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Three-Dimensional Mid-Air Acoustic Manipulation
Three-Dimensional Mid-Air Acoustic Manipulation (2013-) Yoichi Ochiai (The University of Tokyo) Takayuki Hoshi (Nagoya Institute of Technology) Jun Rekimoto (The University of Tokyo / Sony CSL) http://96ochiai.ws/3DOFacou... contact: yoichi.ochiai@me.com The essence of levitation tec[...] -
inFORM from Tangible Media
Those crazy cats at Tangible Media in MIT's Media Lab under the tuition of Hiroshi Iishi have just released their vision of a 3D interface under the the moniker inFORM. Using linear actuators that are linked via cables to the interface 'pins', the interface is linked to a Kinect. As in my own e[...] -
Shapeways & SoundCloud make unique cases!
The 3D Printing company Shapeways, and the music hosting service SoundCloud have joined forces in a great and very modern way called The Vibe: making personalised phone cases that are made by combining your favorite music track and the casing of your music device! Cool! The interesting part is[...] -
Steven Strogatz - SYNC
Strogatz, S. (2003) SYNC: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order New York, USA: Hyperion ISBN 0-7868-6844-9 -
David Peak & Michael Frame - Chaos Under Control
Peak, D. & Frame, M. (1994) Chaos Under Control: The Art and Science of Complexity New York, USA: W. H. Freeman and Company ISBN 0-7167-2429-4 -
Per Bak - How Nature Works
Bak, P. (1997) How Nature Works: The Science of Self-Organized Criticality Oxford, UK: Oxford Press ISBN 0-19-850164-1 -
Dan Saffer - Designing for Interaction
Saffer, D. (2007) Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices. Berkeley CA, USA: Free Riders ISBN 0-312-43206-1 -
The Sound of Cancer
Gil Alterovitz, a research fellow at Harvard Medical School, translated populations of genes into musical notes. Each constellation (green) represents a key network of interrelated genes (blue). Each network is represented by a musical note. In healthy cells, the notes form music in harmony, indicat[...] -
Nacenta, M., Kamber, Y., Qiang, Y., & Kristensson, P. O. - Memorability of Pre-designed & User-defined Gesture Sets
Nacenta, M., Kamber, Y., Qiang, Y., & Kristensson, P. O. (2013) Memorability of Pre-designed & User-defined Gesture Sets. Proceedings of the 31st ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2013). Retrieved from http://miguel.host.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Downloads/Gest[...] -
Malcom McCullough - Digital Ground
McCullough, M. (2004) Digital Ground – Architecture, Pervasive Computing, and Environmental Knowledge. Massachuesetts, USA: The MIT Press ISBN 0-262-13435-7 -
Self-Producing Systems - John Mingers
Mingers, J. (1995) Self Producing Systems - Implications and Applications of Autopoeisis New York, USA: Plenum Press ISBN 0-306-44797-5 -
Leisure Studies – Prospects for the Twenty-First Century
Various (1999) Leisure Studies – Prospects for the Twenty-First Century Pennsylvania, USA: Venture Publishing ISBN: 1-892132-03-6 -
Design & Emotion Moves
Various (2008) Design & Emotion Moves Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars publishing ISBN: 1-4438-0016-3 -
Maeda and Media
Maeda, J. (2000) Maeda and Media London, UK: Thames & Hudson ISBN: 0-500-28235-8 -
Trespassers
van Hinte, E & Bakker, C. (1999) Trespassers Rotterdam, Netherlands: 010 publishers ISBN90-6450-375-3 -
Design Disasters
Heller, S. Edit (2008) Design Disasters New York, USA: Allworth Press ISBN: 978-1-58115-508-2 -
Design Research – Methods and Perspectives
Various (2003) Design Research – Methods and Perspectives Massachusetts, USA: MIT Press ISBN: 0-262-12263-4 -
Vespa
Boni, V. (2006) Vespa New York, USA: Rizzoli International Publications ISBN: 0-8478-2936-7 -
Design for Life
Yelavich, S. (1997) Design for Life New York, USA: Cooper Hewitt ISBN: 0-8478-202-30-0 -
Design Elements – A Graphic Style Manual
Samara, T. (2007) Design Elements – A Graphic Style Manual Massachusetts, USA: Rockport Publishers ISBN 1-59253-261-6 -
To Have and to Hold
Blom, P (2002) To Have and to Hold New York, USA: The Overlook Press ISBN1-58567-377-3 -
Ceramics
Sottsass, E. (1995) Ceramics London ,England: Thames & Hudson ISBN 0-500-23715-8 -
Japanese Painted Porcelain – Modern Masterpieces in Overglaze Enamel
Various (1980) Japanese Painted Porcelain – Modern Masterpieces in Overglaze Enamel Tokyo, Japan: John Weatherhill, Inc. ISBN 0-8348-1520-6 -
High Performance Loudspeakers
Colloms, M. (1997) High Performance Loudspeakers West Sussex, UK: John Wiley ISBN 0417-97089 -
Noise
Kosko, B. (2006) Noise London, UK: Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN 0-670-03495-9 -
Emotional Design – Why we love (or hate) everyday things
Norman, D. A. (2004) Emotional Design – Why we love (or hate) everyday things New York, USA: Basic Books ISBN 0-465-05135-9 -
The Visual Display of Quantitative Data
Tufte, E. R. (1983) The Visual Display of Quantitative Data Connecticut, USA: Graphics Press ISBN 978-0961392147 -
Understanding Your Users – A practical guide to user requirements
Baxter, K. & Courage, C. (2005) Understanding Your Users – A practical guide to user requirements San Francisco, USA: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers ISBN 1-55860-935-0 -
Questionnaire Design
Brace, I. (2004) Questionnaire Design London, UK: Kogan Page Ltd. ISBN 0-7494-4181 -
Sound: Space
Lietner, B. (1998) Sound: Space Ostfildern, Germany: Cantz Verlag ISBN 3-89322-444-0 -
Designing for the Digital Age
Goodwin, K. (2009) Designing for the Digital Age Indianapolis, USA: Wiley Publishing, Inc ISBN 978-0-470-22910-1 -
Thinking: Objects – Contemporary approaches to product design
Parsons, T (2009) Thinking: Objects – Contemporary approaches to product design Lausanne Switzerland: AVA Publishing SA ISBN 978-2-940373-74-1 -
Introduction to Ergonomics - 2nd Edition
Bridger, R. S. (1995) Introduction to Ergonomics - 2nd Edition New York, USA: McGraw-Hill, Inc ISBN 0-415-27377-3 -
In the Bubble: designing in a complex world
Thackara, J. (2006) In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex World Massachusetts, USA: MIT Press ISBN 0-262-20157-7 -
Japanese Design
Sparke, P. (2009) Japanese Design New York, USA: Museum of Modern Art ISBN 978-88-7439-492-0 -
Digital Dreams: the work of the Sony Design Center
Kunkel, P. (1999) Digital Dreams: the work of the Sony Design Center New York, USA: Universe Publishing ISBN 0-7893-0262-4 -
Synedoche
This is short video made with Nick Gill as part of a first year's Creativity class. It splices elements of Vincent Ward's The Navigator, Idaho Transfer by Peter Fonda and a BBC nature documentary - Planet Earth if I remember correctly.... Synedoche from Ben Jarrett on Vimeo.
