Looking Out
Looking Out is and exercise in keeping up to date as well as having a strong historical and contextual foundation on the subject of interaction design. It's also a great way to get to know what turns people on. What do you like?
Each week, you will populate the blog with 3 projects of your choosing. They can be active, or passive. Kinetic, or static. Realized, or prototype. But they should all tell us something about the engagement of people with things.
- Fields (Disciplines)
- Technology
- Interaction
- Design: How was it made? How was it 'Designed'?
- Value: Why does/should it exist?
Post images or videos, the source, and a brief text explaining why you think this- whatever- is worth considering. In addition we will rotate through presentations about your Looking Out choices to give you a chance to speak, and all of us an opportunity to discuss your ideas.
For Example...
Sniff from karolina sobecka on Vimeo.
CNC M&M's Update from eric brockmeyer on Vimeo.
Kite flying FLOAT Beijing from INDEX: Design to Improve Life® on Vimeo.
Virtualized Reality from Jonathan Ota on Vimeo.
Project Aura: Bicycle Safety Lighting System from Project Aura on Vimeo.
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| Joseph Beuys with Coyote, 1970 |
Gueler, Xiawang
Theo Jansen.
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| Zack loves Theo and his wife(...Zack's wife, not Theo's......crap) |
Kelly Dobson, MIT Media Lab
LookingOut Presentation Schedule:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkvazIZx-F0
ReplyDelete"Rain Room" was an installation from Random International in Barbican Centre, London. It was exhibited from 4 October 2012 – 3 March 2013. It looks to be quite a visceral experience and even when watching the video I get an incredible desire to try to interact with the piece myself. In my opinion, most great interactive pieces have a certain magnetism that draws the audience/user into interaction with it, and Rain Room is successful in that regard.
From a Barbican Centre press release, "due to exceptional popularity and demand, the installation will remain open until 1am on Saturday 2 March and 12am on Sunday 3 March. There will be a short break in admissions at 8pm for approximately 60 minutes for essential maintenance. The Rain Room queue on 02/03/13 currently stands at eight hours." Not only is this popular piece great technically, but it is a good example of how interactive work doesn't necessarily need to be a distinct object, and that reaction is the foundation of interaction.
-Austin McCasland
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