We have started a design studio called Voy and will continue our activities there.
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Immaterials: Light painting WiFi
Jørn, Timo and I have just launched a new film called ‘Immaterials: Light painting WiFi‘. I have written more about it on the YOUrban blog, and so has Timo on the Touch blog.
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Cognitive Cities Conference Berlin
On Friday Jørn and I are going to Berlin to attend the Cognitive Cities Conference. We came across the event through Adam Greenfield, and we are very exited about the line-up (especially Warren Ellis). Our current design and research projects are specifically about design, technology and city life, and we have been given the chance [...]
About reading ‘As It Is To-Day’
This morning I have been reading the first issue of a new newspaper entitled ‘As It Is To-Day. Issue 1. London Special’ put together by Chris Heathcote and printed by Newspaper Club. It is a fine collection of old text and advertisements that concern city life in London a long time ago. These texts where [...]
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Overdue update.
There are two things I would like to mention: 1. For the last year I have been teaching interactiondesign at AHO and worked for the design/research project Touch. This is brilliant and I will be working for Touch until September. 2. Last year I also got my PhD proposal accepted at AHO. I will start [...]
Adventures in Urban Computing
This is a write-up of my diploma project in interaction design from the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. The project is entitled ‘Adventures in Urban Computing’ and this weblog post contains a brief project description and a pdf of the diploma report. This diploma project is an expedition into urban computing, an emerging multi-disciplinary [...]
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Unge Talenter 2008
The Bowl/Skål project is exhibited at the Norwegian Centre for Design and Architecture (DogA) in Oslo for the next month. Bowl are part of the Unge Talenter 2008 (Young Talent 2008) exhibition that runs until 27 April 2008. As part of my work on Touch I also made new electronic insides for Sara Johansson’s toydog [...]
Done!
Yesterday I delivered the diploma. I will do a writeup when I have regenerated my mana. Thanks to all how have been helping me.
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Daily research
I´ve just been out taking scenario-photos of the final Interruptor (camera) prototype. The battery-life is bad and its so shiny that its difficult to take pictures of. Apart from this its an ok experience prototype. Its main function in the diploma is as concept illustration.
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Interruptive camera
I´m building an “Interruptive camera” as a descriptive device. It´s just a dummy: a hacked phone inside a neat wooden shell. I hope it will help with describing some aspects of the concepts. It´s also a nice task to have lying around now that I have to write all day.
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