2023
GIT Creative Agency
GIT Creative Agency is a student operated design agency functioning within ASU’s Graphic Information Technology Program. Students that are a part of this class are expected to consult, develop, and deliver industry-standard and high fidelity work for real-life clients.
During the Fall 2023 semester, The GIT Creative Agency was approached by Dr. Shawn Jordan to help him bring an idea for an interactive STEAM hackathon to life.
Client
Arizona State University, Central Intelligence Agency and South Mountain Community College
Role
Graphic Design | Concept Artist | Team Lead
Introduction
It’s not everyday that you get to work with two incredible titans on the same project. The CIA (yes, that CIA) and Arizona State University (ASU) have a long-standing relationship of collaboration. The latest of those efforts was an interactive STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) hackathon for all ages where groups would be engineering Rube Goldberg-style chain reaction machines with provided materials and an interactive storyline featuring a fictional cartoon character named F.R.E.D. (Friendly Robotic Engineering Droid). The goal of each team’s machine? To “Find F.R.E.D.” and simultaneously prove that your team didn’t kidnap F.R.E.D.
In Collaboration With
3D Prototyping
We designed a 3D rendering to give the robotics team a more comprehensive idea for how we envisioned his body to look. The plan was that once everyone was done hacking, F.R.E.D. would come out of hiding and make a big reveal to the crowd. With this rendering, Erik and Quinn would collaborate for months on creating a life-sized, animatronic robot—complete with articulating arms, a TV screen for a face, an illuminating lightbulb on his head, and a movement system crafted from a repurposed RC car.
