INNER EAR
timeline — January to July 2023
roles — brand identity, photography, videography, art direction, typography, web design
working for — Studio Tilt
collaboration — Slip Rabbit Studio
I built the visual system for a direct research project examining participants relationships with vibrations in their home using a porcelain instrument called the Inner Ear that both captures and represents data.
https://www.studiotilt.design/inner-ear
Visual System ︎︎︎
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Logo Progression ︎︎︎
For the logo, we wanted something simple that felt worked with the system in an interesting way. Eventually I dropped the “The” and changed the typeface, creating a custom letterform “R” that resonated with the form of the device.
Photography ︎︎︎
Publications︎︎︎
Audrey Desjardins, Timea Tihanyi, Freesoul El Shabazz-Thompson, Brock Craft, Julia R. Saimo. (2023). The Inner Ear: Capturing and Physicalizing Home Vibrations. In Proceedings of Designing Interactive Systems. DIS’23. ACM Press.
Wyatt Olson, Freesoul El Shabazz-Thompson, Melanie Wells, Janey Yee, Julia R. Saimo, Bill Xiong, Brock Craft, Audrey Desjardins. (2023). Exposing Tensions in Documentary Filmmaking for Design Research: The Inner Ear Shorts. Extended abstracts in Designing Interactive Systems. DIS’23. ACM Press.