Design thinking, visual articulation and a love for learning guide my actions as a graphic and interactive designer, a design educator, a cross disciplinarian, and a digital conceptualist. This is a selection of my projects, essays and experiences. To learn more about me please email me or download my design & teaching philosophy and my curriculum vitae. design research »Digital Collecting: Thesis »Shareables: File Sharing »The Living Library »Divers' Language System »Visual Noise Experience »Patterns & Chickens »Book Design »Softwear: Digital Textile professional practice teaching experience Shareables Shareables extends my "digital collecting" thesis into the realm of wearable technology, locative media, and ubiquitous computing. The concept blends serendipitous discovery with peer-to-peer file-sharing behaviors and existing technologies. It repurposes the digital collecting tool from the networked PC to a more "physical" interface worn on the body. I designed this project specifically for the dense urban environment, where an abundance of collecting experiences can take place. Wearable Device A small storage and wifi transfer device is embedded inside a wearable pin. I hand-felted and embroidered the outer shell in order to conceal and humanize the technology inside. Users upload files they want to share to the device via a web-based user interface. When one device detects another device within close proximity (e.g. on a crowded subway platform or in a busy cafe) files will randomly and seamlessly "swap" between devices. The devices build a social network of users based upon both wearer's common interests and physical proximity. Digital Component The Shareables website offers the ability to control the device's "flow", monitor shared files, and connect with fellow wearers. In the "manage shares" section, wearers can customize their collecting experience by controlling individual device settings. In the "map activity" section, collecting patterns are visualized over time and in location. More specifically, users can track when, where, and from who they receive specific files. In the "community" section, users can add fellow wearers to their buddy-list and connect with wearers in their community. »View the placeholder website (top navigation is image mapped to sub pages) I designed this project in a post-graduate advanced fibers studio (NCSU Fall 06). All content (including design, writing and research) copyright Jamie E. Gray, 2007, unless otherwise attributed. Technical advisement provided by agrayspace creative.