Katy Andrews » While at University

Installation: Cartography

Katy — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:21:53 +0000

Creators: Steven Cullen and Katy Andrews. My contribution to this project was ux/ui design, production design and scripting.

fig 1. 3D translation and rendering of the gestures 'drawn' on a canvas.

Cartography is a tangible artefact promoting a playfully collaborative environment. Putting participants in the role of an explorer, Cartography invites them to chart out newly discovered lands.

Using simple gestures you can create islands and contribute to a virtual world which grows and evolves as more people engage with it. Participants use a quill inlaid with a magnetic switch which activates the canvas. Drawing on the canvas renders the line.

Two types of line define the island. The outer line encompassing other lines, constitutes a flat island. To chart island topography, participants drew ‘mountain’ lines. Please refer to fig. 2:

fig 2. The drawing surface and gestures.

The phsyical set-up of the installation was themed as though looking out a window. The rendered island (as illustrated in fig. 1.) was rear-projected onto the screen behind the window. The charting canvas was also rear-projected into the ‘blotter’ on the table when the quill was lifted. Please refer to fig. 3.

fig 3. Physical set-up of the installation.

Installation: Pook

Katy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000

fig 1. "Virtual" component of installation. Displayed within the "book".

“SCOOT is a LBG for families to play together… but essentially it is aimed at the kids. The game is called SCOOT and we have designed it for public places and museums… as a way to introduce everyday places as both a muse for storytelling and a stage for adventure… as well as to demonstrate to kids that basic mobile phone services can be used creatively.”

Created as part of Scoot Melbourne, this ‘node’ was to be 2-5 minutes worth of interaction time and to leverage historical facts and figures. I acted as ux/ui designer, graphic designer and programmer.

Pook embodies a personal journal of a historical figure interconnected with the library’s history. In this iteration the ‘character’ provides vital information to defeating the villains of the narrative while facilitating the participant’s progression.

fig 2. Physical installation on location at State Library of Victoria.

Kids interacted with a ‘physical’ book-like artefact to obtain information and narrative from this node to be able to answer simple questions to progress forward through the game to the next node.

Website: City and Suburban

Katy — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:51:40 +0000

A clean professional web site for a city conveyancing agency City and Suburban. Site was to provide information such as contact details and make bookings via an external system.

fig 1. Home page of City and Suburban.

Website: Teespoon

Katy — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:47:19 +0000

Here, Katy played the parts of project leader and ux/ui + graphic designer implementing all css and graphics.

fig 1. Home page of Teespoon.

A dynamic (aspx) application implementing a T-shirt catalogue and shopping cart system. Shoppers could customise a cut, colour and print of a t-shirt dynamically using the controls provided on the website.

Check-out didn’t require lengthy sign-up, but rather just a shipping address and credit card to speed up the process and lower the barrier to entry.

A voting system was used to leave quick positive / negative feedback or a comment could be left.