If you around London, its worth getting yourself down to the Royal College of Art interim show, on until 7th Feb. Lots of interesting work, although too crowded as usual on the opening night to get a good look.
Above: Animal Superpowers by Kenichi Okada and Chris Woebken on Design Interactions.
Below: Work on new radio […]

So its that time of year again, far far too many graduate shows in London. Last weekend I went to a few around Brick Lane, photos here. I will write about some of that work later.
Tonight is the opening of the RCA show 2007, titled The Great Exhibition. Each year there is always something […]

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Availabot by Jack Schulze (Interaction Design) plugs into your computer by USB, stands to attention when your chat buddy comes online, and falls down when they go away. It’s a presence-aware, peripheral-vision USB toy and because the puppets are made […]

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The Sprochs from Daniel Goddemeyer (Interaction Design) are a family of characters that allow you to record a single voice message, then pass it on to someone else. Upon recording your message, you can set the level of effort and care from […]

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Progress Bar from Eyal Burstein (Interaction Design) are objects that visualise periods between one week and one hundred years, and are used to review the progress of goals, aims, ambitions or any other long-term interest, which might get left behind because of every […]

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One of the best projects to come out of Interaction Design this year is Chatsum, the brainchild of George Grinsted in collaboration with Lee Parry.
Putting it simply, Chatsum is a web service that allows you to chat to other people who are […]

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I had previously written about Plable from Yumiko Tanaka, so I was pleased to see a working prototype at the Interaction Design show.
Yumiko’s other projects include Fripon (connect kitchen appliances and furniture wirelessly to control childrens toys) and Spyrod (a small video camera […]

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Daniel Goddemeyer from Interaction Design has created these three dolls for children with a purpose.

Smoke is a doll whose physical breathing behaviour is depending on the parents smoking habits and how much the doll is exposed to passive smoke at home. Smoke’s […]

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Daniel Kupfer from Interaction Design presented Memory Mirror:
“Imagine your body could leave a trace of your heat, a trace of your libido, a trace of your soul. What would you say with it? The Memory Mirror is an invitation to a form of […]

Tonight was the private view for the Royal College of Art show. I highly recommend you get to see this. Opening times and information. Show 2 participants include Animation, Architecture, Communication Art & Design, Conservation, Curating Contemporary Art, Design Products, Fashion, History of Design, Industrial Design, Engineering, Interaction Design, Textiles and Vehicle Design.
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From an interactive design perspective, toys for adults and children fascinate me. From looking at interaction models, encouraging collaboration, creativity and exploration, I think these fields can learn a lot from each other. So you’ll start to see a little more focus on toy design on Pixelsumo, toys that take a different approach or […]

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connect..draw..remix (formerly CD Sequencer) is a project by Matthew Falla. It is a concept for interactive CD packaging. You plug the CD box into your usb port via a cable, plug in a card containing metal stripes then draw across the stripes using a pencil. The circuit measures […]

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Shadow Monsters by Philip Worthington is an installation of magical monsters that appear from the shadow of your hands. Not documented online yet (due to being very busy), but some sneaky photos below. By creating a variety of shapes with your hands it is possible to make different creatures. […]

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OITV by Mark Hauenstein, is a TV that misbehaves. Sometimes it changes channels, rotates the image or glitches. The solutions? Give it a slap, try tilting it, adjust the antenna or perhaps stroke it! This project explores the relationship between user and object outside of the traditional […]

I have just had chance to play on this at the Royal College of Art graduate show and it’s fab! Beatbox is a project by Andy Huntington. Essentially you press record, tap on the buttons for each box to record a beat, then press play and the box taps back the rythm. It’s this simplicity […]