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Designing Syn
Senior Capstone Project

University of Minnesota Spring 2023
Professors Karl Engebretson & Sungduck Lee
Designing Syn is an ongoing research project that studies Cross-Modal Translation and how it can be used to create compelling and cohesive works of multi-sensory art and design.

Designing Syn







Like an orchestra, each of our senses forms a symphony of everyday experience






We are constantly processing sensory information. With every input, our brains translate that experience into information our other senses can process. Cross-Modal Translation (CMT) is how we can assume the taste of baking bread through its smell or assume the texture of a surface
through sight.

By studying this process of translating sensory inputs, we can create more meaningful, cohesive, and compelling multi-sensory design solutions.