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Category: Thoughts
Topoware in the NYTimes!
This is just wild!.
Xmas suggestion #1
Subtlety was never my thing :) Designers, Visionaries and Other Stories: A collection of sustainable design essays.
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?
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
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:
"Be back in 5 minutes"
If you’re wondering what I’m up to, I’m spending most of my days this week walking around the London design festival, so go have a look at my pics and comments.
Topoware @ London Design Festival
(Yes, I know this is starting to be boring :P ) If you’re in town this week, well you’re probably going round the London Design Festival. Topoware will be part of the Designboom exhibition hosted by designersblock 10th anniversary show so come on down!