Alex Lin

Pittsburgh In View is an interactive installation that aims to rejuvenate the barren common space of Studio 3577 by bringing to life the vibrant city around it.

This art installation aims to raise awareness of campus power usage by animating environmental stress through dynamic elements of light and motion.

Crystal Tributaries is an homage to the three flowing rivers of Pittsburgh, which define this city as a terminus for industry, manufacturing, and processing - but also for art, technology, and culture. Rigid tesselations bend and break through airport corridors, illuminating as light on water's surface. Ephemeral and current, Crystal Tributaries is fundamentally Pittsburgh.

Digital Fireflies revolves around the idea of a passive interaction between the physical realm and digital interaction. Building on the preferences of the home owners, we’ve set up a projection system that imitates fireflies but also reacts to the temperature of the immediate surrounding context. This display as a passive overlay on the residential landscape is bound to create a soothing experience and elevate the sense of the space and nature as well.

Message is a digital platform for Google and its employees to interact with languages and communicate with its local context.