Puddle Song playfully explores creative expression, judgment, and censorship. Soon after the work’s protagonist innocently loses herself in a moment of wonder and joy, she realizes she is being watched. Her perception of the judgmental gaze of another person imposes on her excitement, and puts an abrupt end to her spontaneous creativity. This film is [...]
A short sound and image study of the arc of emotions in a lover’s pursuit: anticipation, tension and release. Love Struck is one is a series of tone poems that explore human behavior and emotion within the framework of a single moment or situation.
Wood Nymph is an exploration of social contexts in which human beings are made to feel shameful about natural tendencies toward desire. The woman in Wood Nymph represents societal norms and rules about “appropriate” behavior. The film toys with themes of voyeurism and power, hinting both that women’s power may often be underestimated, and that [...]
3.5 minutes of observations from a month of travels in Thailand.
“Who we are never changes. Who we think we are does.” – Mary S. Almanac “Un/Becoming Beautiful” explores self-image through internal dialog. In this performance-based video, I am looking directly into the camera as if it is a mirror, sans makeup, while reciting an anxious litany of “I am beautiful” or “I am not beautiful.” [...]
Documentation of a site-specific installation. Peep holes were placed in a public cafe offering viewers an unexpected perspective on an ordinary space.
A touchscreen experience for supermarkets that educates and empowers consumers to make better food choices Challenge: Adobe asked us to use Flash Catalyst to create something that would demonstrate the versatility and value of its software – in three weeks. Anything. Solution: We designed an in-aisle touch screen experience that allowed customers to scan the [...]
from Adaptive Path’s UX Week Conference Design doesn’t happen inside a vacuum. It happens inside teams, inside the context of relationships, inside physical spaces, inside organizations with very particular cultures. Ignore that intricate ecosystem, and you might as well give your project a death sentence. In this talk, Teresa Brazen and Kate Rutter draw from [...]
Understanding how people make decisions about long-term care The Challenge: California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) wanted to better understand people’s experiences around choosing long term care, how they identify quality care, and what motivates or gets in the way of making good decisions. Solution: We conducted in-depth research with consumers to understand their needs and [...]
from the Big (D)esign Conference Coming from outside the user experience (UX) industry and landing smack in the belly of the beast, Teresa knows how fresh eyes can be an asset. In her talk, she will present three creative approaches to understanding and navigating the sea of methods and concepts that make up the User Experience [...]
