Urbanism / Timo Arnall

Category Archives: Urbanism

Urban GPS experience

12 April 2004 – 11:38

Using a GPS receiver in dense urban areas requires constant attention to avoid losing satellite signals. My photography is suffering because I am constantly trying to get satellites instead of looking.

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Travelogue

25 March 2004 – 10:25

I have been treating digital photography as a narrative medium taking sequences of photographs to suggest movement, place, stories, journeys and discovery. In the near future I hope to to link images back to places using a GPS receiver, to produce some semi-automated travelogues. There is a lot of research to be done around contextualised imagery, and about mapping in relation to photography.

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Architecture theory books

3 February 2004 – 14:20

My books on architectural theory, urban planning, history and research.

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Mobile interaction design case study

4 June 2001 – 18:12

A mobile social entertainment system designed in 2001 for Pollen Mobile in the UK. This case study shows some of the processes used in the design of the service.

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About

Timo Arnall is a designer working with interactive products and media. Timo leads an international research project on mobile technology, collaborates on interaction design work and lectures in design, physical computing and design methodology. More...

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15 July, 14.27

13 July (Zeitgeist 2)

13 July (Post Foo 2)

12 July (Foo 29)

12 July (Foo 27)

11 July (Foo 21)

11 July (Towards Foo 3)

11 July (Foo 2)

Recent links
1. For teens, the future is mobile
  "The device is inconsequential compared to the content" Via Alex.
2. iPhone and cluster effects?
  "If there's anything you can do to encourage network density, you won't regret it. If you can tip full clusters to the same platform with all-you-can-eat plans, you can launch all sorts of interesting things that will fundamentally alter practice..."
3. IaaC: Ubiquitous Computing
  "This class focuses on the exploration of computational systems that mix digital media and the physical environment."
4. Android OS will free the wireless web
  "Coders were told that their applications would have constant access to the Net, not the usual mobile hurry-up-and-wait feel. Working with the cloud — enabling programs to push or pull info to or from the Web — was a must."
5. Raphael Grignani on homegrown
  "Prototyping allowed us to confront our designs — asking ourselves, “Is this the best we can do? What can we reduce? Have we found the essence?"
6. RFID Aesthetics
  "Instead of delving into new technology, this time PingMag takes a closer look at the appearance of RFID transponders."
7. Gradual dissemination: the usefulness of touch
  "From penguins to mobile micro payment to touch-based information distribution: it is a nice example of how a new technology is disseminated in incremental steps, which was a long journey."
8. WalletPop
  Mobile money works out of the box with NFC phones. "If your phone does not have NFC technology, you can order the Blaze Mobile Wallet Card with NFC Sticker."
9. Designing everyday computational things
  "To support critical discussion of, and reflection upon, the design of everyday computational things, both new design philosophies and a richer collection of design examples are needed."
10. Nokia research on the “Internet of Things”
  "The focus of this major research collaboration is to get beneath the skin of new technologies and explore the real-life application of what’s been dubbed the “Internet of Things”."
11. Ubicomp reading list
  "An overview of those perspectives that will allow students to critically engage with the research literature, and position their own work within it."
12. The next UI breakthrough, part 2: physicality
  "Physicality: the return to mechanical controls, coupled with intelligent, embedded processors and communication."
13. Design for the location revolution
  "There’s no doubt that the mobile experience has the potential to be far more than just the desktop Web reformatted for a tiny screen and accessible on the go"
14. The challenges of location-based social networking
  "Most importantly, there was a “location problem”. It’s really hard to grow a product that’s 100% focused on where you physically are. Tons of companies have tried this before and most of them have died."
15. I have seen the future of urban life
  "You can see surges of activity washing over the city just like an algal bloom across the surface of a lake: morning commute, lunch break, quittin’ time, supper and the dispersal home."
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