Mark Roland is a recent M.S. Engineering graduate of the ACE program at the University of California, Irvine. He has worked as a web developer since 1999 and is interested in merging industrial design and web technologies.
Recent Updates
- PORTFOLIO 6/19 Gravitable
- EVENT 6/9 Entre Deux thesis show opens
- VISIT 5/25 Leo’s furniture is out!
- READING 4/23 Design for the Real World
- READ 4/19 Laws of Simplicity
- READ 4/10 Design Noir
- READ 3/31 Digital Ground
- READ 2/11 Structure of Scientific Revolutions
- READ 2/8 Hertzian Tales
- READ 12/29 Things That Make Us Smart
- READ 12/29 When Things Start to Think
- READ 12/22 Art and Industry
- READ God and Golem, Inc.
- READ Evocative Objects
- READ Polanyi’s Tacit Knowledge
- TUTORIAL Physical DOM
- TUTORIAL Decode Weather Satellite Images
- READING Everyware by Adam Greenfield
- VISIT Leo Kempf is making awesome furniture
Research
Gravitable
Gravitable is a platform for engaging people in socialization and reflection through networked information.
Digital Sandbox
Digital Sandbox is a sculptural object that allows participants to explore information and communication through touch.
Crafted Networked Informational Artifacts
Based on a lifetime’s accumulation of embodied knowledge, handcrafted objects have an innate appeal that is not possessed by the manufactured objects of our information driven culture. Crafted networked informational artifacts exist on the boundaries of art, computation, and engineering and can be placed within the disciplines of architecture, sculpture, and industrial design. Read more on my blog.
Portfolio
Weather Satellite Imaging
This senior electrical engineering project was built to capture and decode live weather images from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s satellites.
Physical DOM
Update style elements of your web page in real time using a sensor, Arduino microcontroller, Processing and PHP/MySQL.