Quetta
A discursive design exhibition on the impact of the Internet on the environment
Mingzhu Fan, Bram Willems, Tessa van Abkoude, Marc Wijkmans
Exhibit 1 > WiFInder - T&R, MD&C
This electronic instrument utilizes an Arduino Wi-Fi module to gauge Wi-Fi signal strength. By employing a speaker and a vibration motor, it conveys signal strength through pulsations to the user. My role in building this artefact has been coding and building the circuit to detect wifi strength and translate it to sound and vibration.
application
Calculation of C02 emmision per 60 minutes of use per app
Exhibit 2 > Shop your data - MD&C
To make a connection between CO2 emission and personal Internet usage, we developed a shopping website where visitors select their Internet usage and see the C02 emission of this usage. My contribution was calculating the C02 emission per 60 minutes of use per social media app
Exhibit 3 > Infographic
The front side of the poster gives people a brief introduction to the Internet infrastructure. It displays a world map with global data centre distribution and a storyboard to explain how the Internet functions when an Internet user watches a YouTube video in the Netherlands.
Defining if and how we could develop a working business plan with the exhibition
Stakeholder matrix to understand what stakeholders are contributing to unsustainable internet practices
Defining strategy to help companies reduce internet usage
My contribution
Without going into too much detail, my contribution to the project has been designing and building the WiFinder, creating the style guide, and making sure the exhibition was tied together correctly. This not only improved my competence in MDC and TR, but allowed me to develop further my feel and understanding for aesthetics in general, as well as the aesthetics of interactions. Moreover, I played a central role in guiding the ideation sessions and made sure all team members were in line with the aim of the project, further developing my professional identity.