
In response to the proliferation of data, devices, sensors and connectivity that leads to overwhelming and cluttered file systems. As a complement to the strained desktop/file folder metaphor that dominates the digital world today, Origin organizes data based on contextual markers such as location, persons present, related data and a myriad of other markers available.
In response to the 2011 Microsoft Design Expo theme: “Get Connected, Stay Connected,” Origin is the product of a quarter-long engagement in which students were asked to form interdisciplinary teams, consider real human needs, and respond with a user experience prototype and presentation that communicates their design solution.
Ben Mabry
Jason Wong
Vu Chu




Working Corps is a traveling event, a movement, and a website intended to increase awareness and appreciation of real jobs. We hope this information will inform the next generation of the variety of jobs in the real world and their hidden stories. We chose mini figures to represent career opportunities, as they are a low barrier way for people to share their stories, as well as create an enticing point of reference for kids browsing potential jobs.
Melanie Wang




As part of a partnership between the Boeing Flight Deck Concept Center and the Interaction Design Graduate Program we are conducting design research on future concepts for the commercial flight deck under the guidance of Prof. Axel Roesler. Using rapid prototyping and scenario-based design techniques, we explore the role of interaction design in an engineering and human factors driven development process. The flight deck project is a platform interaction design work in




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Personable
Defining Deafhood
Mindful
Facet
Uup! Your College Life
Homegrown Hops
Infographics of Aging
Food Budgeting
Seattle: Punishment Funded City
MSM: Mobile Shock Monitor
Pitch
Lego OASIS Physical Interaction
Designing for Car Sharing
Aria
Flight Deck Concept Center
Our Big Gay Debate
Olio
The Hello Project
Mark
Blindness Infographic
Envoy
Social Phones
Thanks Mutual
WifWig
Tupaware
Cortext
Lingo
Origin
Division of Design Timeline
Globetrotters
Sound Transit Rebrand
Airescort
APT
Emergent Behavior in Systems
Motions Rebrand
New Chinese Student Guide
Veteran Affairs Infographic
King County Libraries
Defense Infographics
Income and Tax Inequality in America
Smart Table
Common Ground
SumOne
Suitcase X
The U.S. Federal Budget
Abductive Thinking
Ambient Health
Student Spotlight
Brazilian Coffee Industry
Arrived
KeeLo
The Beautiful Game
Making It
A Perfect Spy
Wicked Fit
Learning Disabilities
Space Invader
Brazil: Biodiversity & Ecosphere
Amazon
Ethos- a prosthesis for Cambodia
Audio Vision
EMP Visitor Guide App
Zync
Treat Me
The Challenge
For Girls: A Biological Handbook
Catch Me If You Can
iUGO: a shock-monitoring device
Design Education in the United States
Evoque
Marquee Magazine
Time-Line
National Parks Campaign
Amazon Rebrand
How Are You, World?
Carbon Emissions from Livestock
Proto
Iterate
Stacks
Soar
Flexicam
Archive
LyricFreq
INKED | Tattoos in Seattle
Colorful Thoughts
BLINQ: Tangible Interaction
Crime Symbols
UW Funding
Working Corps
Continuum