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How to do counter-UI/UX design
Interfaces help manipulate your sense of reality. As a designer/developer who is part of the plural "user" being manipulated, you need a better curriculum than …
How to simply set up IIIF images for your small archive
I explore IIIF as a web-standard to host large scale media archive that are backed by IIIF
Maps of Hyderabad Cinema History
This was a project to create print-ready maps of the cinema halls that existed in Hyderabad from 1936 to 2018.
Art that I make
Posters and painting I did for different projects
Establishing a community network
I created a speculative framework to imagine a long-term sustainable community network and its stakeholders
How I use speculative design
I use Speculative design methods to inquire different questions.
Papad - Community Audio Knowledge Archives
Papad is designed to be used by community-based practitioners to store and access knowledge bases. We were running it over a decentralised community network of …
Portfolio - Workshops, Classes, Panels and Publications
A list of the Workshops, Classes, Panels and Publications that I organized, spoke, wrote
Publications
A list of the pieces that I wrote, co-wrote and edited
Seeing, Being, Doing: design
I, co-taught a four month course on responding as a creative practitioner to places where humans and non-humans gather through place-based design research …
Speculative Storytelling in Wayanad
This was the output of a 5-week course in Wayanad in Kerala, India in the aftermath of the floods of 2018. The Intervention is an educational tool that asks, …
The Lived Experience Project
Explore the journey of creating a robust knowledge infrastructure to enhance the livelihoods of persons with disabilities through the Lived Experience Project.
Feeling through the Cities - Koramangala
A poetic reflection on the hidden rhythms and overlooked details of daily life in Koramangala, Bangalore.
Milli - Connect and Annotate your Archives
Milli was an open-source platform designed to make archives more democratic in the described and annotated ways. The core was to achieve this using the W3C Web …
Pune Covid Relief
Website deployed for dissemination of covid-19 resources
Selecting tools for Indian Collectives
When selecting tools for use by the collectives I worked with in India, we had to consider the following factors due to the unique context and limited resources …
Care-full Collectives and their Care Practices
I explore the intricate relationship between care, collaboration, and networks within various collectives, delving into my experiences in Team YUVAA, Living …
The Imposter Among Us
This is a reading list from a discussion on "How do platforms compel/enable the manufacturing of "truth" and "ignorance"? And what does that mean in the context …
Antarsam: Speculative Fiction about a different Internet
The Antarsam project is a speculative exploration into alternate histories and potential futures, inspired by ecological systems, technological artifacts, …
Caste and Education Geospatially in Rural Bihar
A transdisciplinary research project in collaboration with Project Potential Trust, Kishanganj, delving into the impact of the caste system on education and …
Carpooling Unalone - Karwaan
A classroom project doing user research about Carpooling in India leading to a design
Habba
In my internship with Habba in 2018, I undertook the task of redesigning their website to improve user experience and highlight the unique aspects of their …
The Disenfranchisement of Paniyas in Kerala
By studying the literature around the Paniya tribe, I cover topics such as population, caste names and structures in Wayanad, periods of Paniya history, …
Designers Ace
A set of 101 cards aimed at fostering design thinking among budding designers.
About
Hi, My name is Micah I work with various collectives learning to nurture conversations, efforts and people. I do this through creative making and facilitating …
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This page shows all articles and writing. How to do counter-UI/UX design Interfaces help manipulate your sense of reality. As a designer/developer who is part …
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This page shows all Design work. Papad - Community Audio Knowledge Archives Papad is designed to be used by community-based practitioners to store and access …
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This page shows all research work. Speculative Storytelling in Wayanad This was the output of a 5-week course in Wayanad in Kerala, India in the aftermath of …
Résumé
Resume of Micah Alex - Designer, researcher, and facilitator interested in community technology, archives, novel interfaces, and tech histories.
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Timeline of Work
A chronological view of my projects and contributions
UI/UX Design
This page shows all UI/UX Design work. Papad - Community Audio Knowledge Archives Papad is designed to be used by community-based practitioners to store and …
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