Work

Research & Experimentation

MetroChange

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A service that allows you to make a charitable donation using your New York subway card.

Forever

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Forever is an immersive experience for one person created with Lily Szajnberg for the Recurring Concepts in Art class at ITP

Pilot

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Pilot gives swimmers real-time feedback on their body position in the water, helping them improve their form over time.

We Are Working On It

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We are Working On It is a representation of cancer research from 1980-2010 accompanied by interviews with cancer research scientists.

Destinations

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Destinations is a game of global travel and strategy designed by as our final project the ITP Big Games class.

Nuclear Proliferation

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A five-day long augmented reality game where players unravel a conspiracy to smuggle nuclear secrets.

Earthquakes as Sound

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Following the catastrophic earthquake in Japan, this project represents earthquake data as sound.

From Over Here

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From Over Here is a physical data visualisation of articles from the New York Times from 1992-2010.

Swimming

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A short sound piece about the experience of swimming.

IrishData

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A ongoing project to create a repository of useful data relating to the Irish society and economy.

Photo+

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A device that records the story of a photograph for retrieval later.

UNICEF Story Spaces

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A platform that allows members of a diaspora community to donate children's stories for use in the field by UNICEF workers.

Power Plant

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A synthetic plant that grows in response to human interaction.

Multipurpose Fun Machine

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A fun, cheap, fun spatial game controller.

Scrap the Past

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A visualisation machine for a forgotten cassette tape.

Eyeship

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A remotely piloted airship that captures TV-quality video and streams it to the web.

Physical Motion Interface

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A vision-based computer input device.

Commercial Projects

Barracuda FX

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User experience design of a foreign exchange trading application.

Leckey

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An online strategy, and then a fresh new website for this maker of equipment for people with special needs.

Abbey Theatre

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A fresh, beautiful, easy-to-use home for Abbey Theatre: The National Theatre of Ireland.

NI Environment Agency

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A comprehensive online strategy to help better protect, promote and conserve Northern Ireland's environment.

Carte Blanche Greetings

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A series of projects and engagements for some of the UK's best-love gift and greeting brands.

BBC Irish Portal

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BBC Irish is a home for the Irish language and Irish culture on the BBC website.

Talks & Workshops

TEDx: Data Representation and Personal Narratives

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A talk about the process and value of engaging with data.

Scoping Web Projects

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A talk and workshop on how best to start a web development project. Given as a Masterclass at the University of Ulster.

Bigger Web Projects

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A talk on creating a sustainable web development sector in Ireland. Given at Barcamp Belfast 2009.

Writing for the Web

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A one-day workshop to help participants write clear, concise and effective text for the web
A small photo of The Author with some lovely tea by way of a witty footer
Paul May is a designer and UX consultant from Dublin, Ireland; he is currently a student at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP). Feel free to directly (or you can use the contact form). You can also get him on twitter or flickr. Paul enjoys writing in the third person.