User Preferences: Tech Q&A With Dumb Eyes

Each week we chat about the tools of the trade with one outstanding creative to find out exactly how they do what they do. The questions are always the same, the answers, not so much. This week: Christian Petersen, Michael Ellsworth, and Corey Gutch of Dumb Eyes.

The Creators Project: Who are you and what do you do?
Dumb Eyes: We are a company called Dumb Eyes. We are a creative agency that merges art, design, technology, and good vibes.

What kind of hardware to you use?
Computers, cameras, record players, Kinect, analogue video synths and video projectors.

What kind of software do you use?
Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Premiere, Processing, iMovie, Coda, Drupal, Wordpress, and jQuery.

What piece of equipment can you simply not live without?
Petersen: Wii.
Ellsworth: The iPhone, it has taken the place of smoking cigarettes for me.
Gutch: PS3.

If money were no object, how would you change your current set up?
Better computers, better projectors, better chairs and a state-of-the-art video and photography studio.

Is there any piece of technology that inspired you to take the path you did?
Petersen: Pac-Man, Gauntlet, VCR.
Ellsworth: Photoshop. During an intro to P.S. workshop in high school, I learned how to use Edit> Undo. That was it for me. I was hooked.
Gutch: PageMaker.

What is your favorite piece of technology from your childhood?
Petersen: ZX Spectrum.
Ellsworth: NES.
Gutch: Atari 2600, Swatch watches, Sony Walkman.

What fantasy piece of technology would you like to see invented?
Petersen: X-ray spex.
Ellsworth: Holographic monitors.
Gutch: Teleportation stations.

See more of Dumb Eyes work on their website, Tumblr, or Behance profile. Follow them @dumbeyes.

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