PerSpectacles, 2018.
Many of today’s problems stem from social disconnect, despite social media’s promise of making the world more “connected.” That is why we created PerSpectacles, a pair of spectacles that challenges the promise of a more connected world. They provide a comfortable, but narrowed perspective, symbolic of the actual effect social media has on our world view. Each of the lenses was designed to exaggerate the ways in which technology facilitates and/or manipulates the way we view the world (e.g. unduly optimistic, narrow-minded, and ignorant). The ability to manually control the filters, as users of technology, is symbolic of our role in causing our lives to become more filtered, controlled, and detached.
PerSpectacles Team
Design
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Team PerSpectacles is composed of four students at UC Berkeley who share an interest in design, despite the differences in their years and majors. The team formed for an assignment in their Critical Making class where the prompt was to build a wearable. Motivated by their shared experiences in college, the team decided to use the project to address the issue of how social media filters life, causing feelings of social disconnect.
Nour Eldifrawy
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, 2018
Leeann Hu
B.A. Molecular & Cell Biology, 2019
Crystal Lee
B.A. Cognitive Science, 2018
Nigel Mevana
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2018
Nour Eldifrawy
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, 2018
Leeann Hu
B.A. Molecular & Cell Biology, 2019
Crystal Lee
B.A. Cognitive Science, 2018
Nigel Mevana
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2018