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Michael Francis Cook
Milwaukee
Ilium Design Forge / Betty Brinn Children's Museum
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About Me

Milwaukee based designer and builder of interactive exhibits. My primary area of interest is the intersection between old technology (carpentry, metalwork) and new technology (touch sensitivity, RFID, etc).

Work History

  • Ilium Design Forge
  • Designer/Developer
  • June 2007 to Present

  • For Ilium Forge I design touch screen flash kiosks and prototype electronic interfaces.

  • Betty Brinn Children's Museum
  • Exhibit Developer
  • July 2006 to Present

  • At The Betty Brinn Children's Museum it is my job to design and prototype educational interactives for children.

Education

  • University of Wisconsin Whitewater
  • Studio Art, Mixed Media Sculpture, Graphic Design, Sociology
  • 2005 -
Interests
Electronics, Interface Design, Bicycles, Cooking, Making Things.
Goals
  1. do all that I can to create exciting and memorable experiences
  2. advance the cause of physical, non-mouse and keyboard, computer interaction
  3. play as much as I can every day.
  4. find purpose and meaning in my work.
  5. help more than I hurt.
Favorite Quote
"The Path is the Goal"
Specialties
Carpentry, Graphic Design, Welding, 3D Design, engineering, problem-solving

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Ryan Paugh
Katherine Cannistra
Erica Conway
Colleen Dilenschneider
Leslie Juvin Acker

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