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Kristin O'Friel

User Experience Researcher

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CO2RSET

Couture that responds to CO2 levels in the atmosphere.
I am interested in making objects that enable you to feel information your senses are not acutely aware of. In this case I was exploring environmental data. The corset form was selected for its command of the breath, making it possible to bring awareness to air quality by tightening and loosening on the torso.

MATERIALS

  • CO2 Sensors
  • Mini Gear Motors
  • Microcontroller
  • H-bridge
  • Cotton Fabric
  • Webbing
  • Boning
  • Grommets
  • Lacing

PRESS

  • Corset Reacts to Carbon Dioxide Levels in the Air
  • CO2 Corset Recalibrates You for Changing Climate
  • CO2RSET makes it hard to breathe when the air gets murky

EXHIBITS

  • ENTER: DATAPOLIS
  • ITP Spring Show, 2008
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Operator

A switchboard that calls public payphones.

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Plott.me

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CO2RSET

Couture that responds to CO2 levels in the atmosphere.

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One of eight networked installations about surveillance.

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VOTE Block Tags

Tags of NYC voting poll site addresses.

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Hopscotch

An intervention that inserts play into the crosswalk.

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Fluorescent Landscape

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Woven sign post at Astor Place

A Day of Weaving

Woven installations around urban infrastructure.
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