Monthly Archives: July 2005

International Fashion Machines

“International Fashion Machines is a design and research company whose broad mission is to understand and transform the aesthetic and material properties of technology…. IFM’s projects in this area range from one-of-a kind interactive textile artworks to research for the military and design and strategy for the fashion industry.” Continue reading

Posted in art & performance, interaction design, physical computing | Leave a comment

Music Thing Blog

The Music Thing Blog is a collection of resources and articles on all things related to digital and interactive music systems. If you’re interested in interaction design and music, it’s worth a read. Continue reading

Posted in art & performance, interaction design | Comments Off

Sajjadah 1426

Sajjadah 1426 is a prayer rug woven with electroluminescent wire that increases its brightness as it’s pointed more toward Mecca. A compass module built into the rug senses the orientation and changes the brightness of the EL wires. Continue reading

Posted in art & performance, interaction design, networks, physical computing | Leave a comment

Treehugger

Treehugger is a blog that reports on sustainability issues of all sorts: new alternate power sources, political actions, design-related issues, and more. A decent read if you’re interested in physical design and sustainability. Continue reading

Posted in environment, interaction design, physical computing | Leave a comment

Tangint Wiki

Tangint is a discussion space and resource for tangible computing run by Brygg Ullmer out of Louisiana State. “Tangint is intended to service the international community of researchers, designers, artists, and other practioners in the area of tangible interfaces and (more generally) tangible interaction.” Continue reading

Posted in interaction design, physical computing | Leave a comment

Eruvim in Manhattan

Elliott Malkin has done an interesting project on Eruvim in Manhattan. Continue reading

Posted in art & performance, networks | Comments Off