Ellen Yi-Luen Do was an associate professor in the University of Washington's Department of Architecture.

She received a Bachelor degree of architecture (Honors) from National Cheng-Kung University in Taiwan, a Master of Design Studies from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and a Ph.D. in design computing from Georgia Tech, with a minor in cognitive science.

archives:

Design Recorder • Electronic Cocktail Napkin • Graphics Interpreter of Design Actions • Navigational Blocks • Redliner • Right Tool Right Time •

events:

2.5.2003 - Ellen Yi-Luen Do spoke at N.A.K.E.D Lunch Series (New Adventures in Knowledge, Expression,... 7.9.2001 - 7.11.2001 - Design Machine Group: Mark D Gross , Ellen Yi-Luen Do , Brian R Johnson and Thomas...

research:

Design Amanuensis • Digital Sandbox • FlexM • MouseHaus • SketchVR • Smart Objects •

publications:

2004 EspressoCAD: A System to Support the Design of Dynamic Structure Configurations 2004 DESIGN EVALUATOR: Critiquing Freehand Sketches 2004 Baristas Unite! Reclaim Urban Spaces with Espresso Blocks! 2004 CRITIQUING FREEHAND SKETCHING: A Computational Tool for Design Evaluation 2004 A Computationally Enhanced Play Board For Group Interaction 2004 WINDOW SEAT: Visual Experience with an Interactive Chair 2004 Artifacts for Displaying Home Energy Use 2004 FlexM: Designing a Physical Construction Kit for 3D Modeling 2003 The Junk Mail to Spam Converter 2003 Learning via Distributed Dialogue: Livenotes and Handheld Wireless Technology 2003 ArchiDNA: A Genreative System for Shape Configuratons 2003 LightSketch: A sketch-modeling program for lighting analysis 2003 Scythe And Sew: A Tool For Creating Meaningful Patterns In Lighting Simulation Data 2003 A Physical Computing Studio: Exploring Computational Artifacts and Environments 2003 SPOT! Fetch Light! Interactive Navigable 3D Visualization of Direct Sunlight 2003 LiQuID: Lighting Quality in Design 2003 Window Seat: Interactive Chairware for Experiencing Virtual Spaces 2003 Design Evaluator: Sketching Interface with Design Critiques 2003 Light Pen -- sketching light in 3D 2003 Spot: A 3D Environment for Direct Sunlight Visualization 2003 Inspired by Eisenman: ArchiDNA, a creative shape generative system 2003 Energy Conservation Tutor (ECT) 2003 The Design and Programming of Modular Robotic Construction Kits 2003 MouseHaus Table, a Physical Interface for Urban Design 2003 MouseHaus Table 2002 Digital Sandbox, integrating landform making and analysis for landscape design 2002 Sketching Annotations in a 3D Web Environment 2002 Functional and Formal Reasoning in Architectural Sketches 2002 Annotating and Sketching on 3D Web models 2002 Navigational Blocks: navigating information space with tangible media 2002 Drawing Marks, Acts, and Reacts, toward a computational sketching interface for architectural design 2002 Navigational Blocks: Tangible Navigation of Digital Information 2002 Physical Computing: A Design Studio that Bridges Art, Science, and Engineering 2001 Thinking with Diagrams in Architectural Design 2001 Smart Objects: Constraints and Behaviors in a 3D Design Environment 2001 Space Pen: Annotation and Sketching on 3D Models on the Internet 2001 VR Sketchpad - Create Instant 3D Worlds by Sketching on a Transparent Window 2001 The Design Amanuensis - An Instrument for Multimodal Design Capture and Playback 2001 Graphics Interpreter of Design Actions - the GIDA system of diagram sorting and analysis 2000 Drawing on the Back of an Envelope: a framework for interacting with application programs by freehand drawing 2000 Immersive Redliner: Collaborative Design in Cyberspace 2000 Sketch that Scene for Me: Creating Virtual Worlds by Freehand Drawing 2000 Intentions in and Relations among Design Drawings 2000 Beyond the Low-hanging Fruit: Information Technology in Architectural Design, past, present, and future 1999 Drawing and Design Intentions -- an Investigation of freehand drawing conventions in design 1999 The Sundance Lab - 'Design systems of the future' 1999 Digital Media and the Language of Vision 1999 Sketches and Their Functions in Early Design: A Retrospective Analysis of a Pavilion House 1999 Integrating Digital Media in Design Studio: Six Paradigms 1999 Immersive redlining and annotation of 3D design models on the Web 1998 The Right Tool at the Right Time 1998 Interactive Systems for Supporting the Emergence of Concepts and IdeasConcepts and Ideas 1998 Collaboration and Coordination in Architectural Design: approaches to computer mediated work 1997 Inferring Design Intentions from Sketches 1997 Collaboration and Coordination in Architectural Design: approaches to computer mediated work 1997 Computability of Design Diagrams: an empirical study of diagram conventions in design 1997 The Design Studio Approach: Learning Design in Architecture Education 1997 Thinking with Diagrams 1997 Tools for visual and spatial analysis of CAD models: implementing computer tools as a means to thinking about architecture 1997 Collaboration and Coordination in Architectural Design: approaches to computer mediated team work 1997 Emergence in Sketching, in CHI97 Emergence Workshop 1996 Demonstrating the Electronic Cocktail Napkin: a paper-like interface for early design 1996 The Right Tool at the Right Time: An Investigation of Freehand Drawing as an Interface to Knowledge based Design Systems 1996 The Right Tool at the Right Time - PhD Dissertation Proposal 1996 Drawing as a Means to Design Reasoning 1996 Ambiguous Intentions: A paper-like interface for creative design 1996 Reasoning about cases with diagrams 1995 Supporting Case-Study Use in Design Education: A Computational Case-Based Design Aid for Architecture 1995 Drawing Analogies - Supporting Creative Architectural Design with Visual References 1995 Diagram Query and Image Retrieval in Design 1995 Shape Based Reminding as an aid to Creative Design 1995 What's in a Diagram that a Computer should Understand 1995 Finding visual references by sketching 1994 Using diagrams to access a case library of architectural designs

alumni:

Julie Chen •

presentations:

the IRS presentation: Intuitive Design Interfaces • the Design Amanuensis CF 2001 • interdisciplinary research studio • espressoCAD slides for GCADS 2004 • eCAADe - SPOT! Fetch Light - Interactive Navigable 3D Visualization of Direct Sunlight • VR Sketchpad CAAD Futures 2001 Presentation • The Space Pen movie • Spot - the Movie • Space Pen: Annotation and sketching on 3D models on the Internet • NetDraw Movie • Navigational Blocks • MouseHaus.Table • MouseHaus movie • Intuitive Digital Design: sketch, gesture and tangible interfaces • IUI Navigational Blocks presentation • IUI 2002: Annotating and Sketching on 3D Web Models • GIDA CAAD Futures 2001 Presentation • FlexM: Designing a Physical Construction Kit for 3D Modeling • Electronic Cocktail Napkin • Digital Sandbox Movie • Digital Sandbox • Design Evaluator: Critiquing Freehand Sketches • DMG research overview at the Berkeley Institute of Design retreat • Context-Aware: IO and Augmented Environment • CHI 2002: Navigational Blocks Presentation • Ambiguous Intentions (movie) • ACSA Technology Conference (2000) Beyond the Low-hanging Fruit •