Category Archives: Graphic design

3D secret – hidden pictures

By Timo | February 27th, 2010

Beautiful new exploratory game for the Nintendo DS, that uses the front-facing camera and face tracking to calculate a perspective that renders like a window on a new world. DSi「立体かくし絵　アッタコレダ. Via BERG

Also posted in Interaction design, Play, video | Tagged face tracking, game, nintendo, perspective | Leave a comment

Augmented reality experiments

By Timo | August 29th, 2006

A year ago, Even and I played around for an afternoon with ARtoolkit, an open-source application for handling Augmented Reality objects: physical markings that when processed through a video camera can be augmented with 3D digital objects.

Also posted in Architecture, Information design, Interaction design, Play, Research, Ubicomp | 2 Comments

I'm collecting images from around the world depicting 'you are here' marks or ideo locators at Flickr. I'm fascinated by this mapping in context, in particular the relationship to local physical space. This is mapping with a a point of view, and maps as direct interface to the world. The best example to date is from Seoul, where 3D cross sections of a metro station are directly related to the point at which you are looking at the map.

Also posted in Information design, Mapping, Place, Research, Travel | 2 Comments

Graphic language for touch

By Timo | November 21st, 2005

This work explores the visual link between information and physical things, specifically around the emerging use of the mobile phone to interact with RFID or NFC. It was a presentation and poster at Design Engaged, Berlin on the 11th November 2005. Download the icons (PDF, 721KB, Gif preview).

Also posted in Information design, Interaction design, Mobility, Place, Project, Ubicomp, Usability | 17 Comments

Design research books

By Timo | August 8th, 2004

My design research and theory books.

Also posted in Adaptive design, Reading, Research | Comments closed

Public markup

By Timo | May 17th, 2004

Cable ties on a lamppost, Euston, London

This research looks at the marking of public space by investigating the physical annotation of the city: stickering, graffiti and billboards. It attempts to find patterns in this marking practice by looking at visibility, techniques, process, location, content and audience. It proposes ways in which this marking can be used as a layer between the physical city, and digital spatial annotation.

Also posted in Interaction design, Mapping, Mobility, Photography, Place, Urbanism | Comments closed

Design for television

By Timo | March 10th, 2004

Typographer.org / David Earls has covered the basics of design for television in a clear and accessible way. I have been meaning to write up some guidelines specific to (interactive) television, here is a start.

Also posted in Experience design, Information design, Interaction design, Media, Narrative, Television, Usability | Comments closed