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I thought I’d write a post about some of my old work from University as I think some of it is pretty interesting.

So these are a few experimental websites which I created a few years ago.

Dream Odyssey

The first is called Dream Odyssey. I combined illustration with simple animation in a Flash site to illustrate the story of Odysseus, based on the epic poem written by Homer. You can read about the project here and have a play with the interface here. I really like the animation I created for this project. It was all hand-drawn and then traced as vectors.

Interact With Me

“Interact With Me” is an (annoying) interactive experimental web-art piece. It explores the relationships between the user and the interface; focussing on subverting the normal principles of good interaction design. Beware-this may make you go insane.

Sensory Substitution

On a more serious subject, this is a project to explore the future of Sensory Substitution. Briefly explained (you can read more about it on the site), Sensory Substitution Devices can help a blind person to regain some sense of sight through touch or hearing or help a deaf person to regain some sense of hearing via vision or touch. I had to take the Wiki down as it was being spammed like crazy.

The Many Facets of Dementia

Finally, this photographic project was completed for the 2008 D&AD Student Awards. It explored the many facets of dementia. The extensive research undertaken for this project included: brain injuries, Agnosia, Surrealist objects and research into causes, symptoms and the history of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. I got to make lots of models using various materials (and burning myself with a glue gun) for this project, which was great fun. I also got to do loads of research which I enjoyed.