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capturing the essence of a being by removing room for hesitation; near-instantaneous connection from eye to brain to hand

A study on Christian iconography from a secular perspective, and on the vandalism of interpretation as a means of propagating the meme through time.

Technology is Designed like a drug; Awarded Cambridge International Examinations Art & Design: Graphic Design, Top in New Zealand

to get lost in our own textures, unique, shifting, grasping, chafing and intimate

The coincidence of photography and neuroscience, the myth of women in hysteria, and body horror amidst the emergence of modern surgical practices

designing and handcrafting precious wearable artefacts, sculpting heirlooms close to the heart

Nebulous, adjective, in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy. Plastic is ubiquitous in our lives and is convenient in so many applications, yet its proliferation comes with an environmental cost, bringing about nebulous attitudes towards the material. This installation is a meditation on the nature of plastic at a critical juncture in modern history. #CEE32H: Responsive Structures

Filter and track air pollution all in one personal wearable smart device. User testing & ethnographic research for industrial design.

An exploration of whether mathematics can define beauty, and whether mathematics can be deemed beautiful. Awarded Cambridge International Examinations: Top in the World, Art & Design: Painting

ig: @artxstanford - an interdisciplinary collective that bridges divides between art and science/technology on campus through activations, workshops, tours and community oriented exhibitions.

Processing sketch, Drawing with Code

you are creating topography with every step, and ripping holes into the fabric of space; a multimedia interactive Kinect enabled projection mapping onto a blackout fabric;

Our intimate connection and dependence on bacteria, and our anthropocentric hubris | Art residency and graduate level lab training at the University of Auckland's Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences with bioluminescent bacteria under microbiologist Dr. Siouxsie Wiles

Breeze of Auckland, The Breath of Home | Site-specific memory captured in perfume for ME203 Design & Manufacturing

iPad game concept: Personifying languages as endangered creatures

3D Modelling in Solidworks & HSM Works Programming for Mass Manufacture + Wearable concept for the Wristlist: capture fleeting thoughts without being taken out of the moment

interning for a medical device startup: tele-health devices that convert iPhones to ophthalmoscopes for portable, low cost eye exams

What if plastics never entered the waste stream, and it was up to us and our command of GE bacteria? A concept for a consumer electronic, designed and reviewed by circular economy pioneer William McDonough

design process of Stretchsense's smart fabric and sensor arrays’ modular boxes from concept to manufacturing within 6 weeks

A collaborative drawing machine; a duet performance, a conversation mediated through a machine.

Leading and coordinating volunteers to teach hundreds of kids from diverse backgrounds on how to unmake/hands-on-disassemble e-waste and learn what their devices are made of.

Performance art video - directed by Iman Floyd-Carroll

Paddling away furiously below but casual above water. Taught away from visible distraught / now revealed / melancholy squad painted by me photographed by @sarahohta for @stanfordmint editorial

a mix of cultures, but still feeling a fake, how does one appropriately appropriate inner mongolian, maori and buddhist artefacts? shot in the suburbs of LA with @leafy.yeh