Project Year: 2010
Course Study: Interaction Design
Instructor: Phil Van Allen
Group Project Members: Link Huang, Bora Shin, Mike Manalo
Course Study: Interaction Design
Instructor: Phil Van Allen
Group Project Members: Link Huang, Bora Shin, Mike Manalo
This musical e-book develops a process of collaborative listening to not only achieve Leonard Ratner's goals of classical music appreciation, but also uses hybrid techniques of learning. These techniques include comparative reading of chapter content and linking web medias (wiki, video, references) thru the user's annotations of chapters. This e-book platform uses wireless networks for classroom settings (student to student and teacher to students), file sharing of music recordings to peers, and sharing of music education related media. Implementing collaborative listening, allowing users to start understanding the technical aspects of music by listening to music, researching historical references, playing the music, sharing those recordings, and allowing critical feedback from the network.
In existing appplications, those who train and perform in classical music tablet PC's and LCD display systems to view digital music files from e-documents. Past software programs have allowed composers to eit music compositions and re-compose notes. Present products on the market and other speculative projects gave users the option to tune insturments and hook up to studio electronic systems for recordings. Also, these projected musicians won't have to be present together, they can do practice live rehearsals and jam sessions together over digital networks.
This musical e-book extracts take these precedent ideas of music technologies by hybridizing views of digital music compositions with note taking done in a class setting. Also, for playing instruments, the focus is simple recordings taken by the e-book that can be easily made into files that can be shared with social media networks.
In terms of materiality, this music e-book is based on a multi-touch interaction surface. This would be made of dence polymer plastic panels equal to the size that are attached with-in carbon fibers for folding and compact materials.
1. Introduction
Reading a physical book is an interaction. Organizing information is key to the way each physical book is designed and the choices that determines it's form. Our approach of this project is to marry the advantages of physical book navigation with digital media to explore a hybrid navigation for reading information and reflecting upon it. By marrying these aspects, we are able to achieve scenarios where a reader/user can see information applied to their interest or expertise.
Reading a physical book is an interaction. Organizing information is key to the way each physical book is designed and the choices that determines it's form. Our approach of this project is to marry the advantages of physical book navigation with digital media to explore a hybrid navigation for reading information and reflecting upon it. By marrying these aspects, we are able to achieve scenarios where a reader/user can see information applied to their interest or expertise.
What provides a physical interaction between a book and its reader are the sum of its parts. Layers of pages contain all of the information. Those pages are bound into signatures which hold chapters and sections that divide the book's information. To execute each of these elements of the physical book , design choices of the textures, paper, materials and the different methods of binding visually and texturally organizes a book's information inside and out.
2. Observations
Each of below observations in understanding characteristics of a book all plays into delivery of information.
Each of below observations in understanding characteristics of a book all plays into delivery of information.
Observation 01
Observation 02
Observation 03
Observation 04: Special binding can give a specific character to a book and its content.
Focus Reading Mode: This is a single panel reading mode to focus on indivisual chapters of the book and to begin your annotations.
Comparative Reading Mode: In this spread panel, readers can compare two chapters and cross reference items of inquiry based on their readings. This brings an aspect of physical book navigation with digital media.
Media library mode: In this media library panel, readers is able to revisit all the annotations and media they bookmarked.
Collaborative Reading Mode: In this full panel, the reader is able to network with shared readers that includes your collegues, classmates, other students, and teachers. Reader is able to apply the information that they collected from the media library panel to shared scenarios.
This musical e-book develops a process of collaborative listening to not only achieve Leonard Ratner's goal of classical music appreciation, but use hybrid techniques of learning. These techniques include comparative reading of chapter contents and linking web media (wiki, video, references) through the user's annotations of chapters. This e-book platform uses wireless networks for classroom settings (student to student, and teacher to students), file sharing of music recordings to peers, and sharing of music education related media. Implementing collaborative listening allow users to start understanding the technical aspects of music by listening to music, researching historical references, playing the music, sharing recordings, and allowing critical feedback from their network.
In existing applications, those who train and perform in classical music use tablet PC's and LCD display systems to view digitized music files from PDFs. Past software program have allowed composers to edit music composition and recompose notes. Present products and other speculative projects gave users the option to tune instruments and hook upthe audio electronic systems for recording. Also, these projected musicians won't have to be presetnt together, they can do live rehearsals and jam sessions over digital networks.
Interms of materiality, this musical e-book is based on multi-touch interaction surfaces. This would be made of dense polymer plastic panels of plastic panels of equal size that are attached with thin carbon fibers for holding and compacting.
The Designs
Demo Video
Protyping on a touch screen monitor.