Get to know me through
visualsor text

Currently: MA in visual communication design @ Westerdals Kristiania

Previously: BA in graphic
design @ NTNU

Open to work, reach out:

hei@tomashau.no
+47 473 17 027

Orgnr. 927126567

Ripple Effects

(2023, ma student)

Ripple Effects was an exploration of untested design techniques and how I could utilize them to communicate a message related to a given theme – heatwaves. I chose printing on see-through sheets, creative coding, and augumented reality (ar).

5 × A3 transparencies
5 × A3 recycled acrylic sheets (3 mm thick)
Adobe Illustrator
Processing.org
Meta Spark Studio

#1 – print on transparencies

Here, I made use of the transparency to create an installation to grab attention. My hopes was that the composition would make the viewer curious to take a closer look, reflect, and read more about its message.

#2 – creative coding in Processing

I took advantage of the possibility of interactivity and coded the heatwave to grow by human contact. The code allows for the heatwave to grow and layers to be added by the press of the upwards arrow on your keyboard. However, if you try to press the arrow pointing downwards, the heatwave takes more presses to remove layers, and never gets smaller. This is to communicate how humans are responsible for heatwaves, and that its harder to reverse once the damage is done.

#3 – ar-filter for Instagram

Lastly, I made use of ars ability to tie the digital and physical world together, and created an interactive filter. To access it, the user can hold their phone close to an nfc-tag inside the installation, prompting them to open the filter in Instagram. To see what the filter holds, the user must align the installation inside their camera frame. The filter first shows the animated heatwave, and by tapping the screen, it provides the user with information to act as a warning against increasing frequency of heatwaves.

Disclaimer: Instagram did not recognize the installation as a trigger for the filter because of its transparent features, making the appearance unique each time. However, the intended functionality is demonstrated below.