Brilliant. From Russell of course.
Say what you mean and read the book
A few weeks ago, I went to a lunch organised by 10 Downing Street hosted by Mother. This was well attended by some important members of the arts, education and advertising industries and Kieran Kumaria one of the advisors to George Osbourne ran the session. He started by stating that Mr Osbourne was a great… Continue reading Say what you mean and read the book
Colours & movement
Timo shared these with a room full of people and I especially liked these.
Lee Miller
Candid camera with Lee Miller Your browser does not support iframes. If you don’t know about her, you probably should.
Eventful
Somehow, I seem to be in the middle of organising 4 different events. Thought I’d share. 1. Lirec Secret Robot House evening which gives me an opportunity to invite my good friend Nicolas Nova (very excited to turn the tables on him for once). I’m not afraid to admit his blog is the reason why… Continue reading Eventful
Tiny Useful Things: KeyMaps
I’ve been thinking about embodied contexts for maps lately, beyond flat paper maps. I have 3 sets of keys that I carry around and I thought that a simple way of differentiating them would be to design location-relevant key rings. There’s such a familiarity with specific locations like the office, home, your partner’s home, that… Continue reading Tiny Useful Things: KeyMaps
Robots at home: the role of a more personal internet of things
I’ve been thinking about the role of product design in the upcoming flurry of domestic robot solutions that will soon be thrown at us as consumers. Some quick thoughts. 1. Roomba & AR Drone are only the beginning, the latter entering the doors of our homes through the iPhone’s compatibility. There was a lot of… Continue reading Robots at home: the role of a more personal internet of things
On CBC
CBC’s Spark program and the lovely Nora Young interviewed me about robots and internet of things. Listen here.
Principles of robot design
I’m trying to think, through Lirec about what the difference is between designing a robot and designing a teapot. I will probably go back to Don Norman’s book (even if I hated it the first time around) shortly but in the meantime, here’s 3 little things I’m thinking about that would possibly justify developing a… Continue reading Principles of robot design
Dreams of the techno-home
Homesense is ticking along nicely with Russell finishing up 2 projects this week while I was visiting this. There’s stuff there I hadn’t seen in the past 10 years of Milan Furniture Fairs. Projects and depth of thought people don’t put into their work anymore. A slowness about it I liked. I will make something… Continue reading Dreams of the techno-home