LAUREN McCARTHY
Experience
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Oblong Industries, Los Angeles, CA
Intern, June 2010 - Present
oblong.com
UCLA Design | Media Arts Program, Los Angeles, CA
Teaching Assistant, Interactivity (Prof. Casey Reas), 2009-10
Teaching Assistant, Type in Motion (Rafael Macho), 2010
Teaching Assistant, Video (Prof. Christian Moeller), 2010
Small Design Firm, Cambridge MA
Designer, June 2008 - August 2009
Design and implementation of interactive installations for museums, galleries, and institutions.
www.smalldesignfirm.com
Freelance web and graphic design
May 2007 - Present
Design and build websites and print for various small businesses and organizations.
MIT Visual Arts Program, Cambridge MA
Zones of Emergency Blog Developer, 2008
Worked on design and building of public facing blog (zonesofemergency.net) to publicize and document the MIT Visual Arts Program “Zones of Emergency” Lecture Series.
Continuum, West Newton MA
Brand Environments Intern, 2007
Worked with team on research, concept generation and production of experience design projects.
Organized and maintained materials library. Independently carried out internal concept project, redesigning music store experienc from research to design and final proposal presntation.
www.dcontinuum.com
MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA
Context Aware Computing Group Research Assistant, 2006
Worked on PlaceMap Project to create a user-centered interactive map.
Developed interactive visual display to introduce PlaceMap project to the public using Flash, Actionscript, C#, and HTML.
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Cambridge MA
Research Assistant, 2005
Worked with research team to investigate and implement a failure-oblivious strategy of computing.
Categorized, classified, and analyzed patterns of software bugs to identify predictors of software failure.
Exhibitions/Awards
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2010
Dean's Scholarship, UCLA
SIGGRAPH 2010 Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
(Re)Mapping the Museum Workshop, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (collaboration with Sara Wookey)
Interaction10, IxDA Conference, SCAD, Savannah, GA
NC State College of Design Biennial Graduate Symposium, Raleigh, NC
GADGET OK!, Art | Sci Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Good News/Bad News, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Awesome Foundation Fellowship Grant
1stfans Twitter Artist of the Month, Brooklyn Art Museum, Brooklyn, NY
New England WHAT IF? 60x60x60 Project (online)
Overhere, Gershwin Hotel, New York, NY (commissioned by a canary torsi)
American Wing Interactive Displays and Wayshowing, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Monticello Visitor Center, Charlottesville, VA
US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
The Politics of Shoes, Mobius, Boston, MA
Typos in the Writing on the Wall Edition 01 (online) Sarai Media Lab, New Delhi, India
2008
Zones of Emergency Show, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Unfold: Advanced Visual Arts Show, MIT, Cambridge, MA
NETWORKOUT: Senior Thesis Show (solo), MIT, Cambridge, MA
2007
Photography and the Brain Show, McGovern & Picower Institute, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Placemap Project, Pixelspaces, Ars Electronica, Austria, Linz
Skills
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Proficient with Windows, Mac, and Unix operating systems. Software development, extensive experience with graphics and web programming, in a variety of languages including Java, C++, openFrameworks, Processing, Python, C#, Scheme, Matlab, HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, Flash, ActionScript. Web, print, experience, and interaction design knowledge. Proficient with design software including Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro, Dreamweaver, AutoCAD, Max 3DS, Lightscape. Electronics/physical computing experience. Fabrication skills, including metalworking, woodworking, casting.