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Mubarak Marafa,

A Nigerian Interaction Designer living in Hong Kong. Trained as a New Media Artist specialising in the convergence of Art and Science he is an artist, programmer, and designer who is passionate about building things. Oh, and he has a MDes in Interaction Design. He has spent the last year as a researcher in the PolyU, School of Design.

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Mubarak has worked on...

iQuestion,

an application that connects users to each other so that they will be able to exchange knowledge, as currency.

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KarmaQ,

a conceptual system designed to add value to the time spent waiting in lines by making it worth something.

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GreenCo.

A proposal for changing the common perception of recyclables as something that is unwanted to something that is of value.

Shattered Communities,

a collaborative effort with a large team to alter the way people pass through the lobby of the Jockey Club Innovation Tower -Hadid.

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Auroral Spectrum,

an immersive 3D visualisation that compares the most light polluted place on earth with the least.

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and the Solotouch,

an instrument combining an intuitive hardware controller with intelligent software to allow anyone play rocking guitar solos without any musical training.

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Intersubjective Couches

A study on using biometric visualisation to influence Intersubjective Engagement. This was published and presented at The Science of Consciousness in Tucson Arizona in 2016.

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Her White Suns Orbit

A kinetic robotic installation that is mapped to the topography of the sand dunes of Death Valley in the Mojave Desert in California.

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Clara

A concept for a smartphone designed for the elderly, featuring large buttons that are screens, and a natural durable wooden enclusure.

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Mechanical Canopy

A concept for a dynamic playground environment that encorporates elements from nature to create an outdoor foyer. The prototype was modelled in Blender 3D and 3D printed and combined with Arduino and simple servos to visualise it.

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Table Top Turret

A prototype of a robotic shooter game we put together (literally overnight) as a proof of concept for a laser tag-esque style robotic game controlled by a Wii Nunchuk plugged into an Arduino and found parts.

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Alyssa

A 2D to 3D Character Design practice... Really I just wanted to try my hand at 3D Character modelling and rendering. I also gained a new appreciation for animation and how difficult it is!

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VR Dreaming

I've currently got my head in the clouds, building a project that came to me in a daydream.

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Sharing Anxiety

Users get nervous when handing their phones to other people, but we inherently love to "show-and-tell". Can I design a solution to address this pain point? Watch this space to find out.

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When Designers Jam

48 hours. 48 hours to build a service. 48 hours to build a service that could potentially change the world. That’s, in a nutshell, what I walked in on last weekend. Just kidding. I bought a ticket. This was going to be my first ever design jam... Click for more.

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