Design Noir Projects
The following are videos of Design Noir projects created in Spring 2012. The goal was for students to create a design that would cause people to reflect on life or death.
- Heart Locker: a pulsing heart shows you the heart rate of remote friends or family
- Your Family is Dying: a digital table displays a family tree that is affected by the presence of family members
- Tie to Death: a tie tightens around your neck each time you enter an area of high crime
- Harvester: a lamp that requires you to cut yourself in order to keep it on
- Radio Bit: a radio that plays obituaries
- Tesla Toaster: a toaster that requires electrical shock to get your toast out
- Waer Bracelet: a bracelet that shocks you if your heart rate is abnormal
- Code Blue: a lamp device that you need to push every 48 hours to keep your pulse going
- Vacuus Utero: a tea leaf holder that causes you to reflect on abortion
- Danger Zone: an app that detects your current location and weather and tells you how risky it is
- Last Entry: a diary that you record your last entry in each day
- Driving: a GPS device that shows the dangers of driving while driving
- Morbid Geolocator: an app for friends that shows morbid news based on your location and warns your friends of your location
- Hydria Requiem: an urn that plays back the last thoughts of the deceased
- White Void: a breathalyzer test for smokers linked to a picture frame
