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Faculty + Staff

Ayako
Aratani
Adjunct Faculty

Ayako Aratani is a furniture designer and sculptor based in Detroit. She was born and raised in Japan, where she studied product design at Chiba University, graduating in 2007. In 2016, she received her Master of Fine Arts from Cranbrook Academy of Art in the 3D design department. Her work embraces organic irregularities that are found in handmade beauty and warmth. Focusing on brass brazing and upholstery sewing, she explores design possibilities to push the boundaries of what furniture can be.

Her expertise and contributions to the field of design have been widely recognized, and she has received numerous prestigious awards. These include the iF Design Award, UNESCO Design City World Wide Things Collection, MUJI International Design Award Bronze prize, Good Design Award, and Saku City Chair Design Competition Gold prize. Her work has been featured in many prominent exhibitions, including a solo show as part of the Aratani Fay duo at Salon Gallery, the group exhibition “”Never Normal”” at Wasserman Project Gallery, and selected group exhibitions at the ICFF + WantedDesign Manhattan, the Architectural Design Digest Show in NYC, Salone Satellite in Milan, Collective Design in NYC, and the Interior Design Show in Toronto.

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Use Your Cell Phone as a Document Camera in Zoom

  • What you will need to have and do
  • Download the mobile Zoom app (either App Store or Google Play)
  • Have your phone plugged in
  • Set up video stand phone holder

From Computer

Log in and start your Zoom session with participants

From Phone

  • Start the Zoom session on your phone app (suggest setting your phone to “Do not disturb” since your phone screen will be seen in Zoom)
  • Type in the Meeting ID and Join
  • Do not use phone audio option to avoid feedback
  • Select “share content” and “screen” to share your cell phone’s screen in your Zoom session
  • Select “start broadcast” from Zoom app. The home screen of your cell phone is now being shared with your participants.

To use your cell phone as a makeshift document camera

  • Open (swipe to switch apps) and select the camera app on your phone
  • Start in photo mode and aim the camera at whatever materials you would like to share
  • This is where you will have to position what you want to share to get the best view – but you will see ‘how you are doing’ in the main Zoom session.