About me Carol Rozendo
I am an interaction designer and programmer flirting with digital and physical interfaces. I am currently pursuing a masters degree at MIT Media Lab, in the Object-Based Media Group. My background is mixed in between communication, media publishing, coding, digital and product design, arts and crafts. Apart from my work, I am especially motivated by prospective design and innovation for social good.
I WORKED WITH DATA VIZ
For a long priod I have worked in the news media industry, and some of my work was in the field of data visualization. I would create infographics or visual narratives for news publishing. In the interactive visualization below, all Oscar nominees and winners were represented in an animation that starts in 1929 and goes through 2016, highlighting actors of african descent. By making evident the small number of black nominees, it offers supporting data for questioning racial representation in the movie industry.
I PUBLISHED A BOOK
In portuguese, about the history of Typography. My graduation project for the degree in Communications and Media Arts, published as a book in 2010. Titled "Tipógrafos e Editores - O Período de Criação" (Typographers and Editors - the Creation Period) it provided a historical overview of some personalities in the early history of book publishing and typography, as well as their contributions for print media.
Edited by Bruno Tenan (Com-Arte)
I LOVE SCULPTURE
One of my explorations in the intersection of two of my interests is traditional sculpture of fictional characters. The one I like the most is the sculpture of character Yoda, from Star Wars, made by me in plastiline during a workshop. Aproximately 40 hours of work. I'm an amateur but I like sculpture as a way of having more intimacy with shapes and materials.