Harvard Graduate School of Design,
Master in Design Studies: Open Project
Operating System_1.1
Sarah Oppenheimer Instructor
Claire GlassTA
Claire GlassTA
Team members (in the alphabetic order)
Alexia Asgari, Selin Dursun, Skye Gao, Danning Liang, Quincy Kuang, Kai Zhang
# This page is still WIP.
OS1.1: Architectural Knob
OS 1.1 harnesses the built infrastructure to extend our sensory registers. We have collaboratively designed an operating system: a lighting network linked by air. As mechanical wooden inputs are touched and turned, lighting outputs change and fluctuate. Manipulation of the physical apparatus directs sensory phenomena along new pathways.
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With the "architectural knob" added, any column could be a control switch.
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How does it works?
CNC wood + Hose clamp + Steel balls + DIY RGB Optical encoder
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Exploded View
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Section view:
One L-shape vinyl archway is first clamped on the column. Then the piece is clamped to the archway.
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OS1.2: Universal through-hole, disassemble, optical rotary encoder
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