architectradurearchitectradureThis blogs explores product design, technologies, interaction design and contemporary art. I present both Personal work and inspirational work. Articles
Video scenarios of tech-enabled behaviors
2007-12-11 03:41:00 Mobility platform videos for Intel by Ideo.Visualizing high-tech's human-centered future by Ideo.Tapping into the growing broadband access around the world, Intel has innovated a series of chipsets and mobile platforms that enable smarter, more efficient laptops, mobile phones, and PDAs. While these offerings represent new possibilities for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), it's not uncommon for OEMs to need an added push to invest in unproven technology. To bring to life the potential of this technology, IDEO worked with Intel to visualize what user behaviors might be enabled by the offerings. The work, which culminated in the form of three videos, points to Intel's larger shift toward human-centered technology innovation.In looking at Intel's next-generation products, IDEO had a clear sense of the emphasis on mobility. From a design perspective, the offerings were each exciting, offering new ways for people to live and work, but lacked the cohesion of a system. To integ... More About: Video , Tech
Poetic chairs
2007-12-11 01:42:00 I stumbled upon Stuhlhockerbank by Yvonne Fehling and Jennie Peiz. For a public use of architecture merging chair and stool into seat elements, the life of the sitting place becomes engraved in the artist' sculpture. The chairs are discombobulated. More About: Chairs
Children's toys
2007-12-08 02:04:00 Toys always invite for reflection, but toys within the contemporary art context bring another dimension. I select these ones featured on Artnet. I also author another blog that reflects this passion of mine!Therapeutic children's toys by Renate Müller & Helene Haeusler, 1960.Materials: Canvas, leather, wearA 39cm high camel, a dice of 29.5 x 30 x 32 cm and an Hippopotamus of 35 x 75 x 34 cm.Detail Song of the Finsh (The Bride) Jigsaw Puzzle by Isabel Samaras. The stories of Monsters and the mystical lives they lead ...Benny and Red Bird Color Version by Kathy Olivas(...) Many of the toys show a meticulous care in their creation; they are mechanically functional and cleverly conceived to move, lift or turn. I consider them to be truly remarkable in their abilities to function as well as being aesthetically pleasing. The enormous creative potential inherent in each piece became a challenge that I could not resist. Initially the toys were seen as individual objects, as the series de... More About: Toys
A special chandelier
2007-12-01 23:57:00 Back from the ICA with Adam, I was struck by the work designer Tobias Wong a provocateur who creates the unexpected from the everyday and the everyday from the unexpected as he was being introduced during the exhibition, but I also think it is more than. What is so special about such art and craft work is to feel inspired in experiencing the work.The object is special. It takes a refined sensitivity from the artist to make the careful design decisions exhibited by this piece. In the black shade chandelier, a classical design is made new by a switch between the form of the candelabra and the candle. These are two different objects, two different materials that create a single form in glass and insist on the simple mechanism of an oil lamp. These subtleties are the decisions that I love in this work.In the exhibition was also presented the Disposable Crystal Cup, a sixteen-ounce paper cup printed with a trompe l’oeil crystal pattern. In this piece I felt Tobias Wong took the epidemi... More About: Special
Transitional objects
2007-11-28 03:23:00 Filet From the series Hommage au Sol - accesoires de prolongement du corps, objets transitionels de perception1989-1994Marie-Claire Bevar works with textiles, transforms them, adds all kinds of other materials to them, turns them into objects which has been her passion and necessity since childhood.After collaborating both in trade and in theater, she decided to create objects as part of a personal introspection expressing itself through propositions evolving around the theme of the body. Both in Hommage au Sol and in L'Avant-Bras, Le Lien, Le Trait d'Union on one side and in Artextilabo, a laboratory of experimentations.DoréHommage au Sol focuses around the foot and its relation to the ground. It includes accessories extending the body, transitory objects of perception, photos, videos and written documentation.VeniseL'Avant-Bras, Le Lien, Le Trait d'Union is a work in progress. First she experimented with materials and techniques proper to the theme. A first series of objects ... More About: Objects , Tran , Transit , Transitional
The mix tape business
2007-11-27 02:22:00 A come back for the mix tape business. After the tape with style we have the regular tape packaging that hides a usb key. My favorite part is the usb mix tape's advertisement: Stores up to 1 hour of high quality digital music - the same amount as you get on a C60 cassette tape. Perfect for creating your own unique compilation or mix ‘tape’. When you have 60 minutes you have to think carefully about what you are going to put on there!Is the idea that by constraining the potential of a product, users will carefully consider the potential being given? This is a bit sad. Or is the idea that this product is super conceptual and needs to offer the same amount of 60 minutes of music that is usual in C60 cassette tapes? In that case there is a nostalgic connection, but no innovation. At the end I like the metaphor effort in it, but I prefer the possibility to uniquely tailor my tape with style. The tailoring of the tape could take advantage of online digital art communities such as Ope... More About: Business , Sine
Bio Battery Powered By Sugar
2007-11-26 09:38:00 4 prototype bio battery units connected to Walkman for playbackFollowing up on my previous post kinetic vs electric toys by Sony, Sony also developed a bio battery prototype that generates electricity from sugar, similar to the method used in living organisms. Sugar is a naturally occurring energy source produced by plants through photosynthesis. It is therefore regenerative, and can be found in most areas of the earth, underlining the potential for sugar-based bio batteries as an ecologically-friendly energy device of the future.As humans breakdown food for energy, the battery would generate electricity by breaking down carbohydrates or sugars through the use of enzymes. Since sugar is a natural energy source, the bio battery would be an environmentally friendly choice as it would dramatically reduce disposal issues with disposable batteries used today. Test cells have generated up to 50 milliwatts, which is the highest for a bio battery of this type according to Sony. Currently, i... More About: Battery
Birthday invasion
2007-11-26 09:28:00 Today it is my birthday's invasion! More About: Birthday , Invasion
A portent of human augmentation
2007-11-24 08:00:00 Greasy Spoon, 2007 by Brian WalkerIn our cyborg world, I think it would be nice if prosthesis could mean expanding human skills or on a contrary re-creating fragile and powerless human sculptures.Examples of prosthesesResearchers explored the ability of the skin to acquire and process information rivaling our senses of sight and hearing. The e-skin lab researches on tactile interfaces consisting both of sensors and actuators: wearable artificial skins as a navigation aid in space.The Rheo Knee made by Ossur adapts to an individual's walking style by detecting 1,000 times every second the knee's position and the load applied to the limb. The user gets the proper amount of resistance for every step.Via wiredVicthom's urinary implant, a catheter-free, fully implanted pacemaker for the bladder. If trials go well, it could help 800 million people worldwide with bladder dysfunctions caused by spinal cord injury.Durom™ Hip Resurfacing a joint replacement system that offers "freedom" o... More About: Human , Augmentation
An intelligent bar of soap!
2007-11-24 07:16:00 The Bar of Soap , created by Michael Bove, Stacie Slotnick and Brandon Taylor at the MIT Media Laboratory, is a handheld device that recognizes how it is being held and adjusts its functionality accordingly. For instance if you want to make a phone call, just hold the bar of soap like a phone!The device senses the pattern of touch and orientation when it is held, and reconfigures to become one of a variety of devices, such as phone, camera, remote control, PDA, or game machine. Pattern-recognition techniques allow the device to infer the user's intention based on grasp. We are now adding display surfaces across the entire device so that buttons and indicators can be created where needed for a particular mode. More About: Intelligent , Gent
Toy or not toy exhibit
2007-11-22 07:07:00 An exhibition I should not have missed! Thankfully Etienne Mineur reported on it wonderfully: Toy Comix, an exhibition at the musée des Arts décoratifs. More About: Exhibit
Toy or not toy exhibit
2007-11-22 06:56:00 An exhibition I should not have missed! Thankfully Etienne Mineur reported on it wonderfully: Toy Comix, an exhibition at the musée des Arts décoratifs. More About: Exhibit
Serial robots
2007-11-22 06:14:00 Robots are making it in advertising! Hair cut and make up design by robots, Tiky Advertising, November 2007. More About: Robots , Serial
Serial robots
2007-11-22 06:02:00 Robots are making it in advertising! Hair cut and make up design by robots, Tiky Advertising, November 2007. More About: Robots , Serial
Firebird
2007-11-19 18:45:00 Contrasting delicate silhouettes with a massive robotic construction, this moving sculpture retro-projects goth-looking birds. Work by Jonathan Schipper and Amelia Biewald.
Firebird
2007-11-19 18:33:00 Contrasting delicate silhouettes with a massive robotic construction, this moving sculpture retro-projects goth-looking birds. Work by Jonathan Schipper and Amelia Biewald.
A love story
2007-11-17 02:52:00 Swarovski makes heart pendants that hide a computer key! A key to millions of love letters, pictures and all that, for a modest crystal price and that you can share between your neck and your laptop. More About: Love , Story , Love story , A Love Story
A love story
2007-11-17 02:45:00 Swarovski makes heart pendants that hide a computer key! A key to millions of love letters, pictures and all that, for a modest crystal price and that you can share between your neck and your laptop. More About: Love , Story , Love story , A Love Story
Robotic furniture design part II
2007-11-17 02:33:00 The Meeraboo FL-1 a floor lamp with white curvilinear shapes fused with linear components, teardrop shaped feet on thin white legs, and illuminated golden interiors!I wrote about Victor Vetterlein's work on robotic furniture design. He recently sent me his latest explorations. Same color palette! The Meeraboo FL-1 floor lamp is 60 inches (152.4cm) in height, and 24 inches (61 cm) wide. The body of the lamp is fiberglass with a high gloss white finish. The interior is gold leaf. An electric cord passes through a rear leg of the lamp to supply an internal adjustable light source, and a removable panel on the side of the lamp provides access to the inside. The FL-1 is designed to cast light downward in order to reflect light off the floor plain. More About: Design , Robotic , Furniture , Part
Robotic furniture design part II
2007-11-17 02:24:00 The Meeraboo FL-1 a floor lamp with white curvilinear shapes fused with linear components, teardrop shaped feet on thin white legs, and illuminated golden interiors!I wrote about Victor Vetterlein's work on robotic furniture design. He recently sent me his latest explorations. Same color palette! The Meeraboo FL-1 floor lamp is 60 inches (152.4cm) in height, and 24 inches (61 cm) wide. The body of the lamp is fiberglass with a high gloss white finish. The interior is gold leaf. An electric cord passes through a rear leg of the lamp to supply an internal adjustable light source, and a removable panel on the side of the lamp provides access to the inside. The FL-1 is designed to cast light downward in order to reflect light off the floor plain. More About: Design , Robotic , Furniture , Part
An insight into John Maeda's shoe design for Reebok
2007-11-15 06:22:00 The king of simplicity is revisiting the new frontier in business competition.John Maeda' shoe design accompanies Reebok 's trend for mass customization and brings his perspective on what can be done on the shoe "canvas". In mass customization, firms have thrown away the old paradigm of Mass Production by creating a variety and customization through flexibility and quick responsiveness. This is a new logic more suited to a world in which stability and control can no longer be maintained. More About: Design , Insight , Shoe
Fancy masks
2007-11-15 05:41:00 So you are working on your precious mold, lots of polyurethane threatens your life, you need a mask. These masks are for you: the high fashion protection! More About: Masks , Fancy
Fancy masks
2007-11-15 05:37:00 So you are working on your precious mold, lots of polyurethane threatens your life, you need a mask. These masks are for you: the high fashion protection! More About: Masks , Fancy
An insight into John Maeda's shoe design for Reebok
2007-11-14 04:53:00 The king of simplicity is revisiting the new frontier in business competition.John Maeda' shoe design accompanies Reebok 's trend for mass customization and brings his perspective on what can be done on the shoe "canvas". In mass customization, firms have thrown away the old paradigm of Mass Production by creating a variety and customization through flexibility and quick responsiveness. This is a new logic more suited to a world in which stability and control can no longer be maintained. More About: Design , Insight , Shoe
Tech outfit communication
2007-11-14 04:04:00 A costume that controls a video presentation by truth dare double dareA zipper that turns on/off the light!Or Rainbug, a raincoat that relies upon the natural gesture of the young wearer to interact and transform butterflies into flowers! More About: Communication , Tech , Outfit
Tech outfit communication
2007-11-14 03:52:00 A costume that controls a video presentation by truth dare double dareA zipper that turns on/off the light!Or Rainbug, a raincoat that relies upon the natural gesture of the young wearer to interact and transform butterflies into flowers! More About: Communication , Tech , Outfit
Airbed
2007-11-14 03:28:00 Airbed, an artificial lung and breathing mattress, is constructed from clear polythene and chromed waste plugs. It is a hybrid object borrowing language from the bedroom and the bathroom. An intermittent air supply feed into one end of the mattress bringing the bed to life. Audible bursts of air are sent down a plastic windpipe, mimicking a sleeping body.
Airbed
More articles from this author:2007-11-14 03:20:00 Airbed, an artificial lung and breathing mattress, is constructed from clear polythene and chromed waste plugs. It is a hybrid object borrowing language from the bedroom and the bathroom. An intermittent air supply feed into one end of the mattress bringing the bed to life. Audible bursts of air are sent down a plastic windpipe, mimicking a sleeping body. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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