Category Archives: Conferences

Negotiating futures. Design fiction

By Timo | April 6th, 2010

Swiss Design Network Conference 2010: Designers see the world not simply as it is, but rather as it could be. In this perspective, the world is a laboratory to explore the contingency of the existing and the thinking in options. Imaginations of the contra factual are a key source for the creation of alternative political, [...]

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Design Engaged 2005

By Timo | November 20th, 2005

Here are my raw notes from the three days of excellent conversation, urban exploration and brainstorming of Design Engaged 2005.

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Spatial memory at Design Engaged 2004

By Timo | November 15th, 2004

Here is my presentation [pdf] and presentation notes from Design Engaged 2004. Lots of pretty pictures of stickers, tags, flyposting and such. I will chip in with Dan, Adam, Matt, Molly and Fabio to say that this has been the conference highlight of the year.

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Design Engaged 2004

By Timo | November 13th, 2004

We are all sat around a table in Amsterdam, at Design Engaged 2004. There are lots of photos going up to Flickr, and here are my notes.

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Art + communication 2004

By Timo | October 6th, 2004

The final event in the Trans-cultural mapping series of workshops was organised by RIXC in Riga, Latvia.

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Physical computing workshop

By Timo | September 26th, 2004

Making sense, a physical computing workshop at Atelier Nord took place from 22 – 25 September 2004. Have a look at my images at Flickr.

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ISEA 2004 conference

By Timo | August 13th, 2004

Going to ISEA on a boat between Helsinki, Stockholm, Mariehamn and Tallinn today. I am updating photographs here, and have been posting some event notes over at polarfront.

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Photography and mapping from Afar

By Timo | July 28th, 2004

My piece for ‘Afar’ in Copenhagen documents the time from 27 February to 19 May 2004. It presents a linear sequence of images alongside personal maps.

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Iceland inside/out workshop

By Timo | July 1st, 2004

Currently in Reykjavik for the Trans-cultural mapping workshop.

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Loop city workshop

By Timo | June 20th, 2004

Some notes from the 'loop city' workshop at Outside In in Goteborg.

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Outside In

By Timo | June 15th, 2004

Leaving Göteborg, heading to Norway, after two days of presentations and workshops at Outside In at Röda Sten.

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Notcon 04

By Timo | June 7th, 2004

Two things I saw at Notcon 04 and got excited about.

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Transcultural mapping workshops

By Timo | May 20th, 2004

I will be participating in the Transcultural mapping workshop in Lofoten in June. I am also participating in the ‘Loop City’ workshop at the Outside In symposium.

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Creative Crossings workshop

By Timo | April 28th, 2004

Creative Crossings was organised by m-cult, banff centre and arts council england to bring together practitioners from Britain, Canada and Finland to discuss participatory and creative applications for the development of mobile/located and cross-platform media. It was a research based event looking at practice in contemporary media arts.

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