My TEDxPortofSpain Talk on the importance of Making, Craft, Computation, and Culture .
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The Power of Making: Craft, Computation, and Carnival (TEDxPortofSpain Talk)
Posted: November 18, 2015 in 365 in 365 days, Architecture & Urban Sketches, Caribbean Architecture, Carnival, Change the World, Colin Laird, Design & Computation, Designs, Digital Fabrication, Life, MIT, New Textiles, TEDx Talk, TEDxPortofSpain, Trinidad & TobagoTags: academic life, academic reading, architect, architecture, art, artist, computation, craft, daily quotes, design, design computation, designer, drawing, grad school, I love learning, line drawing, lines, MIT, PhD, psu, research, sketchaday, tedx, tedxportofspain, tedxtalks, thinking insomniac, vernelle noel, vernelleaanoel, workmanship
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Trinidad Carnival: Improving Design through Computation and Digital Technology
Posted: August 20, 2013 in Architecture & Urban Sketches, Carnival, Design & Computation, Digital Fabrication, MIT, Singapore, Trinidad & TobagoTags: bailey-derek wire bending grammar, carnival, computation, department of architecture, design research, digital technology, dying art, masters thesis, MIT, objects and thinking, shape grammars, trinidad carnival, vernelle noel, wire bending
Photo taken with theses before handing them over to the Department of Architecture here at MIT
It’s been soooo long! A lot has happened… and it’s been moving very quickly so hold on tight.. 😉
1. I submitted my Masters Thesis to MIT!!!!
My thesis was entitled “Trinidad Carnival: Improving Design through Computation and Digital Technology”. In it I argued that computation could contribute to design in the Trinidad Carnival by (1) addressing the dying art of wire bending, (2) improving design, and (3) fostering a more inclusive design process. The Carnival of Trinidad has spawned more than 70 carnivals globally. It is the most copied, yet most understudied carnival in the world. My thesis fills a gap in current literature by taking a computational and design perspective to this phenomenon.
2. While writing my thesis, I was simultaneously a Program Assistant for MIT’s Summer Research Program. This was so rewarding words can’t describe! I miss my interns.
3. I said “see you later” and spent time with some of my many favorite friends, family, and professors. Here’s one of the coolest cats I know, Marty Demaine. See you soon Marty!
4. I bid MIT farewell…Well done MIT, well done! You made me drink water from a fire hose… but it has shaped me into what I am 2 years later..
So my summer thus far has been filled with accomplishments, rewarding activities, and last but my no means least, I left the US to return to Singapore!!! I arrived a few days ago, so… stay tuned for more!
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