Danielle RobertsAvans Hogeschool · Academy of Art and Design
Danielle Roberts
Master of Fine Arts
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I am currently exploring how technology might stimulate self-transcendent experiences during the act of preparing and drinking tea. I use research through design methodologies while working towards a first prototype. This project is part of my master Crossover Creativity at the HKU, Netherlands.
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Magic Tea is an interactive art installation that is designed to transform the everyday activity of making and drinking tea such that it supports self-transcendent experiences: temporary, positive mental states in which self-consciousness is decreased and feelings of connection with others or the environment are increased. This is achieved by a nov...
This post describes the usability test and results of the Magic Tea interactive prototype. The focus of the test is on the usability of the system, it’s manual and the awareness of the systems' stimuli. The main goal of the test is to find out if the current design and interaction has the right balance between challenge and user-friendliness. A lac...
The pilot had two main aims. 1. Test the blended approach and learning materials with a multi-disciplinary group (design and health domain). 2. Let students explore the possibilities for using existing e-Health applications as part of an STE intervention. Full results here: http://numuseum.nl/blog/self-transcendence-and-technology-pilot-workshop/
Magic Tea is an interactive installation aimed to invite transformative experiences during the everyday act of preparing and drinking tea. The first design included several instances of entrainment to promote slow breathing. From previous user tests, it became clear that many participants didn’t notice the entraining stimuli or that the stimuli the...
During the previous experiment with both the interactive and analogue Magic Tea installation users reported obstacles which took them out of the experience and hindered a fluid interaction with the objects. Some of them were technology-related others might be solved at the analogue level. Different modifications were applied to the analogue prototy...
After conducting the Magic Tea demonstrations it became clear that the installation had potential for promoting the right mind-states towards a self-transcendent experience (STE). Over the past months the system has been prepared to allow users to operate the installation autonomously. This blogpost describes the system, its use, its support of the...
This supportive narrative aims to answer the question: how may technology invite self-transcendent experiences (STEs) like Emptiness during the everyday act of preparing and drinking tea? Emptiness is a Buddhist concept which expresses the interconnectivity and impermanence of all phenomena. Experiencing oneself as empty is an intense mystical expe...
This experiment aims to clarify which tea is the most appropriate for use during the Magic Tea ceremony. Earlier research by the author has resulted in the following the design criteria for the tea to be used: as natural and unprocessed as possible, aesthetically pleasing, evoke curiosity, may be unfamiliar. In collaboration with a trader of Chines...
This experiment explored how the different parts in the process of making and drinking tea can become an activity which promotes wholeness and in how far this modified activity evokes factors of enlightenment (attention, interest, energy, joy, calm and concentration). The result are translated into design criteria for the Magic Tea tea ceremony and...
This blog post describes different ways in which the methods and theory of Christopher Alexander where tested and applied in designing a contemporary tearoom. The effectiveness of and amount of wholeness present in the design was put to users in two questionnaires of which the results are shown and explained. Read the full post here: http://numuseu...
The possible mind-states besides everyday consciousness were: hindrance, relaxation, attention, concentration and insight. I asked participants to look back and log their state of mind every time they left a room. They could participate for one up to three days. More information in this blog post: www.numuseum.nl/blog/exploring-mind-states-at-home/
At random intervals during the day participants were asked to answer the following questions in the Reporter app for IOS: What are you doing? What is your current mind-state? Possible mind-states besides everyday consciousness were: hindrance, relaxation, attention, concentration and insight. The app automatically time-stamped the entries. More inf...