Catherine Tai is a Visual / Interaction designer.
Finished her master at NYU, ITP. Currently working in New York and San Francisco
Art and Technology background. Speaks a lot of Human and Computer Languages.
Contact: catherine.tai@nyu.edu

:: News  
Dec - Backdrop Visual Design for band album release party
Dec - now: Interaction and Visual Design at Oddcast, a character driven interactive media company
Nov -  Motion Graphic Designer for MSS-NewYork, A NY and Tokyo based production company
Sept - Technical support for Ogilvy's installation for NY Adweek
Sept - Technical support for Creative Time - Democracy in America
      
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SCREEN WORK SHOWREEL

Screen based production including 2D Compositings, 3D Animations, Special Effects on Film and 2D hand-drawn animation.
Selected Shots produced in 2004-2008

Visual Design, Motion Graphics, 2D, 3D, Special Effects


- Student Work in School of Creactive Media, HK
- Special Effects Artist for Independent Movie
  "Kung Fu Granny", NYC
- Assistant Animator for "Rezzy the Resolution", Disruptive   Pictures, NYC



CHESTER VOICE MODULATOR

Type in a message in the box and Chester the
character will speak that out.

Web & phone interactive, 3D modelling, texturing


Commercial project with Oddcast and Cheetos.
Launched website:
http://www.cheetos.com/view/game/chesters-voice-modulator/



SURROGATE MOVIE WEBSITE

Related to the movie, users can create their own surrogate
character and share with their friends
Access design, website, 3D modelling, texturing


Commercial project with Oddcast and Disney
Launched website:
http://www.chooseyoursurrogate.com



WELLS FARGO INTERACTIVE PROMO

Flash animation which allows to interact and change
the story along with the chosen result. It is published
to promote security issue while dealing with customers.

Flash, Action Script 3, Character Design, Icon Design.


Commercial project with Oddcast and Wells Fargo


PULSING

A permanent installation in UC Colorado Spings
with artist group - Living Lenses.

Physical computing, interactive installation,
Biofeedback

Technical Support
with Louise Bertelsen and Po Shu Wang


10 MINUTES BAMBOO

An resonpsive architectural installation which indicates
the arrival/departure of the NYC subway in Union Square

Metaform, Information Visualization, Responsive
Architecture

- Project in Intro in Metaform Class, 2007 Fall

- Collaborate with Jaewook Shin


NESTING HOUSE

Nesting House is an architectural project which a bird
house is built as a skin of a building, letting birds and
human live together.

Concept Visualiation, 3D Modelling


- Eyebeam, 2008

- Collaborate with Addie Wagenknecht


AUTOBLOCK

Autoblock is a kinetic sculpture which moves like a
transformer. It will collapse in response to users'
screaming.

Physical Computing, Interactive architecture,
Kinetic Sculpture

- May 2008 Thesis Project
  Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYU

- Solo Project


JBX Arcade 4000

Bursting with fun and loaded with features. JBX Arcade
4000 shoots to call and spread love to NYC listeners.

Physical Computing, Telephony, Game


- Living Art, Interactive Telecommunication Program, 2007
- ITP Spring Show 2007
- Sony Wonder Technology Lab Exhibition 2007

- Collaborate with James Daher, Rory Nugent


BUBBLE TALK

A Network Indicator showing who talks the most and least in
a group of people.

Physical Computing, Network Objects


- Project in Network Objects Class, 2008 Fall

- Colaborate with Eugene Ahn


PILLOW ALARM CLOCK

Clock system embedded inside a pillow using button up
actions replacing conventional pressing clock buttons.

Physical Computing, New Interfaces


- Project in Intro in Physcial Computing, 2006 Fall

- Solo Project


IDEAS GENERATOR

Ideas Generator is an interactive installation which sentences
are generated according to user's emotional expression.

Interactive Installation, Writing


- Writing Machine Exhibition 2004
- 2004 First Beijing International New Media Arts
  Exhibition and Symposium
- Collaborate with Jeff Ng and Marvin Hui


COURSEWARE DESIGN

Interface and Graphics Design for a commercial project
at "myitschool". Each courseware has a story and 3 games
for kids to have a better understanding of different chapters
in their textbooks.

Graphics Design, Interface Design, Courseware


- Mainly responsible for Graphics Design and adjustment
  on Flash actionscript


portfolio site by catherine tai, last update April 2010