Jenis High Street Short North
Posted: September 9, 2015 Filed under: Josh Poston, Pressure Project I Leave a comment »Jeni’s
Friday September 4th
10-11pm
I have yet to walk into a Jenis Ice Cream that has a well-designed traffic or work flow model. Customers enter into the store through the main entrance. They approach a counter that has all of the flavors of ice cream twice linearly enabling more employee workstation. However this is limited by the presence of a single workstation setup on the back counter where all of the necessary condiments and garnishes are. This leads to a turn around and wait until the path is unoccupied by the other employees that are all heading to the same point.
If a customer is unfamiliar with the setup they will not understand that the flavors are repeated at the two ice cream coolers and stand unknowingly at the first one reluctant to miss a flavor. This is something I have witnessed several times due to the lack of signage indicating the proper protocols as a customer. Protocol involves in this instance always moving forward. From waiting to order to, and having placed your order until checkout.
I would propose that the system would benefit from a call system on the back wall that would bring the necessary item to the ice cream preparer rather then them having to fight the crowd every time. The necessary items are keyed in and then delivered right behind the appropriate individual. Additionally Jeni’s should acquire spaces that allow for an increased traffic flow. My drawing implies that there is much more open space than there actually is within the store. There could also be interactive signage or a system that can tell people when to move forward, welcome them, inform them of the general flow model of the space, or perhaps assist them in making decisions, it could tell them some good flavor combinations based on different desires.
Rimini Protokoll
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Please take a good look at the various projects, performances, and installations that this group has created in the recent past.
http://www.rimini-protokoll.de/website/en/index.php
Especially
Home Visit and Situation Rooms
Above the Desert
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A random place on the great map.
Week 3 Reading Response
Posted: September 9, 2015 Filed under: Assignments, Reading Responses, Sarah Lawler Leave a comment »There is only software
It’s fascinating to associate “digital” with “software” so directly. Of course software is the backbone of all media. Using the word “software” can seem intimidating to use. Software itself is a whole other language. Users use the word “digital” because they can associate with understanding how to use an app. If the user used “software” it implies that the user understands not only the app, but how it was built. I do agree that we should be taught what we use and rely on every day. It seems that Manovich has an underlying tone throughout the reading to appreciate what is being created and shared.
Jean Baudrillard A Very Short Introduction
This was most certainly a difficult read. I know as a society we have can get lost in what is real or not. However, I’m not sure if Baudrillard was leading to this or not, but here’s my takeaway. War is reality to him. Postmortem only takes effect after war, according to him. He even backtracks what he says about American culture when 9-11 happened, but criticizes how the military handled it. I think he makes some great points, but there is this certainly a pretentious air about Baudrillard’s work.
Dialogue with the Machines
I don’t think a computer needs to be an AI in order to classify it as interactive. The computer itself doesn’t speak to us. It does however, carry its own type of language that does allow users to learn from other users. If the user is capable, he/she could find out almost anything on their own using a computer. In a way the internet is the “human dialogue partner” and the computer serves as a medium. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t be upset if I could have my own personal Jarvis in the future.
Readings for September 9/14
Posted: September 9, 2015 Filed under: Readings Leave a comment »An Arts, Sciences and Engineering Education and Research Initiative for Experiential Media
Pressure Project 1
Posted: September 9, 2015 Filed under: Pressure Project I, Sarah Lawler Leave a comment »
Location: Buffalo Wild Wings
Time: During Happy Hour
Observation: Happy hour was not as crowded as I thought it would be. I would imagine that if a big game was being aired there, the place would be packed. I’m going to base this devised piece off a packed Buffalo Wild Wings. When observing the waiters/waitresses I noticed the amount of maneuverability between tables is quite difficult for them due to the amount of chairs that are in the way. I also noticed there are not enough TV’s to compensate for the amount of tables that are within the room if say everyone wanted to watch their own game if multiple games were taking place.
Devise: Build tablets and card readers into the table to minimize the amount of traffic that is taking place throughout the restaurant. By installing tablets within the table, one could order food, drinks, ask for extra napkins, pay bill etc. without having anyone walk over until food needs to be delivered. They would also have total control over what they can watch. The TV would need be separate from the tablet so the customer would not have to be staring down at the table throughout their whole experience there. A 360degree projection would serve as the TV. It would sit above the table so everyone at the table can still be seen by one another.
The syllabus has been updated
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http://recluse.accad.ohio-state.edu/ems/?page_id=16
There is Only Software by Lev Manovich, Response
Posted: September 9, 2015 Filed under: Alexandra Stilianos, Reading Responses 1 Comment »Depending on which software you use to access it, what you can do with the same digital file can change dramatically.
Of course it is, in the eyes of a designer or programmer of course this realization is apparent but if ‘we’ are designing, creating, devising for the ‘masses’ the responsibility changes hands. In the same way that your experience with software can alter your experience, the same goes (in my opinion) on your lack of awareness of the capabilities therein. There is only software for the minority in the know of the in’s and outs of programming, for the masses who use the media- it is simply media, right?
To reverse back to Baudrillard:
“all we have now are simulations of reality (which aren’t any more or less real than the realities they simulate.)”
Jean Baudrillard by Doug Mann, Response
Posted: September 9, 2015 Filed under: Alexandra Stilianos, Reading Responses Leave a comment »“Death of the real” – “Simulacrum” – “Desert of real”
No matter which way he phrases the theory it is clear, we all are constantly and relentlessly immersed in the culture we live in. I have problem with any various sweeping argument in general, including Mann’s. I am also curious to place this article in the (near or distant) past since it has no date, and his pop culture references are Friends and Lara Croft.
While his refurbishing of ‘simulacrum’ is interesting, I think even a mildly self-aware person has the ability to speak about a fictional person/character in the context of the show (in the TV example.) The disillusioned minority who cannot would be similar to Brooke Shields cameo on the aforementioned show, Friends, where she believe Joey (Matt Leblanc) to actually be his soap opera character, Drake. META.
“Loss of reality isn’t so hard to understand but difficult for some of us to swallow.” So maybe, I am also just a lost lamb and this desert is too real for me to accept. *shrugs, turns Netflix back on*