© 2012 Julian. All rights reserved.
Julian: Literally? I spent the week in the model shop doing three things, sometimes at the same time. First, getting ahead of myself and making a third edition of Ear Freshener. That’s right. A third edition. I think I’m deferring/procrastinating … Continue reading
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The panel about New Aesthetic at SXSW last month left me with the impression that NA is all about visual representations: “One of the core themes of the New Aesthetic has been our collaboration with technology, whether that’s bots, digital cameras or satellites (and whether that collaboration is conscious or unconscious), and a useful visual [...] Continue reading
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A curious addendum to account for a UI/UX muck up at a nearby gasoline station. These moments reveal these hybrid displays — both purposeful, and one made to accomodate for failures in the machine. And this second one — how peculiar. My … Continue reading
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Yesterday, in a very small village in the French Alps, I ran across this fascinating bread vending machine. It made me think about other encounters with not-so-common machines such as a book delivery system in Seoul: Or this pr0n vending machine in Torino: And the camera/umberall combo in Bergen, Norway: Why do I blog this? [...] Continue reading
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Why do I blog this? This “Genesis Lego by Jomind” is a weird and curious hybridization of a standard controller (a Sega Genesis pad) and a combination of Lego bricks. I take it as an interesting example in the process of creolization, corr… Continue reading
reaDIYmate: Wi-Fi paper companions
“reaDIYmates are fun Wi-fi paper companions that move and play sounds depending on what’s happening in your digital life.
Assemble them in 10 minutes with no tools or glue, then choose what you want them to do throu… Continue reading
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Establishing Criteria of Rigor and Relevance in Interaction Design Research by Daniel Fallman and Erik Stolterman is a paper about the epistemological underpinnings of interaction design. It addresses the problem of ‘disciplinary anxiety’ that is often felt by people in this field and the inherent discussion about what constitutes ‘good research’ in terms of rigor [...] Continue reading
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Why do I blog this? The first time I encountered this weird signage taken in London (Shoreditch area), it struck me as a good example of cultural hybridization, certainly one of the first step of the creolization process I blogged about yesterday. Ove… Continue reading
La ville des données est bonne à prendre – Le Courrier de l’Architecte
“La notion-clef de l’analyse prédictive des données est effectivement celle d’anticipation, par opposition à celle de déduction. L’anticipation se situe dans une … Continue reading
Yesterday at SXSW Interactive 2012, Julian and myself participated in a panel about “mind and consciousness as an interface”. We basically covered the whole spectrum from the cultural backdrop (science-fiction movies, reiki approaches) to c… Continue reading
New Apps Connect to Friends Nearby
“Many companies say it is beneficial and that their apps will help people forge new connections and meet someone they perhaps should know. App stores have been flooded with such tools in recent weeks. Kismet, Glancee… Continue reading
La face cachée des tickets RATP – virtualabs.fr
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