http://www.interactive.edu.au A blog about AFTRS Interactive Design Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:36:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Twice this week I've stumbled across interfaces which I've found irresistable and blog-worthy. The first is PicLens (not brand new this week - but certainly within living memory ie: several months). The second is the Zoomii interface for browsing Amazon books. PicLens is a Firefox 3.0 plugin which allows you to ... http://www.interactive.edu.au/?p=45 Image: Mike Rohde With the US economy described as being in "free fall", the 3rd SEED conference held in Chicago a couple of weeks ago on 6 June, may be for some, a beacon of optimism in an otherwise bleak and stormy landscape. It was a small, one day affair which ... http://www.interactive.edu.au/?p=44 Described by it's creators as the "first step in an ongoing social experiment, based on twitter inspired by wefeelfine and drawing data from summize", Twistori is a real time visualiser which displays tweets containing the words love, hate, think, believe, feel and wish. It has a much narrower focus than ... http://www.interactive.edu.au/?p=43 It would seem that multi-touch interfaces are the new black. In any case - they're really really popular. They're popping up like mushrooms all over the place with companies like Microsoft and Apple in a mad race to get devices/concepts to market. Ken Han introduced the genius of his ... http://www.interactive.edu.au/?p=35 I've been meaning to post something about Pangea Day for a few weeks because I found it inspiring on a number of levels. I’m inspired by documentary filmmaker Jehan Noujaim and her acceptance speech at TED 2006 - which led to the creation of Pangea Day, a global film festival ... http://www.interactive.edu.au/?p=39 "Design and the Elastic Mind" is a major exhibition currently presented by MoMA till May 12 2008. The title of the exhibition emerges from the assertion that while "adaptability" is hard-wired into human intelligence, coping with the recent and dramatic changes in our experience of "time, space, matter and ... http://www.interactive.edu.au/?p=42 Now you can wear your social network (or your heart) on your sleeve - literally. This is what you do: 1. Buy a set of threads from the Get Wickd clothing label 2. Download the special Get Wickd software onto your mobile 3. Go outside and start looking for other people wearing ... http://www.interactive.edu.au/?p=36 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6G5YlICVRg&eurl=http://www.physicalinteractionlab.com/projects/wable[/youtube] Not sure whether this could be defined as a gadget - but it's my object o' the week in any case. Not sure about form, and I'm certainly not sure about function but, at the end of the day, it's a sweet way to see what your feeds are doing ... http://www.interactive.edu.au/?p=41 Interesting to see a number of "design" companies relying heavily (but poetically and thoughtfully), on code to generate visualisation work these days. I know it's nothing new, but I am genuinely excited by the possibilities inherent when really good information design, generates really good visual design generated by really good ... http://www.interactive.edu.au/?p=38 A couple of weeks ago JWT, released a trendletter entitled "The Han Internet". The term was coined by JWT to describe that part of the online world which is "characterized and shaped by Chinese language, culture and needs". JWT claims that it would be "myopic" of advertisers and marketers ... http://www.interactive.edu.au/?p=40