Eva Brown
@evamariionI did not play the early 2000s game Club Penguin a lot, but what I do remember is the chatroom. I remember it in every online space I inhabited. The internet creates connections.
As a zillenial, I am unique. I experienced my formative years online, and yet I was introduced to the web much later than children today. Like any good daughter of the internet, I have a penchant for information and documentation. My design research revolves around turning collected information into storytelling and digital world building. Through design, I have worked towards reducing erasure, and capturing this moment in internet history.
With Internet Tenderness, I conducted design research along themes of translation, collecting, archiving, internet, nostalgia, and teeth. My thesis culminated in archival work, 3D-explorations, writing, video, and a book. I operated as both designer and design technologist. The questions that drove my research included:
What does scanning mean?
What do physical, digital, and liminal spaces look like? Where do they intersect?
What can we learn from documenting digital media?
How much translation can art withs