YOLO FOMO JOMO: VILLA-MACHINE VS. WANDERLUST

IN AN INTERCONNECTED WORLD: A STUDY, CHARRETTE, LAB, DESIGN, AND CAD WORKSHOP, GAMESTORMING IN VIRTUAL REALITY, HCI, BRICK MORTAR, AND STUDY ABROAD LEARNING SPACES WITH FULL DIGITAL DELIVERY. This is a book that looks at gadgets and their attending immersive environments. It is about YOLO, FOMO, JOMO....you only live once, fear of missing out, and joy of missing out. It is a book of project proposals, research, musing, and project completions. The writing for this series took place over the summer of 2018 at FUA in Florence. we began to explore the social and psychological dimension of an ancient city. Will this be wholesale solipsism and alienation? Why do we travel? What is the new post-materiality? Do we value experience more than material possessions? Should we 'bunker down' in our lives but experience a 'buffet' of travel? It is a book that looks at the ways we have changed in our expression and storytelling because of the new means of communication: