[iDC] Projects

[molly wright steenson]

A few projects from the erstwhile Interaction Design Institute Ivrea.  
(Caveat: I used to teach there.)

I'd like to add Mass Distraction, which is reminiscent of a few of  
the projects below:
http://www.mass-distraction.org
(the videos are particularly good: my favorite is The Game)

Situated devices: see Aparna Rao's Uncle Phone (listed on the page of  
her studio):
http://www.appliedfiction.com



On Jul 15, 2006, at 2:04 AM, trebor at thing.net wrote:

> [The following excerpt from the useful resource site  
> "netzwissenschaft" offers
> a few examples of projects that we could use as entry points.
> http://www.netzwissenschaft.de/mob.htm
> -Trebor]
>
>
>> DEVICES
>
> http://artscool.cfa.cmu.edu:16080/~winkler/PI/
> pi [fabian winkler, 2005]
>
> "the sculpture is a retractable phone booth that is carried on your  
> back and can
> slide up and over your head to completely isolate you from society."
>
>
> http://www.finishing-school.net/pio/index.html
> public interaction objects
>
> "public interaction objects is a series of low-tech participatory  
> objects. they
> are physical interfaces engineered to create meaningful interaction  
> with
> individuals in various public contexts."
>
>
>> LOCATIVE TEXT
>
> http://www.semapedia.org/
> semapedia
> [alexis rondeau, stan wiechers, 2005]
>
> "our goal is to combine the physical annotation technology of  
> semacode with the
> availability of high quality information using the free encyclopedia
> wikipedia."
>
> http://www.centrifugalforces.co.uk/surfacepatterns/
> surface patterns
> [centrifugalforces, 2004]
>
> "use your mobile phone to tap into the hidden history of ten sites  
> across
> huddersfield."
>
>
>> RESPONSIVE ENVIRONMENTS
>
> http://pm-air.net/index.php
> air: area's immediate reading [preemptive media, 2006]
>
> "air is a public, social experiment in which people are invited to use
> preemptive media's portable air monitoring devices to explore their
> neighborhoods and urban environments for pollution and fossil fuel  
> burning
> hotspots."
>
>
>> SMS PROJECTION
>
> http://www.bikesagainstbush.com/
> bikes against bush [joshua kinberg, 2004]
>
> "using a wireless internet enabled bicycle outfitted with a custom- 
> designed
> printing device, the bikes against bush bicycle can print text  
> messages sent
> from web users directly onto the streets of manhattan in water- 
> soluble chalk."
>
>
>
>
>
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