© 2011 Nicolas. All rights reserved.
On the Swiss front of the laboratory (Nicolas), there is progress on the game controller project. Laurent and myself indeed met with scenographers in Lausanne to discuss the upcoming presence of the joypad collection at the Swiss Museum of Science-Fiction … Continue reading
© 2011 Julian. All rights reserved.
The most recent — now a month or two old — issue of Volume Quarterly was on the topic of The Internet of Things. And within that was a small sub-volume of essays and articles on Trust compiled by Scott Burnham … Continue reading
© 2010 Julian. All rights reserved.
A week spent last in the Nordic EU discovering the knots and twists and snarls and kinks of the imbroglio that goes along with executing on damn good design. On the one hand there was the work of workshops meant … Continue reading
© 2010 Julian. All rights reserved.
This is an interesting paper called The WALL: participatory design workspace in support of creativity, collaboration, and socialization written about workspaces using various techniques to support creativity, collaboration and “socialization.” The paper describes and advanced design studio for a “Nordic … Continue reading
© 2010 Julian. All rights reserved.
Just a quick note to remind myself that I’m in the northern Nordic for the week, translating and workshopping and clarifying much of the work that has gone on in the studio over the last many months. It’s quite interesting … Continue reading
© 2010 Julian. All rights reserved.
Well, I haven’t done a weekending in awhile, partially because I was away in Switzerland (for the Swiss Design Network Conference) and then Italy and Spain on vacation and I almost didn’t take any kind of computer, but I did … Continue reading
© 2010 Julian. All rights reserved.
Sketching in Hardware 2010 I can sum the last two weeks up briefly and, again — for my own record keeping. Nothing useful here, likely at all. The week that ended on 08062010 had a couple of days off during which … Continue reading
© 2010 Julian. All rights reserved.
An amphibian podcast interview by Chris Sallquist for Frog’s Design Mind on Air podcast. Great questions. I saved the cheat-sheet for future reference. Seattle. A scooter tucked away. Well, well, well..no more phoning-it-in, as they say out here in Hollywood. … Continue reading
© 2010 Julian. All rights reserved.
Man..was *that a week. No one’s counting, or probably even noticing, but I missed my weeknote from the week before — there’s a gap — so this is really a weeks notes. ((Now I’m definitely talking to myself, I know … Continue reading
© 2010 Julian. All rights reserved.
Well, another week, another set of tardy week notes..it only seems like sheer anxiety about not being diligent propels me and that only when the subsequent week begins. Onward. It was a week of production of things related to project … Continue reading
© 2010 Julian. All rights reserved.
What one finds house hunting in Los Angeles and coming across one owned by a Hollywood set designer. Also looking at the same moment, a demure, polite and inquisitive actress vaguely recognized and thence confirmed to be the nitty Shannon … Continue reading
© 2010 Julian. All rights reserved.
From here, the next week begins. Sayulita, Mexico to repast, float, read, drink and celebrate with friends, a friend’s birthday. The week began with the Microsoft Social Computing Symposium, 2010 edition. I’ve put my notes from the event here in … Continue reading