Looking for the perfect gift? The MFA Interaction Design Department has compiled a Holiday Gift Guide featuring unique items invented and produced by department students, faculty and alumni. These twelve design-minded projects are perfect for gifting to friends and family or for treating yourself. Receive $10 off until December 31, 2013 by using the discount code SVAHOLIDAY.
Items include:
Sticky Jots, sticky note pads with bases that emulate digital devices, upholding the idea that the act of jotting down ideas provides a unique platform for creative brainstorming and communication. Co-founded by MFA Interaction Design students Pam Jue and Rae Milne.
Pencil by FiftyThree, an accessory for the new mobile tool Paper. Department faculty member Ian Curry was a member of the design team.
Michael Yap’s (MFA 2012 Interaction Design) Etch Maps, customized data visualizations of Foursquare check-ins on poster-sized fine art prints.
A Book Apart, a series of essential considerations for web designers in 10 volumes. Co-founded by department faculty members Jeffrey Zeldman and Jason Santa Maria.
Coastermatic Collections, which offers absorbent stone coaster sets adorned with pre-designed prints, or your choice of Instagram photos. Founded by Tash Wong (MFA 2013 Interaction Design).
LEO the Maker Prince, a children’s book by department faculty member Carla Diana, which teaches children about 3D printing through the adventures of Carla and LEO the robot.
Mr. Toastie, designed by Nikki Sylianteng (MFA 2013 Interaction Design), a microwaveable heating pad filled with rice and designed for optimal winter warmth.
Li’l Stories, fun facts to share among friends about people, places, animals and objects. Each set includes five cards with an illustration and 5-10 facts. Founded by MFA Interaction Design Department student Anke Stohlmann.
Nike+ Feulband SE, which tracks all day movement, measuring activity levels for individuals of all ages and fitness levels. Derek Chan (MFA 2011 Interaction Design) worked on the UX team.
The Apocalypse Project Official Supporter’s Patch, designed by Catherine Young (MFA 2012 Interaction Design). Purchase of the patch supports the Apocalypse Project, “a speculative design research inquiry that explores our possible lifestyles as climate change continues to affect the planet.”
Facebox, a downloadable set of 50 stock photos of people’s faces, cleared for legal use by designers. Co-Founded by former department faculty member Khoi Vinh.
OFF Pocket, designed former department faculty member Adam Harvey. A pouch that blocks all wireless signals to and from mobile phones, preventing hacks and data leakage.