Design Conversations

Innovative Design at NYPL

Posted by Debbie Ahn, on Friday April 08, 2011

Yesterday Design Watch Members toured the 10,500 square-foot library branch in Battery Park City, New York Public Library’s ‘greenest’ location. NYPL wanted a forward-looking design to emphasize their commitment to the 21st century.
 

NYPL, New York Public Library, branch, Battery Park City, green design, LEED, gold, sustainable, energy efficient, Design Watch, tour

Tangible Tuesdays: M-Dress

Posted by Katie Shelly, on Tuesday April 05, 2011

Cutecircuit’s M-Dress is a concept for a silk jersey dress that integrates a mobile phone.

Cutecircuit, M Dress, integrated design, mobile phone, Interaction Design

John Maeda from the Adobe Museum of Digital Media

Posted by Bill Moggridge, on Saturday April 02, 2011

John Maeda talks about Neue Craft

John Maeda, RISD, Adobe, Museum of Digital Media, digital media, Lecture, technology, developments, content, migration

Designing Media - Bob Mason with Jeremy Merle

Posted by Bill Moggridge, on Friday April 01, 2011

Bob Mason & Jeremy Merle, November 2008 Bob Mason cofounded Brightcove in 2004 with Jeremy Allaire. They saw the possibility of a complete end-to-end solution to deliver video from any creator to any customer, across diverse devices, allowing content owners to have the same breadth of communication that had previously been limited to major corporations and media companies.

Bob Mason, Jeremy Merle, Brightcove, end-to-end, video, delivery, publishing, online, platform, transparent, Interaction Design, designing media, book, Interview, Bill Moggridge

Adobe Museum of Digital Media

Posted by Bill Moggridge, on Tuesday March 29, 2011

There isn’t much there yet, as the Adobe Museum of Digital Media has not had time to include many exhibits. The easiest way to get the hang of what’s happening is to take the building tour, accessed through the directory.

Adobe, Museum of Digital Media, Tom Eccles, curator, building tour

Tangible Tuesdays: Digital Music

Posted by Katie Shelly, on Tuesday March 29, 2011

Those nostalgic for the days of vinyl and tape are coming up with some striking new concepts for the creation and collection of digital music. For example, Ryan Raffa’s Tangible Color Music Instrument allows a user to make music by placing colored blocks on an illuminated table.

digital music, tangible color music instrument, blocks, Ryan Raffa, Martin Kaltenbrunner

Threesome Rescue Wheelchair User

Posted by Bill Moggridge, on Saturday March 26, 2011

Yesterday our education team was hosting a professional development teacher training program with the New York City Department of Education. One of their participants came in very upset because his wheel chair had broken a block away from the museum and he was not able to be mobile without it.

facilities, museum staff, teacher, training, wheelchair, broken, repair, mobility

Tangible Tuesdays: Proverbial Wallets

Posted by Katie Shelly, on Tuesday March 22, 2011

A physical indicator of virtual reality, this leather wallet actually gets harder to open as funds decrease. The wallet “knows” how to behave based on a bluetooth signal from your online banking account.
 

wallet, interactive, bluetooth, signal, online, bank, account, funds, decrease, MIT media lab, information ecology group

Inventables

Posted by Katie Shelly, on Monday March 21, 2011

Aptly described by one blogger as “Home Depot from the future,” Inventables is a store unlike any other. The materials vendor sells unusual and unreal-sounding stuff, from rubber glass to translucent concrete.

Inventables, online, hardware, store, innovative, materials, vendor, innovation, DIY

Meet the Digital (youth) Interns

Posted by Monica Harriss, on Thursday March 17, 2011

Digital (youth) interns tag objects in the Museum collection!
 

City of Neighborhoods, digital, interns, youth, Teens, students, tagging, collection, images

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