I like to think that design schools don’t just teach good creative thinking but also good habits that shape you as a professional later on and skills that can influence the profession in general. I’ve been co-teaching one day a week at the University for the Creative Arts and in a way it’s been quite… Continue reading Sustainability through education?
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Do you live in a house or a home?
(or random thoughts about the Internet of Things) Is our idea of home at odds with the idea of ubicomp? Are we ready to be a “user” all the time? You don’t need to “interact” with a chair or should the technology be smart enough to know when to intervene or not? Should we be… Continue reading Do you live in a house or a home?
Big a&% table
Thanks Chris.
Free(lance) your mind
It makes me chuckle to eavesdrop on people who have pre-conceived ideas of what it’s like to freelance. “Oh I don’t want a 9-5 job” they say. Yes that’s true, if you freelance you will be working ALL THE TIME if you’re not careful. Most of your time will be spent looking for those “next… Continue reading Free(lance) your mind
Visions of the future
As echos of Half-Life 2 from the other room force me into headphones mode, it made me think about the ways in which entertainment likes to make us see the future. Games, comics (hmm, sorry graphic novels) and movies show us a future where things have gone wrong, dystopian, weird and dark. In design however,… Continue reading Visions of the future
to&fro
Since I’m involved with way too much technology, leading activities for tinker.it! in London, and helping out Tom with thinking about the future internet of things, I suppose it’s only normal I’m also spending time on technology-light projects as well. I worked on to&fro(muji) with Dave last August and we submitted the idea to the… Continue reading to&fro
On the psychological use of technology
“There is a sense in which this minimal gestural system is essential, for without it all this abstract power would become meaningless. Man has to be reassured about his power by some sense of participation, albeit a merely formal one. So the gestural system of control must be deemed indispensable- not to make the system… Continue reading On the psychological use of technology
Is web2.0 useful to businesses?
Before attending thishappened last night I was invited by Garrick Jones to attend an informal discussion on web2.0 hosted at the Hospital, a very chichi private club in Soho. Nothing could have been more further away from how I thought businessmen perceive the value of the now 3 year old term. I should have known… Continue reading Is web2.0 useful to businesses?
You are an alpha geek if:
(Any resemblance to any living person is purely accidental and unintentional) 1. You no longer listen to round-table introductions 2. You attend conference because there will be “the usual suspects” 3. You prepare your slides while others present 4. You have reached your quota of AIM buddies 5. Have a ratio of 1:10 following: followers… Continue reading You are an alpha geek if:
A definition of sustainable design (that doesn't hurt anyone's feelings)
“Sustainable design is not only about environmentalism, even if it is an important part of it. Sustainable design is also very much about timelessness, new materials that push the envelope, storytelling, sensorial experiences and cultural awareness.” Found here. At some point we’re going to have to accept that sustainability actually involved limitations, cutbacks and sacrifices.… Continue reading A definition of sustainable design (that doesn't hurt anyone's feelings)