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Graphical data fiction

Sumedecina and Graphical data fiction.

21 June 2010

Augmented (hyper)Reality

Augmented (hyper)Reality by Keiichi Matsuda The latter half of the 20th century saw the built environment merged with media space, and architecture taking on new roles related to branding, image and consumerism. Augmented reality may recontextualise the functions of consumerism and architecture, and change in the way in which we operate within it. A film [...]

9 February 2010

Telling stories with interfaces

“But where does it go from here? Is this really just a micro-genre best suited to ads for internet companies? Or does the fact that we spend so much time on this stage our selves mean that it really can be the venue for more (and more kinds of) storytelling? via Telling stories with interfaces [...]

25 January 2010
Augmented reality experiments

Augmented reality experiments

AR Teapot

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.

29 August 2006

You are here

You are here

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.

4 August 2006
Graphic language for touch

Graphic language for touch

A graphic language for touch: interacting with RFID and NFC through the mobile phone.

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).

21 November 2005

Social filtering for online forums

Perhaps the first online forum to use social network filtering went online yesterday.

28 June 2004

Design for television

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.

10 March 2004

Information design books

My books on information design.

3 September 2003

Visual design books

My visual design books.

28 January 2003

Typography books

My typography books.——-

17 January 2003

Information architecture books

My books on information architecture.

1 May 2002