Entoptic Field Monitor @ Dutch Design Week

Entoptic Field Monitor @ Dutch Design Week

The Entoptic Field Monitor was shown at the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The Entoptic Field Monitor is a ‘post-GDPR’ surveillance application which renders AI-based approximations of a camera feed.

Installation view of the Entoptic Field Monitor. (c) Twycer / www.twycer.nl Installation view of the Entoptic Field Monitor. (c) Twycer

As part of the Design United Expo, the Entoptic Field Monitor was shown within the context of neo-craftsmanship since it utilizes Machine Learning uncertainty as a material for speculative product design.

Close-up view of the Entoptic Field Monitor. Close-up view of the Entoptic Field Monitor.

Similar to its earlier presentation alongside the Shape of Trust project at the London Design Festival, it proved to be a productive vehicle to reflect on how AI technologies shape perception and what new experiences could be designed for accordingly. Our research associate, Jesse Josua Benjamin, was on site to present the Entoptic Field Monitor as well as engaging in a public-facing workshop on the potentials of emerging technologies for design.

Jesse Josua Benjamin presenting our work at the Design United Transitions Event. (c) Marica De Michele Jesse Josua Benjamin presenting our work at the Design United Transitions Event. (c) Marica De Michele

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Dr Jesse Josua Benjamin

Jesse was a Research Associate on the project, working around generative AI. He draws upon design training, and integrates design research with philosophical analyses to unfold phenomena associated with emerging technologies; such as sense-making practices, design affordances, and how in particular technologies transform the appearance of the world and the things and people in it. He left the project in 2024 to become an Assistant Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology.