{"596047":{"#nid":"596047","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ID Students Use 3D Ear Scan Technology to Create \u2018Ear Art\u2019","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the Spring of 2017, some students at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/id.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Industrial Design\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech were challenged to create wearable ear art that also made a social statement.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt was part of a class assignment from Professor Roger Ball, who is also director of the Body Scan Lab. He devised a project that investigates the creative potential for using newly developed 3D ear scan technology, and pushes the boundaries of hearables design.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETheir work was recently featured in \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.core77.com\/\u0022\u003ECore77.com\u003C\/a\u003E, an online design magazine, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.artsthread.com\/\u0022\u003EArts Thread\u003C\/a\u003E, a British online design magazine..\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs Ball said in the article, \u0026quot;I am bored by the current design approach of cramming as many sensors as possible into the ear cavity and calling that a design.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe continued, \u0026quot;When you take this sensor-driven approach, the designer\u0026#39;s main challenge becomes creating the least ugly object possible. We flipped the process by starting with the user and hoping our investigations will inspire creativity in materials and sensor technology.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlong with the creative ear piece, students researched art movements rich in social commentary for inspiration in developing their own artist statements.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe ear art and the commentary initially were exhibited in Stubbins Gallery, at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/design.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Design\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSee the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.core77.com\/posts\/68567\/Design-Students-Explore-Their-Creative-Side-in-an-Ear-Art-Course-at-Georgia-Tech\u0022\u003Efull Core77 posting\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.artsthread.com\/blog\/ear-art-school-industrial-design-georgia-institute-technology\/\u0022\u003EArts Thread posting\u003C\/a\u003E, each with more images.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIndustrial Design students take hearables design to a new level by creating \u0026lsquo;Ear Art\u0026rsquo; using 3D ear scan technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Industrial Design students take hearables design to a new level by creating \u2018Ear Art\u2019 using 3D ear scan technology."}],"uid":"32550","created_gmt":"2017-09-18 13:39:59","changed_gmt":"2017-10-19 17:40:19","author":"Malrey Head","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-09-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-09-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"596044":{"id":"596044","type":"image","title":"Ear Art (Industrial Design, 2017)","body":null,"created":"1505741775","gmt_created":"2017-09-18 13:36:15","changed":"1505741805","gmt_changed":"2017-09-18 13:36:45","alt":"Student\u0027s \u0022Ear Art\u0022 from ID class.","file":{"fid":"227147","name":"ear.art_.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ear.art_.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ear.art_.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":276079,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ear.art_.jpg?itok=G8eEoZEL"}}},"media_ids":["596044"],"groups":[{"id":"1225","name":"School of Industrial Design"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMalrey Head\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmalrey.head@design.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}