilities are diminished. We are ‘livered’ and cannot think straight. Generally a loss in quality of life occurs as we are attracted to violent situations as a way of releasing this emotion.

Fear / worry: Some say it is a necessary emotion as it allows the ‘fi ght or fl ight’ response that is crucial for survival. Prolonged fear can lead to feeling overwhelmed and inability to cope. It seriously damages our nervous system which becomes oversensitive. Similarly worrying too much leads to acidity and ulcers forming in the stomach. We are unable to properly digest our food as our pancreas cannot produce the necessary enzymes.

Grief / Sadness: Grief affects the lungs and large intestine. High amounts of grief or sadness affects our ability to breathe, which explains why when we are bawling our eyes out, we have to often take “gasps” of air. Chronic sadness effects the heart, arteries and veins and can impair the absorption of food and emotions through the small intestine.

Joy: Happiness or joy affects the heart, circulatory system and small intestine. It has a overall positive effect on the whole body, releasing serotinine. is a neurotransmitter, involved in the transmission of nerve impulses. It is manufactured in your body using the amino acid tryptophan. It is manufactured in your body using the amino acid tryptophan.

5 Major Emotions

GETTING EMOTIONALI concluded from my research that in order to have an emotional impact, we need a ‘connection’. That is to see we need to link the visuals in front of us, or the audio we hear, or what we feel to an emotion or a memory that triggered an emotion. Here are some different ways of doing so.

‘Thought of You’ by Ryan Woodward is a beautiful animation that ustilises the fact humans connect with humans far more than with anything else, in order to portray emotions.

Anger: When anger reaches a high enough state, it can weaken the immune system and we can have diffi culty fi ghting off diseases. Body temperature rises, and adrenaline pumps through the body. Suppressing anger for long periods of time can lead to gallstones. The liver is also associated with our ability to plan and make decisions. As a result if a person is in a state of chronic anger his / her decision making abilities are diminished. We are ‘livered’ and cannot think straight. Generally a loss in quality of life occurs as we are attracted to violent situations as a way of releasing this emotion.

Fear / worry: Some say it is a necessary emotion as it allows the ‘fi ght or fl ight’ response that is crucial for survival. Prolonged fear can lead to feeling overwhelmed and inability to cope. It seriously damages our nervous system which becomes oversensitive. Similarly worrying too much leads to acidity and ulcers forming in the stomach. We are unable to properly digest our food as our pancreas cannot produce the necessary enzymes.

Grief / Sadness: Grief affects the lungs and large intestine. High amounts of grief or sadness affects our ability to breathe, which explains why when we are bawling our eyes out, we have to often take “gasps” of air. Chronic sadness effects the heart, arteries and veins and can impair the absorption of food and emotions through the small intestine.

Joy: Happiness or joy affects the heart, circulatory system and small intestine. It has a overall positive effect on the whole body, releasing serotinine. is a neurotransmitter, involved in the transmission of nerve impulses. It is manufactured in your body using the amino acid tryptophan. It is manufactured in your body using the amino acid tryptophan.

5 Major Emotions

HTML, CSS AND CODINGHTML, CSS AND CODING

HTML, CSS AND CODINGHTML, CSS AND CODING

Here are some of the basic templates I did for my website, with a standard text and a navigating panel. Admitedly the colour scheme is horrofi c with the bright yellow, and I had some problems with the sizes of the images, and text. In some it was better to have the text central, but I struggled to fi nd a way to do this without breaking the CSS codes for the whole website.

Overall I had major diffi culty with not only coding the website but also with trying to get it online - a peculiar issue with domain name and hosting / FTP. And to be fair this issue took me a whole week of me and people I could fi nd that could fi x it. Alas, to this date, no one can. It is very strange indeed.

WALLS & VISUALISATIONWALLS & VISUALISATION

Above are a range of visualisations I wanted to incorpoate in the rooms through different moods, atmospheres and settings. Some are examples of furniture while others are my pieces of work. I couldn’t make one main piece for each emotion as each person is individual.