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thoughts from Kristin Gräfe. I am a student at the MFA Interaction Design program at the School of Visual Arts. I am interested in data visualization, understanding information and memories.
This is my public sketchbook to illustrate my path of discovery and exploration towards the master thesis. Feel free to write me your comments, thoughts and ideas!
I hold a B.A in Integrated Design from the HS Anhalt in Dessau and you can find my portfolio here.
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Author Archives: Kristin
“Postgeist”
The large amount of digital data we leave behind can possibly exist for eternity, raising questions of curation, ownership and storage. With “Postgeist” the user is collecting a digital legacy to bequeath material and immaterial things to their family and … Continue reading
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A Shared Space
Above, I’ve posted a model of the Postgeist system. Core of the concept is seen on the button of the model: “The User is collecting and organizing a legacy to leave for Heirs”. This statement immediately makes clear that there … Continue reading
Concept Model
Since I was stuck with my thesis last week, I used my learned knowledge from the Dan Brown workshop to try his concept of visual thinking. The model I came up with is a start and shows that there are … Continue reading
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Status update
My thesis is divided into two parts. During the last semester I concentrated on the first part: collecting and building a legacy. Here, I have to think a little more about the content strategy. Elliott gave me the good tip … Continue reading
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The Key Concept
Please click on the picture to see the next slide. Main touchpoints in the service design experience are a “key”, a website and the actual legacy that will be inherited (can be a book, letters, etc.). The key is a physical … Continue reading
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Meaning in Digital Data
In order to answer the question how digital data is becoming meaningful I compared the properties and benefits of digital and physical objects. (more information can be found in the book “The Digital Afterlife” pg. 16) Some insights I had: … Continue reading
Project Goals
Future Proven I am creating a service design experience which will enable the user to save, curate and inherit data. The service should reflect that the user will have a long-lasting experience with the service and that this experience can … Continue reading
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3 Concepts
Introduction The goal of this weeks presentation was to articulate three possible concepts. Those concepts needed to be considered enough to enable us to choose one of the to develop further and take into next semester. In my research I … Continue reading
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The Twain Phenomenon
Is a life about the legacy? Mark Twain autobiography was published this year and it is not just any book it is a 100 year old one. Twain used a pretty brilliant marketing strategy to manage his brand in order … Continue reading
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