Marte Rennemo

The main function of the app is to track abusive happenings that the victim have experienced. This tracking will help the victim to realise how big this problem is, and realise that she or he need help. The journal will also be useful when the victim desides to report it, then all the evidence, pictures and writings, will be in the same place.

Here is the homepage of our app. The main function is to add and track cases over time so the victim gets an overview of the whole violence problem. This is not because we want them to stay in the unhealthy relationship, because we want them to get help as fast as possibly, but we can´t hide the fact that domestic violence victims wait for a very long time before they ask for help. Therefore, we have a chat function that stays on the top available all the time, so the victim have a possibility to talk to someone about their problem.

Since this is a very big topic and we had only 6 weeks with this project, wouldn´t our finale solution solve this big problem by itself. But we came up with an app, that is suppose to help women in doministic violence to recognize their problem, get information about abuse and the help systems. We also thought the app would have a chat and contact information so it would be easier to get help.

Here is a video of the result. 

Last month we went to London! We visited some museums and got to know companies that was relevant to us as designers, for eksample The Google company. My biggest impression of London as a city is that it is crowded with people. Around 8-9 million people lives in London, and a that is a lot more than lives in Oslo. (Around 600 thousand) We walked in queue everywhere we went, and the undergrounds and the tubes were fulled the most of the time we used them.

Sorry that you do not get to se the cats fall, but that is unfortunately to make excitement to actually go to try the machine your self. 

Then i got an idea of a new consept! The thought about showing the Evolution as a complex theory but in a easy way was still in my mind. It is a bit complex, but I will try to explain it. So this one is a theatrical-installation. I made a character named Dorthe (my alter-ego?) that is telling you about the Panthera, a genus within the Felidae family. When she starts to tell about the connection between the Panthera and the other species on the Tree og Life-map, she notice a fly sitting on it, and asks you to smack with the flyswatter that is in the installation. Then you smack the fly, and then Dorthe telle you that you killed an important fly that was an important provision for a typical spider, that will die, and then a typical bird will not get its food, because the spider was eradicated, and now this will die. And if the bird was not present, the first cats would not be here, and then Dorthe starts panicing because she realize the Pantheras will not be here, and then the Pantheras in front of you starts falling over and "die". A pretty dramatic show, but I think it will show the complex connection between the species. Haha! And by the way, here are some sketches and mock-ups that show my prosess of the installation, and also a picture of the final result. A video of the installation comes next week.

So in the beginning of our project about museums installations, i thought about making something about the Theory of Evolution. I wanted to make the Evolution look complex, but in the same time I wanted my installation to be as easy as possible. The first sketches i made in my sketchbook was all just random ideas to get the creative prosess started. Afterwards I got some ideas about an installation that showed the Tree of Life, that is a map over how the Evolution developed and how all the species is connected. The concept was to push a button to a spesific species, and then it lights up. I made a quick model of it to get an better idea of how it would look, and To get some feedbacks from other students and teachers. I got some very useable feedbacks and some new ideas…..

In our next brief we are going to make an interactive museum installation using what we all ready have learned in this semester. We can make any kind of installation, but the focus should be on curiosity and experience. Last week we visited the Natural History Museum in Oslo, where we got to know what they exhibit in the different museums of geology, zoology and botanic. Here are some sketching i made that day, and some ideas for themes I have thought about making a installation for. I am thinking of going forwards with something from the Theory of Evolution..

We had a one week project with arduino where the whole class were suppose to make a chain reaction, and my group made a grim reaper that turns around his scythe by a servo that is hidden underneath his robe. The video of the whole chain reaction will come later! 

God helg! 

Run Forrest, run! 
This was an one week project where we were supose to make a lamp with an interaction that reflected the funktion of the lamp. We had to design a lamp that responded to human behaviour. In this case, how you would turn it on and off. I made a lamp that turns on when the girl runs around the sylinder. When she runs, the audience in the background appears, and the light indicates the cheering when a runner runs to the finish line. The Running Lamp should fit in a childrens room where it can inspire the child to complish goals. It can also be placed in an office, where you can take a break from the work to daydream about running in a race where everyone is cheering for you.

The process for the lamp

Happy peach day! Last day before weekend and Kristine and I celebrite with some peaches! 🍑

Testing some lights!

We began with a new project today! In one hour we had to make as many possibilities for a switch to go on and off! To be continue..

Run away from the every day with this big boy! A vending machine that take you to another dimension! Natacha, Agata and I made this in our first project during a week, and it was awesome!