Introduction

In addition to this virtual thesis (welcome!) and associated digital assets, the Deshonesty universe also includes an interactive installation as part of the Arts and Humanities 2022 Graduate Exhibition at the Manetti Shrem Museum on display from June 2-19. Key components from that installation are featured here, including a database-style “catalog” of all Deshonesty artifacts on display.

Manetti Shrem exhibition

Deshonesty at the Shrem features the following experiences:

three walls covered in documents, photos, and ephemera from throughout all phases of the project
an interactive Documentation for Designers research poster presented at the UC Davis Scholarship of Teaching and Learning conference in 2021, featuring take-home prompt cards of adaptations of course assignments
two looping video reels of process footage — one showing an assemblage of timelapses, the other showing a compilation of real-time, slow-motion, and stop motion video
three long strings of Polaroid photos featuring process imagery
an interactive desk display featuring DARB 1000-X — a “docent” version of DARB programmed to help visitors interpret the surrounding exhibit

First view of the Deshonesty exhibition looking down a long hallway that leads around a corner — the walls are covered in canvas panels with photos, stickies, and tape stuck to them. Several strings of Polaroid photos cross the hall overhead.

View of the corner of the exhibit — two canvas-covered walls meet. There’s a pink writing desk with the DARB 1000-X display directly in front of one of the walls. On the second wall, there are monitors showing videos alongside the SOTL research poster.

Second view of the exhibit corner, with a slightly better view of the wall with the video monitors and the SOTL poster. Papier Mâché string letters hang overhead, spelling out “DESHONESTY.”

Closeup view of the pink writing desk, featuring the DARB 1000-X desk display, the guest book, the course materials binder, and the design ontologies binder. A pink crewneck with Trace’s nametag hangs off the white rolling chair. There’s a pink salamander plushie that says “Axolotl questions.”