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Des 301 - FarmWell VR video
Here is a link to my Des 301 video

Ben Boyd
Nov 3, 20231 min read


Des233 Assignment 1: Reconnection stories
For the first assignment for Design 233 we were tasked with creating a short video clip that told a personal story of reconnection. It...

Ben Boyd
Aug 14, 20211 min read
Des200 Assignment 1 - Retrospective
My first assignment for Des200, consisting of planning out and then prototyping three distinct design prototypes, did not go according to...

Ben Boyd
Mar 30, 20212 min read


#Des 200 Assignment 1 : Digital Experiments
1. Statement of Intent My first attempt at designing the UI/UX for an app. This app is based off the initial assessment brief, of...

Ben Boyd
Mar 26, 20211 min read


Des 240: Assignment 3
For my third assignment in Design 240, I was tasked with working with a partner/small group of people, in order to produce a short,...

Ben Boyd
Oct 25, 20205 min read


#Des231 Assignment 3
For my 2nd assessment in Design 231, I was tasked with concepting, prototyping and designing an artifact from the future I envisioned in...

Ben Boyd
Oct 19, 20206 min read


Des240 A2
(My final GIF) Statement of Intent: Using the same statistic that I gathered during my previous assessment (Assessment 1) 26.4% of the...

Ben Boyd
Oct 1, 20204 min read


Des 231: P1 — Future of X
In my first assignment for Design 231, I was tasked with coming up with an insight about the future of a topic I enjoy/am interested in,...

Ben Boyd
Sep 4, 202011 min read


#MixedRealities Week 5: Track Record
For my week 5 in class activity I created a simple scene in Unity that, using the Vuforia engine, detected an image through the AR...

Ben Boyd
Sep 1, 20203 min read


#MixedRealities Week 4: Beginning Unity Vuforia
(Screenshot of a scene I created, to test out Vuforia) Unity Vuforia is a world deployed software engine, that is used to create various...

Ben Boyd
Aug 31, 20202 min read


#MixedRealities Week 3: Further Unity work, and AR game ideas
This week I primarily focused on leveling up my abilities in Unity. I did this by watching a large amount of tutorials online, the...

Ben Boyd
Aug 31, 20204 min read


Des 240 -Assignment 1
UN development goal: 2. zero hunger 26.4% of the worlds population is affected by moderate or severe food insecurity. Up from 23.2% in...

Ben Boyd
Aug 21, 20205 min read


#MixedRealities Week 2: Beginning Unity
(Image of the Unity scene view screen) Unity is a cross-platform game engine created in 2005 by David Helgason, that can be used to...

Ben Boyd
Aug 10, 20203 min read


#MixedRealities Week 1: Face decoration
(Image of my filter in the Spark AR program) For my Des241 mixed realities, week one project, I used Facebook's Spark AR application, a...

Ben Boyd
Aug 5, 20203 min read


Trello training #Des100
Screenshot showing I have finished the online Trello training

Ben Boyd
May 13, 20201 min read


Early model of a toothbrush #Des100
An early prototype of my toothbrush, created in Fusion 360. Unfortunately my laptop crashed before I could add any bristles or render it...

Ben Boyd
May 11, 20201 min read


Laser Cutter tutorial #Des100
Name tag I created in the Des100 laser cutter tutorial

Ben Boyd
May 11, 20201 min read


Sketching for Prototyping #Des100
Collection of practice sketches from Hans sketching challenge, wanted to play around with the idea of changing the seats shape, as well...

Ben Boyd
May 5, 20201 min read


Miro training #Des100
My first Miro board

Ben Boyd
May 4, 20201 min read


A1 poster 3 process #Des101
My haiku: “A Poppy Blooms” by Katsushika Hokusai I write, erase, rewrite Erase again, and then A poppy blooms. For my third and final...

Ben Boyd
Apr 9, 20202 min read
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