Having studied Electrical Engineering and Liberal Arts at the University of Melbourne, Australia, Pierre then spent three and a half years in Sweden where he developed a body of work and obtained a Master in Art and Technology from Chalmers University.
He has worked on a range of consulting projects in both User Experience and Information Design/Analysis.In 2004 he wrote a book with Peter Wright (Technology as Experience, MIT Press) that developed an account of human experience as simultaneously aesthetic, sensual, intellectual, and emotional. This was intended to provide conceptual foundations for experience-centred design in HCI. John is now working on the follow-up project, again with Peter, a methodologically oriented analysis of user research in user-centred design.
This research feeds back into my teaching in the areas of qualitative research, theory and psychology, and people and technology.
He is also interested in supervising research projects that relate to the projects and areas outlined above: e.g. qualitative research on people’s experiences with technology in interesting contexts, particular kinds of person-technology experiences (enchantment, intimacy), aesthetic aspects of interaction with and through information and communication technologies (e.g. social networks and mobile phones), user-centred service design (e.g. hospice care, school), and the design process itself.
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Rob van Kranenburg is an innovation and media theorist involved with negociability strategies of new technologies and artistic practice, predominantly ubicomp and RFID, the relationship between the formal and informal in cultural and economic policy, and the requirements for a sustainable cultural economy.
He has been teaching at various schools in the Netherlands (UvA, EMMA Interaction Design, Industrial Design) and has worked at several Dutch cultural institutions; de Balie, Doors of Perception and Virtual Platform. Until april 1 2009 he was Head of Public Domain at Waag Society.
Currently he teaches at Frank Mohr and Fontys Ambient Intelligence. He lives in Ghent, Belgium. With friends he is setting up a consultancy/thinktank on the Internet of Things for governments, cities and citizens.
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His research explores how design methods can be extended to provide individuals with creative access to technology.
He is also a visiting lecturer at Goldsmiths, the RCA, TU/e and Camberwell. Before graduating from Interaction Design MA at the RCA, Tobie took a BA in English literature and Fine Art at Oxford Brookes University.
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He spent 4 years at the Interaction Design Institue Ivrea as Associate Professor. Massimo has taught workshops and has been a guest speaker at institutions like: Architectural Association - London, Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel, Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd, FH Potsdam, Domus Academy, Medialab Madrid, Escola Superior de Disseny Barcelona, ARS Electronica Linz, Mediamatic Amsterdam, Doors of Perception Amsterdam.
Before joining IDII he was CTO for the Seat Ventures incubator. He spent many years working as a software architect,both in Milan and London, on projects for clients like Italia Online, Sapient, Labour Party, BT, MCI WorldCom, SmithKlineBeecham, Storagetek, BSkyB and boo.com.
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Born in Jamnagar, India, Mooshir graduated in 2004 in Computer Engineering from Nirma Institute of Technology, Ahmedabad. Having a keen interest in design from an early age, he decided to pursue a career in design and completed his masters in Visual Communication from Industrial Design Centre (IDC) IIT Bombay in 2006. Having worked for a year to gain industry experience he joined the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. He recently graduated from ITP in May 2009 and is currently working as an Interaction Designer in New York.
Mooshir's interests lie in interaction design and generative art. Other things that consume his time are photography, travel and music.
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One of his recent projects – the installation "Dialogues of Noise" – utilizes standardised technology in an innovative way to measure sound levels in its direct environment. The piece exposes the process behind the piece of work and analyzes the value of a human element within the creative approach to interactivity.
Linking art, nature, science and technology, she experiments in transforming complex processes into sound compositions, objects and animations, and although technology is often at the core of her work she aims to make it transparent in the final output. Freeman’s focus is on translating nature to enable deeper understanding and appreciation of the natural environment.
He works in an Open Source context and makes all the software he develops, that is of general use, available under the GPL. Physical modelling, chaos, feedback systems, evolutionary algorithms and artificial intelligence have been used to inform and engage in his creative process.
Inspired by modern art, nature, science and technology, we aim to create animate images with a life of its own. Generative Processes, Interactive Systems, and Artificial Life are the reference points from which we draw ideas, methods, and mindset into our design process.
