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Cooper-Hewitt: Shinichi Takemura - Tangible Earth One of 31 video segments featured in 'Designing Media', the new book, DVD and website by Bill Moggridge. More info on 'Designing Medi'a available at http://www.designing-media.com On Thursday, November 18th, the Tangible Earth will be featured in Bill's Design Talks with Professor Takemura. shinichi takemura, interactive, multimedia, digital, globe, Tangible Earth, Bill Moggridge, bill's design talks
Bill's Design Talks: Tangible Earth Professor Shinichi Takemura will demonstrate his magical Tangible Earth project, an interactive multimedia representation of our planet, presented on a glowing globe that shows real time views of daylight and weather patterns. Takemura spins the globe with his hands as he explains the meaning of the images, calling up a series of events and predictions about ocean currents, tsunamis, global warming, earthquake patterns, and so on. shinichi takemura, syn-active, Skurascape, Tangible Earth, interactive, digital, globe, socialware, Kyoto University of Art and Design, bills design talks, talk, long, public program, abbreviated
Bill's Design Talks: Tangible Earth—Full Program Professor Shinichi Takemura will demonstrate his magical Tangible Earth project, an interactive multimedia representation of our planet, presented on a glowing globe that shows our world in realtime view for daylight and weather patterns. He spins it with his hands as he explains the meaning of the images, calling up a series of events and predictions about ocean currents, tsunamis, global warming, earthquake patterns and so on. shinichi takemura, syn-active, Skurascape, Tangible Earth, interactive, digital, globe, socialware, Kyoto University of Art and Design, bills design talks, talk, long, public program
Quicktake: Tangible Earth Tangible Earth, the world's first digital interactive globe, will be on view at the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in a special "Quicktake" installation from February 18 through Spring 2011. Conceived in 2001 by Shinichi Takemura, a professor at the Kyoto University of Art and Design, this interactive digital globe is designed as an integrated media platform to raise awareness of global environmental issues. shinichi takemura, Tangible Earth, globe, interactive, exhibitions, Quicktake
The Tangible Earth Project - Professor Shinichi Takemura I first met Shinichi at the Indaba design conference in Cape Town, South Africa, where his presentation captivated everyone in the audience. I immediately asked him if he would like to be interviewed for Designing Media and he enthusiastically accepted. Tangible Earth, shinichi takemura, professor, Installations, natural, disasters, earthquake, tsunami, holistic, sustainable, digital, globe, projector, sensors, interaction, interactive design, Bill Moggridge, designing media, Interview, MIT press, design media, social, impact
Design Extravaganza This week and next, Cooper-Hewitt is offering extraordinary design programs hosted by Bill Moggridge. The first is this Thursday evening and will feature Professor Shinichi Takemura’s incredible interactive multimedia presentation “Tangible Earth,” which is followed next Monday by a conversation with Italian design maestro Alberto Alessi. public programs, talks, Tangible Earth, installation, shinichi takemura, multimedia, interactcive, digital, globe, Alessi, Alberto Alessi, kitchenware, modern, product design, iconic, Bill Moggridge
Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet This is the second of the grand challenges posed by Secretary Wayne Clough for the new strategic plan of the Smithsonian, with the explanatory sentence: “We will use our resources across scientific museums and centers to significantly advance our knowledge and understanding of life on earth, respond to the growing threat of environmental change, and sustain human well-being.” challenge, Wayne Clough, smithsonian, resources, sustain, implications, how, questions, respond, experiences, people, bio, biodiverse, nano, technology, social, Tony Dunne, Fiona Raby, Design Interactions, Royal College of Art, environment, change, communicate, holistic, Tangible Earth, project, digital, globe, installation, shinichi takemura, pragmatic, sustainable, materials, recycling, collaborate, Why Design Now, Triennial, Exhibition, World, planet, international, themes