Kalyani Tupkary

Is there a “Rosebud” object in your past? A long-vanished thing that lingers in your memory—whether you want it to or not? As much as we may treasure the stuff we own, perhaps just as significant are the objects we have, in one way or another, lost. What is it about these bygone objects? Why do they continue to haunt us long after they’ve vanished

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LaserWriter II  is a coming-of-age tale set in the legendary 90s indie NYC Mac repair shop TekServe—a voyage back in time to when the internet was new, when New York City was gritty, and when Apple made off-beat computers for weirdos. Our guide is Claire, a 19-year-old who barely speaks to her bohemian co-workers, but knows when it’s time to snap

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Re-affirming the body as a key material of interaction design, and the interactions between bodies and ecosystems a key subject of study, this project explores how understanding the more-than-human bodies we are nested within, and have nested within us, may alter our perceptions of the worlds we live in and share.