Some media objects randomly collected during the journey.

Make Custom Electronic Goods Online: Ponoko and Sparkfun Team Up!

Posted: August 31st, 2010 | Author: (author unknown) | Filed under: Syndicated | Comments Off

We're excited to hear that Ponoko, the popular, laser-cutter based, online fabrication system, is teaming up with SparkFun to offer electronic hardware as part of its catalog of materials, allowing makers to create polished, custom electronic products. Touch-sensitive, gps-enabled, music-producing robots that feed your cat come to mind.

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London Design Festival 2010 Preview: Robots in Trafalgar Square

Posted: August 30th, 2010 | Author: (author unknown) | Filed under: Syndicated | Comments Off

If you're one to fantasize about having control over large-scale robots in a public space (to do good, not evil, of course), Kram/Weisshaar has teamed up with Audi to make your dreams come true during the 2010 London Design Festival.

As this year's Trafalgar Square Installation, Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram designed Outrace, an interactive installation in which the public - both those in Trafalgar Square and a remote global web audience - send instructions to eight large-scale industrial robots, on loan from Audi's manufacturing line. Through the Outrace website during the Festival, participants can send text messages from phones and computers, which are then transcribed as 3D light messages by the installation.

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Siren Elise Wilhelmsen wins Time to Design 2010 with her knitting clock

Posted: August 27th, 2010 | Author: (author unknown) | Filed under: Syndicated | Comments Off

2010's Time to Design Award was presented to Norweigan Siren Elise Wilhelmsen for her project Developing Time—Time Developing, a clock that knits 48 meshes per day, and produces one two meter long scarf per year.

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MoodWall: Changing Local Behavior through Interactive Media Architecture

Posted: June 28th, 2010 | Author: (author unknown) | Filed under: Syndicated | Comments Off

While there are more than plenty media architecture projects around, most can be described as a form of spectacular self-centered architectural decoration, rather than some sort of technological answer to an existing social context within the local environment. The Moodwall [archdaily.com] might be one of the first exceptions. Moodwall is a 24-meter long interactive surface containing 25,000 LED lights, which acts as a stage for art and media in a neighborhood of Amsterdam. The wall, located in a low pedestrian tunnel, reacts to the movement of passers-by by dynamic light changes, with the overall aim to reduce the feeling of unsafeness in the local area.

The curves in the wall should make it less suitable for grafitti and improve the visibility of the content from the sides. In addition, the resolution is horizontally stretched so the images of the screen so to stimulate people to watch the imagery from outside the tunnel and prevent the tunnel to become a hang-out spot.

Reminds me of the (now defunct?) interactive waterfall.

RISD’s “Artrepreneur Starter Kit” for 2010 graduates

Posted: May 27th, 2010 | Author: (author unknown) | Filed under: Syndicated | Comments Off

RISD is now supplementing its diploma with an "Artrepreneur Starter Kit," helping the graduating class of 2010 get a head start on creative entrepreneurship. Kudos to RISD president John Maeda for arranging this kit. He believes that "a new kind of design-led leadership is needed to innovate out of this global economic crisis. Artists and designers can bring their intuitive, creative thinking to a broad array of fields, and become the drivers of economic possibility in our slowed economy."

The kit, pictured above, will include Square, an application and peripheral for receiving credit card payments on mobile devices, a pack of MOO business cards, and a free license everfi.com, a financial literacy platform.

It's hard to say whether this particular toolkit will make a difference or not, but RISD's supportive attitude towards creative entrepreneurship certainly will, and we hope more schools will follow suit.

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The Future of Data Overload as Envisioned for 2020

Posted: May 12th, 2010 | Author: (author unknown) | Filed under: Syndicated | Comments Off

Global innovation firm Frog Design recently brought designers, futurists and journalists together to envision the future of computing in 2020. In 2020, the computer is not only incorporated into every aspect of our lives, but should become an integral part of ourselves. With this in mind, the workshop aimed to imagine how future technology would influence the key areas of Social, Travel, Commerce, Healthcare, and Media.

In the "Bodynet" concept scenario, future technologies will monitor our body's vital conditions and compute the outcome of our actions on-the-fly. So this technology allows you to enjoy that McDonalds meal even more, being assured by a floating data dashboard how it will shorten your estimated lifespan with several weeks.

The "Whuffie Meter" merges your physical presence with that of your online social identity. Socializing will take on completely new dimensions when people can see everything public about a person on semi-transparent infographic displays floating over their heads, right as they are talking with them. Question of allowing people to map your faked personal ad information to your person straight away.

"ThingBook" exploits the concept of "Internet of Things" to allow people to go shopping practically everywhere and at any time. Do you like that new car you saw drive by? Just call up the floating interface and press "buy". Want to really know how old that shirt is of your work colleague? Discover and humiliate him right there and then.

More information at Pattern Language blog and Forbes.

I am curious: who can come up with some original captions for any of the concept images available below?

BBC to Project the UK General Election Results on to Big Ben Tower

Posted: May 3rd, 2010 | Author: (author unknown) | Filed under: Syndicated | Comments Off

The BBC recently announced [bbc.co.uk] that the results of the UK general election 2010 are to be projected on to St Stephen's Tower, world-famous as the clock tower that houses Big Ben.

The idea behind projecting the results in this way is to provide a clear and simple source of information and to create an "arresting" image. The results projection, which will be removed after dawn on 7 May, will feature a "winning line", representing the 326 seats that any party will need to win to be sure of an outright victory. The idea was approved by the parliamentary authorities, responsible for the management of its buildings and the BBC is said to be "delighted" with the initiative.

Via Mara News and Datanemics.

Note: the image on the left appeared at the BBC website. No clue why the Photoshop guy could not update the "2005" reference with a more appropriate year label. The other image originates from Greenpeace. I therefore hope the security has the perimeter around the tower covered for any potential data "skewing" from outside.

What do you think? Is it a useful way to display newsworthy information?

It looks like a rendering, but it’s not: Lichtfront’s augmented light sculpture

Posted: March 24th, 2010 | Author: (author unknown) | Filed under: Syndicated | Comments Off

Installation artists and visual designers Grosse8/Lichtfront developed the above "Augmented Sculpture," working in both 3-D and time-based media, presented to a public audience for the first time in January at the Interior Design Week Cologne. The documentation of the installation is now online, and though we know it's not an animated rendering or a Processing script, our brains aren't quite convinced.

The sculpture comprises of two parts: a 2.5m tall wooden sculpture that acts as a screen for a precisely registered 360° projection system. Lichtfront elaborates in the comment section of YouTube:

We did it with 4 projectors, placed around the object. The graphics were done in AfterEffects. We worked in a composition that was [cut] into the 4 output movies at the end. Then we played the 4 videos on 2 computer, synchronised by a vvvv patch.

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Hylozoic Ground: Canada sends an artificial forest to Venice

Posted: March 24th, 2010 | Author: (author unknown) | Filed under: Syndicated | Comments Off

Hylozoic Ground, the award-winning installation from Philip Beesley Architect, Inc., has been chosen to represent Canada at the Venice Biennale of Architecture this coming Fall. The installation is immersive and responsive, embedded with a network of Arduino microcontrollers, sensors and actuators. The acrylic lattice, covered with "interactive mechanical fronds, filters and whiskers," reacts to the movement of the occupants in the space, suggesting a more empathic relationship between architecture and people.

We did a little research on the title: Hylozoism is a philosophical idea that life is inseparable from matter, as coined by Ralph Cudworth in 1678. This is a fitting title, very representative of the qualities of the project. As Eric Haldenby, Director Waterloo Architecture Cambridge, puts it:

"This wonderful piece refreshes, or, even, restores the fundamental relationship between the built and natural environments. The work holds out the promise that there will one day be an architecture this deep, vivid and alive."

The core project team includes architect Philip Beesley, Andrew Hunter, an independent artist, writer and curator, and Dr. Rob Gorbet, Associate Professor of Computer and Electrical Engineering at the University of Waterloo, who sent us this tip in the first place.

To learn more about the sculpture or to join the team supporting the Venice exhibition, visit www.hylozoicground.com.

A few more after the jump.

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The Newspaper Tablet Concepts – (by @baekdal)

Posted: December 20th, 2009 | Author: (author unknown) | Filed under: Syndicated | Comments Off

The newspaper industry is falling over themselves in the fight to come up with a ever more impressive newspaper tablet. The problem is that they miss the point completely (as I wrote about in "The Future of News, Tablets, and Business Models").

The future of news is not a fancy interactive versions of each newspaper. It's a more engaging and information friendly personal news aggregator. Or a personal, augmented, social RSS reader on steroids. One that is about news and not newspapers.

We are all waiting for the mythical Apple tablet, but I actually think that you should be watching Amazon instead. All they need to do is to create a personal RSS reader, for the Kindle, and combine that with a little layout magic.

But all these concepts are really pretty. Just take a look below:

Mag+

The Mag+ concept is created by Berg, for Bonnier Magazines. Looks good, except that they are only using a very small part of the screen for the actual text. It's not very scalable in that format.

Sports Illustrated tablet

Again, very pretty - but too focused on just a single news source. This would not work with news for many different sources. The layout controls the content, not the other way around.

Wired Tablet

Not as pretty as the other ones. mainly because it is merely the print layout on a tablet. They are not using the power of the screen or touch. And they apparently asked the CEO's 12 year old nephew to play some music...

Microsoft "Courier" tablet

Not exactly a newspaper tablet, but Microsoft's concept comes much closer to what the future of tablet will really be like.

The Sun Tablet

Of course, this article wouldn't be complete without the Sun tablet... :)

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Indeed, multinational companies in these countries spend an inordinate amount of time and money trying to prevent their products from being copied. But Shanzhai — “copycat” design — represents a vast business opportunity. Shanzhai is an open platform for grassroots innovation: <a href="http://www.apple.com/startpage/" title="Apple">Apple</a>, <a href="http://ncomprod.nokia.com/" title="Nokia">Nokia</a>, and <a href="http://www.samsung.com/us/" title="Samsung">Samsung</a> smartphones get copied, but the knockoffs adapt the original designs in ways that appeal to Chinese customers. Shanzhai designers might add a flashlight, key in areas with unstable electricity. The effect is to make products accessible to common folks in terms of price, aesthetics, values, and needs. Shanzhai designs are an opportunity for international companies to introduce Chinese consumers to their brands, and then observe how local Chinese culture adapts their offerings. How might companies harness learning by observing Shanzhai designs? 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I’ve seen a mirror-browsing project 4 years ago (students from Malmö amazingly), device stretching is a long-standing dream for many device manufacturers, and multi-devices sharing is at least 10 years old. <a href="http://mobileuserinterfaces.blogspot.com/2010/09/future-os-screens-experience-video.html">Source</a>" } ["category"]=> string(9) "Interface" ["category#2"]=> string(6) "Sweden" ["category#3"]=> string(10) "Technology" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1283636111) } [3]=> array(60) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id@"]=> string(14) "gr:original-id" ["id@gr:original-id"]=> string(116) "http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/make_custom_electronic_goods_online_ponoko_and_sparkfun_team_up__17281.asp" ["id"]=> string(48) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/5d03e39a7c2b81fb" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category@"]=> string(4) "term" ["category@term"]=> string(14) "Object Culture" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["title"]=> string(65) "Make Custom Electronic Goods Online: Ponoko and Sparkfun Team Up!" 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Touch-sensitive, gps-enabled, music-producing robots that feed your cat come to mind.<a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/make_custom_electronic_goods_online_ponoko_and_sparkfun_team_up__17281.asp">(more...)</a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dwTkXaWNyECY-fb-25Ej8eLcphQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dwTkXaWNyECY-fb-25Ej8eLcphQ/0/di" border="0" ismap></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dwTkXaWNyECY-fb-25Ej8eLcphQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dwTkXaWNyECY-fb-25Ej8eLcphQ/1/di" border="0" ismap></a>" ["content"]=> NULL ["category"]=> string(14) "Object Culture" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1283286951) } [4]=> array(60) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id@"]=> string(14) "gr:original-id" ["id@gr:original-id"]=> string(106) "http://www.core77.com/blog/events/london_design_festival_2010_preview_robots_in_trafalgar_square_17267.asp" ["id"]=> string(48) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/974c3628d92b573e" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category@"]=> string(4) "term" ["category@term"]=> string(6) "Events" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["title"]=> string(63) "London Design Festival 2010 Preview: Robots in Trafalgar Square" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(20) "2010-08-30T18:52:23Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(20) "2010-08-30T18:52:23Z" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(130) "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/core77/blog/~3/zMKm788BlzU/london_design_festival_2010_preview_robots_in_trafalgar_square_17267.asp" ["link@"]=> string(13) "rel,href,type" ["link@rel"]=> string(9) "alternate" ["link@href"]=> string(130) "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/core77/blog/~3/zMKm788BlzU/london_design_festival_2010_preview_robots_in_trafalgar_square_17267.asp" ["link@type"]=> string(9) "text/html" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary@"]=> string(13) "xml:base,type" ["summary@xml:base"]=> string(27) "http://www.core77.com/blog/" ["summary@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["summary"]=> string(1029) "<div><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2010/08/traf4.jpg" width="468" height="523" alt="traf4.jpg"></div> If you're one to fantasize about having control over large-scale robots in a public space (to do good, not evil, of course), Kram/Weisshaar has teamed up with Audi to make your dreams come true during the 2010 London Design Festival. As this year's Trafalgar Square Installation, Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram designed <a href="http://www.outrace.org/">Outrace</a>, an interactive installation in which the public - both those in Trafalgar Square and a remote global web audience - send instructions to eight large-scale industrial robots, on loan from Audi's manufacturing line. 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As this year's Trafalgar Square Installation, Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram designed <a href="http://www.outrace.org/">Outrace</a>, an interactive installation in which the public - both those in Trafalgar Square and a remote global web audience - send instructions to eight large-scale industrial robots, on loan from Audi's manufacturing line. 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And welcome to read this blog. Hopefully someone in the classroom will tell you about this, so that all of you can start blogging and finding out about all the marvelous things related to IxD. I graduated about a year ago, and been looking for a job ever since. Alas, I’ve had no luck. Here are some advices to all you students in getting a job. 1) If you don’t have previous work experience before you came to the school, take a year off and do those internships. You cannot get a job unless you have at least a year of experience, preferably more. All the interviews I’ve had, have failed because of this. Internships are easy to get, when you are still in school, after that, no chance whatsoever. Try to get at least 2 companies to your CV, preferbaly more. 2)And your final thesis, make sure you have a sponsor for it. Don’t do overly futuristic stuff, or if you do make sure it ties down to the basics of IxD. The companies are interested if you have the capability to do the stuff, before they are in your ideas. 3)As soon as you graduate, the places you go for interviews will start asking if you can do wireframes, patterns and flowcharts. If you don’t know what those are, don’t worry. They are the simplest thing ever and you probably can do better. 4) Learn to code. HTML, Javascript, PHP and all that jazz is very good to know, and I guarantee it will help you in getting a job. Flash is pretty much dead, the reasons for that are pretty much all over the web and is related to the runtime itself, still, it’s up to you if you want to learn it as a lot of companies still use it. I wouldn’t. 5) Physical computing is great, it’s fun, it’s the future and you should learn to do it, but, the truth is.. nobody is interested in the future, unless they have a lot of money and/or genuine interest to do it. Almost every company I have interviewed at say that it’s interesting and they want to do that, but lack of funding or interest towards hardware interaction is a hard sell for marketing people. Things might change soon, though, as NFC phones are becoming mainstream next year, at least most of the Nokias. More about that later. 6) Get enthusiastic. There is nothing worse than a designer not believing in design. Use this blog or make your own (another good thing to learn, hack WordPress) to report your findings to the world. If you love yourself too much, you can also use Twitter to do it ;) Talk about future technologies with everyone, go to conferences and get really drunk with the people there, talk about interactions while you are drunk, it’s great fun. 7) Learn to design mobile stuff. Before it was web, now it’s mobile apps. Don’t limit yourself to iPhones, as good as they are, they are meant for rich people. 8) Don’t worry about operating systems or design guidelines and things called “Scrum” or “Agile”, you really can live without those. They may help you in getting job, however. But, the job you are gonna get is closer to development than design work. Your choice. 9) Do a really nice portfolio, that has a mixture of mobile, web, ethnographics, psychology, the future, physical computing, (maybe flowcharts), paper prototypes, “design thinking” (I know, a clichee), collaborative working and more! 10) Do those internships! I can’t emphasize enough how important job experience is. Good luck, and don’t drink those 3,5′s, they won’t get you drunk, but you will get a terrible hangover." 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And welcome to read this blog. Hopefully someone in the classroom will tell you about this, so that all of you can start blogging and finding out about all the marvelous things related to IxD. I graduated about a year ago, and been looking for a job ever since. Alas, I’ve had no luck. Here are some advices to all you students in getting a job. 1) If you don’t have previous work experience before you came to the school, take a year off and do those internships. You cannot get a job unless you have at least a year of experience, preferably more. All the interviews I’ve had, have failed because of this. Internships are easy to get, when you are still in school, after that, no chance whatsoever. Try to get at least 2 companies to your CV, preferbaly more. 2)And your final thesis, make sure you have a sponsor for it. Don’t do overly futuristic stuff, or if you do make sure it ties down to the basics of IxD. The companies are interested if you have the capability to do the stuff, before they are in your ideas. 3)As soon as you graduate, the places you go for interviews will start asking if you can do wireframes, patterns and flowcharts. If you don’t know what those are, don’t worry. They are the simplest thing ever and you probably can do better. 4) Learn to code. HTML, Javascript, PHP and all that jazz is very good to know, and I guarantee it will help you in getting a job. Flash is pretty much dead, the reasons for that are pretty much all over the web and is related to the runtime itself, still, it’s up to you if you want to learn it as a lot of companies still use it. I wouldn’t. 5) Physical computing is great, it’s fun, it’s the future and you should learn to do it, but, the truth is.. nobody is interested in the future, unless they have a lot of money and/or genuine interest to do it. Almost every company I have interviewed at say that it’s interesting and they want to do that, but lack of funding or interest towards hardware interaction is a hard sell for marketing people. Things might change soon, though, as NFC phones are becoming mainstream next year, at least most of the Nokias. More about that later. 6) Get enthusiastic. There is nothing worse than a designer not believing in design. Use this blog or make your own (another good thing to learn, hack WordPress) to report your findings to the world. If you love yourself too much, you can also use Twitter to do it ;) Talk about future technologies with everyone, go to conferences and get really drunk with the people there, talk about interactions while you are drunk, it’s great fun. 7) Learn to design mobile stuff. Before it was web, now it’s mobile apps. Don’t limit yourself to iPhones, as good as they are, they are meant for rich people. 8) Don’t worry about operating systems or design guidelines and things called “Scrum” or “Agile”, you really can live without those. They may help you in getting job, however. But, the job you are gonna get is closer to development than design work. Your choice. 9) Do a really nice portfolio, that has a mixture of mobile, web, ethnographics, psychology, the future, physical computing, (maybe flowcharts), paper prototypes, “design thinking” (I know, a clichee), collaborative working and more! 10) Do those internships! I can’t emphasize enough how important job experience is. Good luck, and don’t drink those 3,5′s, they won’t get you drunk, but you will get a terrible hangover." } ["category"]=> string(18) "Interaction Design" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1282314872) } [7]=> array(53) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id@"]=> string(14) "gr:original-id" ["id@gr:original-id"]=> string(29) "tag:www.notcot.org,2010:33004" ["id"]=> string(48) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/c7300703680bd134" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["title"]=> string(48) "This business card can be used to create tiny..." 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It's designed as a sample modeling kit. You can build a toy plane, boat, or car from the pieces. (Want more? See <a href="http://www.notcot.org">NOTCOT.org</a> and <a href="http://www.notcot.com">NOTCOT.com</a>)" } ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1280349835) } [8]=> array(53) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id@"]=> string(14) "gr:original-id" ["id@gr:original-id"]=> string(29) "tag:www.notcot.org,2010:32811" ["id"]=> string(48) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/fd35bc2a9266d5d3" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["title"]=> string(44) "The mineral fibre facade boards Rockpanel..." 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Depending on the colour of the base coat, the crystal layers refract light into a range of different colours. (Want more? 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Depending on the colour of the base coat, the crystal layers refract light into a range of different colours. (Want more? See <a href="http://www.notcot.org">NOTCOT.org</a> and <a href="http://www.notcot.com">NOTCOT.com</a>)" } ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1279823844) } [9]=> array(53) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id@"]=> string(14) "gr:original-id" ["id@gr:original-id"]=> string(29) "tag:www.notcot.org,2010:32847" ["id"]=> string(48) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/21a0e48ec8db6978" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["title"]=> string(45) "Dirty Water Campaign ~ dirty water vending..." 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As part of UNICEF's Tap Project to make people realize just how bad water-related diseases are... (Want more? See <a href="http://www.notcot.org">NOTCOT.org</a> and <a href="http://www.notcot.com">NOTCOT.com</a>)" } ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1279915519) } [10]=> array(53) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id@"]=> string(14) "gr:original-id" ["id@gr:original-id"]=> string(29) "tag:www.notcot.org,2010:32689" ["id"]=> string(48) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/633e9f7360fbd57e" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["title"]=> string(47) "Check out this amazing concept for Mars. The..." 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(Want more? 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All the rooms are suspended in the trees and each are designed by different architects. Here the Mirrorcube reflects the surrounding forest. (Want more? See <a href="http://www.notcot.org">NOTCOT.org</a> and <a href="http://www.notcot.com">NOTCOT.com</a>)" } ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1279063266) } [12]=> array(60) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id@"]=> string(14) "gr:original-id" ["id@gr:original-id"]=> string(117) "http://infosthetics.com/archives/2010/06/moodwall_changing_local_behavior_through_interactive_media_architecture.html" ["id"]=> string(48) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/b4f3c4bac4e69030" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category@"]=> string(4) "term" ["category@term"]=> string(3) "art" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["title"]=> string(72) "MoodWall: Changing Local Behavior through Interactive Media Architecture" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(20) "2010-06-28T15:34:51Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(20) "2010-06-28T15:34:51Z" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(137) "http://feeds.infosthetics.com/~r/infosthetics/~3/PXOM2W080Ro/moodwall_changing_local_behavior_through_interactive_media_architecture.html" ["link@"]=> string(13) "rel,href,type" ["link@rel"]=> string(9) "alternate" ["link@href"]=> string(137) "http://feeds.infosthetics.com/~r/infosthetics/~3/PXOM2W080Ro/moodwall_changing_local_behavior_through_interactive_media_architecture.html" ["link@type"]=> string(9) "text/html" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary@"]=> string(13) "xml:base,type" ["summary@xml:base"]=> string(24) "http://infosthetics.com/" ["summary@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["summary"]=> string(2677) "<img alt="moodwall.jpg" src="http://infosthetics.com/archives/moodwall.jpg" width="600" height="300"> While there are more than plenty <a href="http://www.mediaarchitecture.org/">media architecture projects</a> around, most can be described as a form of spectacular self-centered architectural decoration, rather than some sort of technological answer to an existing social context within the local environment. 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Fresh Stone Age meat in the freezer sections of supermarkets to promote the revolutionary cooling technology VitaFresh from Bosch. (Want more? See <a href="http://www.notcot.org">NOTCOT.org</a> and <a href="http://www.notcot.com">NOTCOT.com</a>)" } ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1277333202) } [15]=> array(53) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id@"]=> string(14) "gr:original-id" ["id@gr:original-id"]=> string(29) "tag:www.notcot.org,2007:31719" ["id"]=> string(48) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/f70981328679468b" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["title"]=> string(64) "#31719 - Great project "Urban Dive" by Pages Jaunes..." 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See <a href="http://www.notcot.org">NOTCOT.org</a> and <a href="http://www.notcot.com">NOTCOT.com</a>)" ["author#"]=> int(1) ["author_name#"]=> int(1) ["author_name"]=> string(5) "fubiz" ["http://www.google.com/schemas/reader/atom/"]=> array(3) { ["likinguser#"]=> int(2) ["likinguser"]=> string(20) "00763830452282644822" ["likinguser#2"]=> string(20) "13137629470905185770" } ["source#"]=> int(1) ["source@"]=> string(12) "gr:stream-id" ["source@gr:stream-id"]=> string(35) "feed/http://www.notcot.org/atom.php" ["source_id#"]=> int(1) ["source_id"]=> string(62) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/feed/http://www.notcot.org/atom.php" ["source_title#"]=> int(1) ["source_title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["source_title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["source_title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["source_title"]=> string(10) "NOTCOT.ORG" ["source_link#"]=> int(1) ["source_link"]=> string(22) "http://www.notcot.org/" ["source_link@"]=> string(13) "rel,href,type" ["source_link@rel"]=> string(9) "alternate" ["source_link@href"]=> string(22) "http://www.notcot.org/" ["source_link@type"]=> string(9) "text/html" ["modified#"]=> int(1) ["modified"]=> string(20) "2010-06-18T23:44:08Z" ["issued#"]=> int(1) ["issued"]=> string(20) "2010-06-18T23:44:08Z" ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(5) "fubiz" } ["author"]=> string(5) "fubiz" ["content"]=> array(2) { ["encoded#"]=> int(1) ["encoded"]=> string(382) " <a href="http://www.notcot.org/post/31719/"><img src="http://www.notempire.com/images/uploads/urbandive0-550x325.jpg"></a> Great project "Urban Dive" by Pages Jaunes including augmented reality, immersive view and widgets. (Want more? See <a href="http://www.notcot.org">NOTCOT.org</a> and <a href="http://www.notcot.com">NOTCOT.com</a>)" } ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1276904648) } [16]=> array(53) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id@"]=> string(14) "gr:original-id" ["id@gr:original-id"]=> string(29) "tag:www.notcot.org,2007:31157" ["id"]=> string(48) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/c0292c93324c9721" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["title"]=> string(58) "#31157 - Conflict Kitchen is a take-out restaurant that..." 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The food is served out of a take-out style storefront, which will rotate identities every 4 months to highlight another country. (Want more? 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The food is served out of a take-out style storefront, which will rotate identities every 4 months to highlight another country. (Want more? See <a href="http://www.notcot.org">NOTCOT.org</a> and <a href="http://www.notcot.com">NOTCOT.com</a>)" } ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1275323071) } [17]=> array(55) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id@"]=> string(14) "gr:original-id" ["id@gr:original-id"]=> string(96) "http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2010/05/27/paper-and-digital-technologies-les-editions-volumiques/" ["id"]=> string(48) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/2fd52efd4342016e" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category@"]=> string(4) "term" ["category@term"]=> string(19) "Tangible/Intangible" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["title"]=> string(73) "Les Editions Volumiques, Paper computing and curious reading interactions" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(20) "2010-05-27T06:32:08Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(20) "2010-05-27T06:32:08Z" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(58) "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NicolasNova/~3/zCxWPwZd4vw/" ["link@"]=> string(13) "rel,href,type" ["link@rel"]=> string(9) "alternate" ["link@href"]=> string(58) "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NicolasNova/~3/zCxWPwZd4vw/" ["link@type"]=> string(9) "text/html" ["atom_content#"]=> int(1) ["atom_content@"]=> string(13) "xml:base,type" ["atom_content@xml:base"]=> string(29) "http://liftlab.com/think/nova" ["atom_content@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["atom_content"]=> string(2615) "<img src="http://liftlab.com/think/imgblog/editions_volumiques.png" width="500"> <a href="http://www.volumique.com/en/">Les Editions Volumiques</a> finally launched their website showing plenty of curious and original products based on mixing paper and digital technologies: <blockquote>“Here are the first pieces of les évolutions dynamiques following research on both volume and interactivity, playfully mixing paper and computation. By allowing interactivity and gameplay in the page (for example with the Duckette project) or between the pages (in The book that turns its own pages, or Labyrinthe), we try to bring new life to paper. We then pushed physical behavior to paper and ink (the book that disapears). There, the paper is no longer only the frame for representation, but at the same time the field of a real physical experience. We also played with the volume and perspective of book and content (paradoxales, Meeting-Zombies). And then, we tried to combine paper with this little computer-object almost of us all carry everywhere: our cell phone (the night of the living dead pixels, (i) pirates).“</blockquote> Why do I blog this? I find these projects fascinating and love the idea of mixing digital tech with paper to create compelling user experiences. The examples showed on the picture (see more on their website) are stunning and show the future of books go far beyond boring reading machines. The use of playful metaphors and game mechanics in the work of Bertrand and Etienne are also highly intriguing for those interested in inspiring ways to renew the reading experience. Besides, if you’re interested in this type of “paper computing”, be sure to check the <a href="http://www.papercomp.org/Papercomp/PaperComp_2010.html">Papercomp 2010</a> workshop at Ubicomp. Organized by friends from EPFL, it’s based on similar ideas: <blockquote>“Paper is not dead. Books, magazines and other printed materials can now be connected to the digital world, enriched with additional content and even transformed into interactive interfaces. Conversely, some of the screen-based interfaces we currently use to interact with digital data could benefit from being paper-based or make use of specially designed material as light and flexible as paper. In a near future, printed documents could become new ubiquitous interfaces for our everyday interactions with digital information. 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By allowing interactivity and gameplay in the page (for example with the Duckette project) or between the pages (in The book that turns its own pages, or Labyrinthe), we try to bring new life to paper. We then pushed physical behavior to paper and ink (the book that disapears). There, the paper is no longer only the frame for representation, but at the same time the field of a real physical experience. We also played with the volume and perspective of book and content (paradoxales, Meeting-Zombies). And then, we tried to combine paper with this little computer-object almost of us all carry everywhere: our cell phone (the night of the living dead pixels, (i) pirates).“</blockquote> Why do I blog this? I find these projects fascinating and love the idea of mixing digital tech with paper to create compelling user experiences. The examples showed on the picture (see more on their website) are stunning and show the future of books go far beyond boring reading machines. The use of playful metaphors and game mechanics in the work of Bertrand and Etienne are also highly intriguing for those interested in inspiring ways to renew the reading experience. Besides, if you’re interested in this type of “paper computing”, be sure to check the <a href="http://www.papercomp.org/Papercomp/PaperComp_2010.html">Papercomp 2010</a> workshop at Ubicomp. Organized by friends from EPFL, it’s based on similar ideas: <blockquote>“Paper is not dead. Books, magazines and other printed materials can now be connected to the digital world, enriched with additional content and even transformed into interactive interfaces. Conversely, some of the screen-based interfaces we currently use to interact with digital data could benefit from being paper-based or make use of specially designed material as light and flexible as paper. In a near future, printed documents could become new ubiquitous interfaces for our everyday interactions with digital information. 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Kudos to RISD president John Maeda for arranging this kit. He believes that "a new kind of design-led leadership is needed to innovate out of this global economic crisis. Artists and designers can bring their intuitive, creative thinking to a broad array of fields, and become the drivers of economic possibility in our slowed economy." The kit, pictured above, will include <a href="https://squareup.com/">Square</a>, an application and peripheral for receiving credit card payments on mobile devices, a pack of <a href="http://us.moo.com/en/products/business_cards.php">MOO</a> business cards, and a free license <a href="http://everfi.com">everfi.com</a>, a financial literacy platform. 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In a short amount of time, he has proven to be able to turn large, complex datasets into beautiful, simple diagrams that reveal unseen patterns and connections. In particular, David is one of the few people worldwide who explicitly tries to balance himself on the high rope that connects beauty and function. And this without any training in design or art. 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Indeed, multinational companies in these countries spend an inordinate amount of time and money trying to prevent their products from being copied. But Shanzhai — “copycat” design — represents a vast business opportunity. Shanzhai is an open platform for grassroots innovation: <a href="http://www.apple.com/startpage/" title="Apple">Apple</a>, <a href="http://ncomprod.nokia.com/" title="Nokia">Nokia</a>, and <a href="http://www.samsung.com/us/" title="Samsung">Samsung</a> smartphones get copied, but the knockoffs adapt the original designs in ways that appeal to Chinese customers. Shanzhai designers might add a flashlight, key in areas with unstable electricity. The effect is to make products accessible to common folks in terms of price, aesthetics, values, and needs. Shanzhai designs are an opportunity for international companies to introduce Chinese consumers to their brands, and then observe how local Chinese culture adapts their offerings. How might companies harness learning by observing Shanzhai designs? 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Indeed, multinational companies in these countries spend an inordinate amount of time and money trying to prevent their products from being copied. But Shanzhai — “copycat” design — represents a vast business opportunity. Shanzhai is an open platform for grassroots innovation: <a href="http://www.apple.com/startpage/" title="Apple">Apple</a>, <a href="http://ncomprod.nokia.com/" title="Nokia">Nokia</a>, and <a href="http://www.samsung.com/us/" title="Samsung">Samsung</a> smartphones get copied, but the knockoffs adapt the original designs in ways that appeal to Chinese customers. Shanzhai designers might add a flashlight, key in areas with unstable electricity. The effect is to make products accessible to common folks in terms of price, aesthetics, values, and needs. Shanzhai designs are an opportunity for international companies to introduce Chinese consumers to their brands, and then observe how local Chinese culture adapts their offerings. How might companies harness learning by observing Shanzhai designs? " ["content"]=> NULL ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1259188308) } [2]=> array(61) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id@"]=> string(14) "gr:original-id" ["id@gr:original-id"]=> string(44) "http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/?p=3777" ["id"]=> string(48) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/b659d107c57871bb" ["category#"]=> int(3) ["category@"]=> string(4) "term" ["category@term"]=> string(9) "Interface" ["category#2@"]=> string(4) "term" ["category#2@term"]=> string(6) "Sweden" ["category#3@"]=> string(4) "term" ["category#3@term"]=> string(10) "Technology" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["title"]=> string(66) "Are you ready to browse in your mirror while you brush your teeth?" 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Get <a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/">Flash Player</a> from Adobe. <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5627530/the-future-of-screens-circa-2014">Some people</a> think this is the future. I don’t think so. Please make sure this doesn’t become the way we deal with technology. Nice presentation video, but pretty lame ideas if you ask me. I know I’m quite harsh in my comment, but I know <a href="http://www.tat.se/">TAT</a> has very clever people in-house, so I’m a bit surprised to see this coming as new and the future. I’ve seen a mirror-browsing project 4 years ago (students from Malmö amazingly), device stretching is a long-standing dream for many device manufacturers, and multi-devices sharing is at least 10 years old. <a href="http://mobileuserinterfaces.blogspot.com/2010/09/future-os-screens-experience-video.html">Source</a>" ["author#"]=> int(1) ["author_name#"]=> int(1) ["author_name"]=> string(17) "Camille Moussette" ["source#"]=> int(1) ["source@"]=> string(12) "gr:stream-id" ["source@gr:stream-id"]=> string(47) "feed/http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/feed/" ["source_id#"]=> int(1) ["source_id"]=> string(74) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/feed/http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/feed/" ["source_title#"]=> int(1) ["source_title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["source_title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["source_title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["source_title"]=> string(24) "Interaction Design Umeå" ["source_link#"]=> int(1) ["source_link"]=> string(36) "http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog" ["source_link@"]=> string(13) "rel,href,type" ["source_link@rel"]=> string(9) "alternate" ["source_link@href"]=> string(36) "http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog" ["source_link@type"]=> string(9) "text/html" ["modified#"]=> int(1) ["modified"]=> string(20) "2010-09-04T21:35:11Z" ["issued#"]=> int(1) ["issued"]=> string(20) "2010-09-04T21:35:11Z" ["dc"]=> array(6) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(17) "Camille Moussette" ["subject#"]=> int(3) ["subject"]=> string(9) "Interface" ["subject#2"]=> string(6) "Sweden" ["subject#3"]=> string(10) "Technology" } ["author"]=> string(17) "Camille Moussette" ["content"]=> array(2) { ["encoded#"]=> int(1) ["encoded"]=> string(1008) "If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it's missing. Get <a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/">Flash Player</a> from Adobe. <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5627530/the-future-of-screens-circa-2014">Some people</a> think this is the future. I don’t think so. Please make sure this doesn’t become the way we deal with technology. Nice presentation video, but pretty lame ideas if you ask me. I know I’m quite harsh in my comment, but I know <a href="http://www.tat.se/">TAT</a> has very clever people in-house, so I’m a bit surprised to see this coming as new and the future. I’ve seen a mirror-browsing project 4 years ago (students from Malmö amazingly), device stretching is a long-standing dream for many device manufacturers, and multi-devices sharing is at least 10 years old. <a href="http://mobileuserinterfaces.blogspot.com/2010/09/future-os-screens-experience-video.html">Source</a>" } ["category"]=> string(9) "Interface" ["category#2"]=> string(6) "Sweden" ["category#3"]=> string(10) "Technology" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1283636111) } [3]=> array(60) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id@"]=> string(14) "gr:original-id" ["id@gr:original-id"]=> string(116) "http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/make_custom_electronic_goods_online_ponoko_and_sparkfun_team_up__17281.asp" ["id"]=> string(48) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/5d03e39a7c2b81fb" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category@"]=> string(4) "term" ["category@term"]=> string(14) "Object Culture" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["title"]=> string(65) "Make Custom Electronic Goods Online: Ponoko and Sparkfun Team Up!" 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Touch-sensitive, gps-enabled, music-producing robots that feed your cat come to mind.<a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/make_custom_electronic_goods_online_ponoko_and_sparkfun_team_up__17281.asp">(more...)</a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dwTkXaWNyECY-fb-25Ej8eLcphQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dwTkXaWNyECY-fb-25Ej8eLcphQ/0/di" border="0" ismap></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dwTkXaWNyECY-fb-25Ej8eLcphQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dwTkXaWNyECY-fb-25Ej8eLcphQ/1/di" border="0" ismap></a>" ["content"]=> NULL ["category"]=> string(14) "Object Culture" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1283286951) } [4]=> array(60) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id@"]=> string(14) "gr:original-id" ["id@gr:original-id"]=> string(106) "http://www.core77.com/blog/events/london_design_festival_2010_preview_robots_in_trafalgar_square_17267.asp" ["id"]=> string(48) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/974c3628d92b573e" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category@"]=> string(4) "term" ["category@term"]=> string(6) "Events" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["title"]=> string(63) "London Design Festival 2010 Preview: Robots in Trafalgar Square" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(20) "2010-08-30T18:52:23Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(20) "2010-08-30T18:52:23Z" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(130) "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/core77/blog/~3/zMKm788BlzU/london_design_festival_2010_preview_robots_in_trafalgar_square_17267.asp" ["link@"]=> string(13) "rel,href,type" ["link@rel"]=> string(9) "alternate" ["link@href"]=> string(130) "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/core77/blog/~3/zMKm788BlzU/london_design_festival_2010_preview_robots_in_trafalgar_square_17267.asp" ["link@type"]=> string(9) "text/html" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary@"]=> string(13) "xml:base,type" ["summary@xml:base"]=> string(27) "http://www.core77.com/blog/" ["summary@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["summary"]=> string(1029) "<div><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2010/08/traf4.jpg" width="468" height="523" alt="traf4.jpg"></div> If you're one to fantasize about having control over large-scale robots in a public space (to do good, not evil, of course), Kram/Weisshaar has teamed up with Audi to make your dreams come true during the 2010 London Design Festival. As this year's Trafalgar Square Installation, Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram designed <a href="http://www.outrace.org/">Outrace</a>, an interactive installation in which the public - both those in Trafalgar Square and a remote global web audience - send instructions to eight large-scale industrial robots, on loan from Audi's manufacturing line. 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As this year's Trafalgar Square Installation, Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram designed <a href="http://www.outrace.org/">Outrace</a>, an interactive installation in which the public - both those in Trafalgar Square and a remote global web audience - send instructions to eight large-scale industrial robots, on loan from Audi's manufacturing line. 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And welcome to read this blog. Hopefully someone in the classroom will tell you about this, so that all of you can start blogging and finding out about all the marvelous things related to IxD. I graduated about a year ago, and been looking for a job ever since. Alas, I’ve had no luck. Here are some advices to all you students in getting a job. 1) If you don’t have previous work experience before you came to the school, take a year off and do those internships. You cannot get a job unless you have at least a year of experience, preferably more. All the interviews I’ve had, have failed because of this. Internships are easy to get, when you are still in school, after that, no chance whatsoever. Try to get at least 2 companies to your CV, preferbaly more. 2)And your final thesis, make sure you have a sponsor for it. Don’t do overly futuristic stuff, or if you do make sure it ties down to the basics of IxD. The companies are interested if you have the capability to do the stuff, before they are in your ideas. 3)As soon as you graduate, the places you go for interviews will start asking if you can do wireframes, patterns and flowcharts. If you don’t know what those are, don’t worry. They are the simplest thing ever and you probably can do better. 4) Learn to code. HTML, Javascript, PHP and all that jazz is very good to know, and I guarantee it will help you in getting a job. Flash is pretty much dead, the reasons for that are pretty much all over the web and is related to the runtime itself, still, it’s up to you if you want to learn it as a lot of companies still use it. I wouldn’t. 5) Physical computing is great, it’s fun, it’s the future and you should learn to do it, but, the truth is.. nobody is interested in the future, unless they have a lot of money and/or genuine interest to do it. Almost every company I have interviewed at say that it’s interesting and they want to do that, but lack of funding or interest towards hardware interaction is a hard sell for marketing people. Things might change soon, though, as NFC phones are becoming mainstream next year, at least most of the Nokias. More about that later. 6) Get enthusiastic. There is nothing worse than a designer not believing in design. Use this blog or make your own (another good thing to learn, hack WordPress) to report your findings to the world. If you love yourself too much, you can also use Twitter to do it ;) Talk about future technologies with everyone, go to conferences and get really drunk with the people there, talk about interactions while you are drunk, it’s great fun. 7) Learn to design mobile stuff. Before it was web, now it’s mobile apps. Don’t limit yourself to iPhones, as good as they are, they are meant for rich people. 8) Don’t worry about operating systems or design guidelines and things called “Scrum” or “Agile”, you really can live without those. They may help you in getting job, however. But, the job you are gonna get is closer to development than design work. Your choice. 9) Do a really nice portfolio, that has a mixture of mobile, web, ethnographics, psychology, the future, physical computing, (maybe flowcharts), paper prototypes, “design thinking” (I know, a clichee), collaborative working and more! 10) Do those internships! I can’t emphasize enough how important job experience is. Good luck, and don’t drink those 3,5′s, they won’t get you drunk, but you will get a terrible hangover." 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And welcome to read this blog. Hopefully someone in the classroom will tell you about this, so that all of you can start blogging and finding out about all the marvelous things related to IxD. I graduated about a year ago, and been looking for a job ever since. Alas, I’ve had no luck. Here are some advices to all you students in getting a job. 1) If you don’t have previous work experience before you came to the school, take a year off and do those internships. You cannot get a job unless you have at least a year of experience, preferably more. All the interviews I’ve had, have failed because of this. Internships are easy to get, when you are still in school, after that, no chance whatsoever. Try to get at least 2 companies to your CV, preferbaly more. 2)And your final thesis, make sure you have a sponsor for it. Don’t do overly futuristic stuff, or if you do make sure it ties down to the basics of IxD. The companies are interested if you have the capability to do the stuff, before they are in your ideas. 3)As soon as you graduate, the places you go for interviews will start asking if you can do wireframes, patterns and flowcharts. If you don’t know what those are, don’t worry. They are the simplest thing ever and you probably can do better. 4) Learn to code. HTML, Javascript, PHP and all that jazz is very good to know, and I guarantee it will help you in getting a job. Flash is pretty much dead, the reasons for that are pretty much all over the web and is related to the runtime itself, still, it’s up to you if you want to learn it as a lot of companies still use it. I wouldn’t. 5) Physical computing is great, it’s fun, it’s the future and you should learn to do it, but, the truth is.. nobody is interested in the future, unless they have a lot of money and/or genuine interest to do it. Almost every company I have interviewed at say that it’s interesting and they want to do that, but lack of funding or interest towards hardware interaction is a hard sell for marketing people. Things might change soon, though, as NFC phones are becoming mainstream next year, at least most of the Nokias. More about that later. 6) Get enthusiastic. There is nothing worse than a designer not believing in design. Use this blog or make your own (another good thing to learn, hack WordPress) to report your findings to the world. If you love yourself too much, you can also use Twitter to do it ;) Talk about future technologies with everyone, go to conferences and get really drunk with the people there, talk about interactions while you are drunk, it’s great fun. 7) Learn to design mobile stuff. Before it was web, now it’s mobile apps. Don’t limit yourself to iPhones, as good as they are, they are meant for rich people. 8) Don’t worry about operating systems or design guidelines and things called “Scrum” or “Agile”, you really can live without those. They may help you in getting job, however. But, the job you are gonna get is closer to development than design work. Your choice. 9) Do a really nice portfolio, that has a mixture of mobile, web, ethnographics, psychology, the future, physical computing, (maybe flowcharts), paper prototypes, “design thinking” (I know, a clichee), collaborative working and more! 10) Do those internships! I can’t emphasize enough how important job experience is. Good luck, and don’t drink those 3,5′s, they won’t get you drunk, but you will get a terrible hangover." } ["category"]=> string(18) "Interaction Design" ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1282314872) } [7]=> array(53) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id@"]=> string(14) "gr:original-id" ["id@gr:original-id"]=> string(29) "tag:www.notcot.org,2010:33004" ["id"]=> string(48) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/c7300703680bd134" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["title"]=> string(48) "This business card can be used to create tiny..." 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It's designed as a sample modeling kit. You can build a toy plane, boat, or car from the pieces. (Want more? See <a href="http://www.notcot.org">NOTCOT.org</a> and <a href="http://www.notcot.com">NOTCOT.com</a>)" } ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1280349835) } [8]=> array(53) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id@"]=> string(14) "gr:original-id" ["id@gr:original-id"]=> string(29) "tag:www.notcot.org,2010:32811" ["id"]=> string(48) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/fd35bc2a9266d5d3" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["title"]=> string(44) "The mineral fibre facade boards Rockpanel..." 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Depending on the colour of the base coat, the crystal layers refract light into a range of different colours. (Want more? 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Depending on the colour of the base coat, the crystal layers refract light into a range of different colours. (Want more? See <a href="http://www.notcot.org">NOTCOT.org</a> and <a href="http://www.notcot.com">NOTCOT.com</a>)" } ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1279823844) } [9]=> array(53) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id@"]=> string(14) "gr:original-id" ["id@gr:original-id"]=> string(29) "tag:www.notcot.org,2010:32847" ["id"]=> string(48) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/21a0e48ec8db6978" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["title"]=> string(45) "Dirty Water Campaign ~ dirty water vending..." 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As part of UNICEF's Tap Project to make people realize just how bad water-related diseases are... (Want more? See <a href="http://www.notcot.org">NOTCOT.org</a> and <a href="http://www.notcot.com">NOTCOT.com</a>)" } ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1279915519) } [10]=> array(53) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id@"]=> string(14) "gr:original-id" ["id@gr:original-id"]=> string(29) "tag:www.notcot.org,2010:32689" ["id"]=> string(48) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/633e9f7360fbd57e" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["title"]=> string(47) "Check out this amazing concept for Mars. The..." 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(Want more? 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All the rooms are suspended in the trees and each are designed by different architects. Here the Mirrorcube reflects the surrounding forest. (Want more? See <a href="http://www.notcot.org">NOTCOT.org</a> and <a href="http://www.notcot.com">NOTCOT.com</a>)" } ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1279063266) } [12]=> array(60) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id@"]=> string(14) "gr:original-id" ["id@gr:original-id"]=> string(117) "http://infosthetics.com/archives/2010/06/moodwall_changing_local_behavior_through_interactive_media_architecture.html" ["id"]=> string(48) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/b4f3c4bac4e69030" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category@"]=> string(4) "term" ["category@term"]=> string(3) "art" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["title"]=> string(72) "MoodWall: Changing Local Behavior through Interactive Media Architecture" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(20) "2010-06-28T15:34:51Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(20) "2010-06-28T15:34:51Z" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(137) "http://feeds.infosthetics.com/~r/infosthetics/~3/PXOM2W080Ro/moodwall_changing_local_behavior_through_interactive_media_architecture.html" ["link@"]=> string(13) "rel,href,type" ["link@rel"]=> string(9) "alternate" ["link@href"]=> string(137) "http://feeds.infosthetics.com/~r/infosthetics/~3/PXOM2W080Ro/moodwall_changing_local_behavior_through_interactive_media_architecture.html" ["link@type"]=> string(9) "text/html" ["summary#"]=> int(1) ["summary@"]=> string(13) "xml:base,type" ["summary@xml:base"]=> string(24) "http://infosthetics.com/" ["summary@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["summary"]=> string(2677) "<img alt="moodwall.jpg" src="http://infosthetics.com/archives/moodwall.jpg" width="600" height="300"> While there are more than plenty <a href="http://www.mediaarchitecture.org/">media architecture projects</a> around, most can be described as a form of spectacular self-centered architectural decoration, rather than some sort of technological answer to an existing social context within the local environment. 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Fresh Stone Age meat in the freezer sections of supermarkets to promote the revolutionary cooling technology VitaFresh from Bosch. (Want more? See <a href="http://www.notcot.org">NOTCOT.org</a> and <a href="http://www.notcot.com">NOTCOT.com</a>)" } ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1277333202) } [15]=> array(53) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id@"]=> string(14) "gr:original-id" ["id@gr:original-id"]=> string(29) "tag:www.notcot.org,2007:31719" ["id"]=> string(48) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/f70981328679468b" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["title"]=> string(64) "#31719 - Great project "Urban Dive" by Pages Jaunes..." 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See <a href="http://www.notcot.org">NOTCOT.org</a> and <a href="http://www.notcot.com">NOTCOT.com</a>)" ["author#"]=> int(1) ["author_name#"]=> int(1) ["author_name"]=> string(5) "fubiz" ["http://www.google.com/schemas/reader/atom/"]=> array(3) { ["likinguser#"]=> int(2) ["likinguser"]=> string(20) "00763830452282644822" ["likinguser#2"]=> string(20) "13137629470905185770" } ["source#"]=> int(1) ["source@"]=> string(12) "gr:stream-id" ["source@gr:stream-id"]=> string(35) "feed/http://www.notcot.org/atom.php" ["source_id#"]=> int(1) ["source_id"]=> string(62) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/feed/http://www.notcot.org/atom.php" ["source_title#"]=> int(1) ["source_title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["source_title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["source_title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["source_title"]=> string(10) "NOTCOT.ORG" ["source_link#"]=> int(1) ["source_link"]=> string(22) "http://www.notcot.org/" ["source_link@"]=> string(13) "rel,href,type" ["source_link@rel"]=> string(9) "alternate" ["source_link@href"]=> string(22) "http://www.notcot.org/" ["source_link@type"]=> string(9) "text/html" ["modified#"]=> int(1) ["modified"]=> string(20) "2010-06-18T23:44:08Z" ["issued#"]=> int(1) ["issued"]=> string(20) "2010-06-18T23:44:08Z" ["dc"]=> array(2) { ["creator#"]=> int(1) ["creator"]=> string(5) "fubiz" } ["author"]=> string(5) "fubiz" ["content"]=> array(2) { ["encoded#"]=> int(1) ["encoded"]=> string(382) " <a href="http://www.notcot.org/post/31719/"><img src="http://www.notempire.com/images/uploads/urbandive0-550x325.jpg"></a> Great project "Urban Dive" by Pages Jaunes including augmented reality, immersive view and widgets. (Want more? See <a href="http://www.notcot.org">NOTCOT.org</a> and <a href="http://www.notcot.com">NOTCOT.com</a>)" } ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1276904648) } [16]=> array(53) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id@"]=> string(14) "gr:original-id" ["id@gr:original-id"]=> string(29) "tag:www.notcot.org,2007:31157" ["id"]=> string(48) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/c0292c93324c9721" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["title"]=> string(58) "#31157 - Conflict Kitchen is a take-out restaurant that..." 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The food is served out of a take-out style storefront, which will rotate identities every 4 months to highlight another country. (Want more? 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The food is served out of a take-out style storefront, which will rotate identities every 4 months to highlight another country. (Want more? See <a href="http://www.notcot.org">NOTCOT.org</a> and <a href="http://www.notcot.com">NOTCOT.com</a>)" } ["date_timestamp"]=> int(1275323071) } [17]=> array(55) { ["id#"]=> int(1) ["id@"]=> string(14) "gr:original-id" ["id@gr:original-id"]=> string(96) "http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2010/05/27/paper-and-digital-technologies-les-editions-volumiques/" ["id"]=> string(48) "tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/2fd52efd4342016e" ["category#"]=> int(1) ["category@"]=> string(4) "term" ["category@term"]=> string(19) "Tangible/Intangible" ["title#"]=> int(1) ["title@"]=> string(13) "type,xml:base" ["title@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["title@xml:base"]=> string(101) "http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user%2F05101893606493734971%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Fbroadcast" ["title"]=> string(73) "Les Editions Volumiques, Paper computing and curious reading interactions" ["published#"]=> int(1) ["published"]=> string(20) "2010-05-27T06:32:08Z" ["updated#"]=> int(1) ["updated"]=> string(20) "2010-05-27T06:32:08Z" ["link#"]=> int(1) ["link"]=> string(58) "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NicolasNova/~3/zCxWPwZd4vw/" ["link@"]=> string(13) "rel,href,type" ["link@rel"]=> string(9) "alternate" ["link@href"]=> string(58) "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NicolasNova/~3/zCxWPwZd4vw/" ["link@type"]=> string(9) "text/html" ["atom_content#"]=> int(1) ["atom_content@"]=> string(13) "xml:base,type" ["atom_content@xml:base"]=> string(29) "http://liftlab.com/think/nova" ["atom_content@type"]=> string(4) "html" ["atom_content"]=> string(2615) "<img src="http://liftlab.com/think/imgblog/editions_volumiques.png" width="500"> <a href="http://www.volumique.com/en/">Les Editions Volumiques</a> finally launched their website showing plenty of curious and original products based on mixing paper and digital technologies: <blockquote>“Here are the first pieces of les évolutions dynamiques following research on both volume and interactivity, playfully mixing paper and computation. By allowing interactivity and gameplay in the page (for example with the Duckette project) or between the pages (in The book that turns its own pages, or Labyrinthe), we try to bring new life to paper. We then pushed physical behavior to paper and ink (the book that disapears). There, the paper is no longer only the frame for representation, but at the same time the field of a real physical experience. We also played with the volume and perspective of book and content (paradoxales, Meeting-Zombies). And then, we tried to combine paper with this little computer-object almost of us all carry everywhere: our cell phone (the night of the living dead pixels, (i) pirates).“</blockquote> Why do I blog this? I find these projects fascinating and love the idea of mixing digital tech with paper to create compelling user experiences. The examples showed on the picture (see more on their website) are stunning and show the future of books go far beyond boring reading machines. The use of playful metaphors and game mechanics in the work of Bertrand and Etienne are also highly intriguing for those interested in inspiring ways to renew the reading experience. Besides, if you’re interested in this type of “paper computing”, be sure to check the <a href="http://www.papercomp.org/Papercomp/PaperComp_2010.html">Papercomp 2010</a> workshop at Ubicomp. Organized by friends from EPFL, it’s based on similar ideas: <blockquote>“Paper is not dead. Books, magazines and other printed materials can now be connected to the digital world, enriched with additional content and even transformed into interactive interfaces. Conversely, some of the screen-based interfaces we currently use to interact with digital data could benefit from being paper-based or make use of specially designed material as light and flexible as paper. In a near future, printed documents could become new ubiquitous interfaces for our everyday interactions with digital information. 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By allowing interactivity and gameplay in the page (for example with the Duckette project) or between the pages (in The book that turns its own pages, or Labyrinthe), we try to bring new life to paper. We then pushed physical behavior to paper and ink (the book that disapears). There, the paper is no longer only the frame for representation, but at the same time the field of a real physical experience. We also played with the volume and perspective of book and content (paradoxales, Meeting-Zombies). And then, we tried to combine paper with this little computer-object almost of us all carry everywhere: our cell phone (the night of the living dead pixels, (i) pirates).“</blockquote> Why do I blog this? I find these projects fascinating and love the idea of mixing digital tech with paper to create compelling user experiences. The examples showed on the picture (see more on their website) are stunning and show the future of books go far beyond boring reading machines. The use of playful metaphors and game mechanics in the work of Bertrand and Etienne are also highly intriguing for those interested in inspiring ways to renew the reading experience. Besides, if you’re interested in this type of “paper computing”, be sure to check the <a href="http://www.papercomp.org/Papercomp/PaperComp_2010.html">Papercomp 2010</a> workshop at Ubicomp. Organized by friends from EPFL, it’s based on similar ideas: <blockquote>“Paper is not dead. Books, magazines and other printed materials can now be connected to the digital world, enriched with additional content and even transformed into interactive interfaces. Conversely, some of the screen-based interfaces we currently use to interact with digital data could benefit from being paper-based or make use of specially designed material as light and flexible as paper. In a near future, printed documents could become new ubiquitous interfaces for our everyday interactions with digital information. 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Kudos to RISD president John Maeda for arranging this kit. He believes that "a new kind of design-led leadership is needed to innovate out of this global economic crisis. Artists and designers can bring their intuitive, creative thinking to a broad array of fields, and become the drivers of economic possibility in our slowed economy." The kit, pictured above, will include <a href="https://squareup.com/">Square</a>, an application and peripheral for receiving credit card payments on mobile devices, a pack of <a href="http://us.moo.com/en/products/business_cards.php">MOO</a> business cards, and a free license <a href="http://everfi.com">everfi.com</a>, a financial literacy platform. 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