Interaction Design

DesignPrep: Curating Interaction Design From cutting-edge karaoke to interactive chair mazes, students envision museum exhibitions of the future. designprep, interactive exhibition, prototype, social media, education, Teens, Interaction Design
DesignPrep Scholars: Prototyping Interactive Experiences for the Cooper-Hewitt Interaction design is not just about the way an individual interacts with his or her surroundings, it is about bringing people together and starting conversations. On February 4th at Cooper-Hewitt’s uptown Design Center, this was the theme for our group of Design Scholars’ most recent workshop. We held our first meeting with a few user experience (UX) designers from Local Projects, a New-York based media design firm.. designprep, scholars, Teens, education, museum, Interaction Design, fashion design, graphic design	,
2010 National Design Awards: Interaction Design - Lisa Strausfeld The winner of the 2010 Interaction Design award is Lisa Strausfeld. Lisa Strausfeld is an expert at visualizing information. She specializes in digital information-design projects ranging from software prototypes and Web sites to interpretive displays and large-scale media installations for a range of civic, cultural, and corporate clients National Design Awards, 2010, Lisa Strausfeld, Pentagram, Interaction Design, technology, OLPC, One Laptop per Child, Sugar, Chee Pearlman
2011 National Design Awards: Interaction Design Award - Ben Fry The winner of the 2011 Interaction Design Award is Ben Fry. Ben pursues a long-held fascination with visualizing data and creating tools for interaction design, most notably Processing, co-developed with Casey Reas. Ben has developed software, printed works, installations, and books that depict and explain topics from the human genome to the evolution of text documents. The Interaction Design Award is given to an individual or firm for the innovative design of digital technology. Ben Fry, Interaction Design, Casey Reas, National Design Awards, 2011, National Design Award Interaction Design
4 Questions 4: Kevin Palmer Kevin Palmer, founding partner of Kin Design, recently stopped by Cooper-Hewitt for a chat. Seated in the beautiful North Reading Room of the National Design Library, we asked him four questions about starting his business, designing for the museum context, and a new definition of craftsmanship for digital designs. Kevin Palmer, Designer, Kin Design, Interaction Design, 4 Questions 4, Interview
Design USA: Contemporary Innovation Design USA celebrates the accomplishments of the winners honored during the first 10 years of the prestigious National Design Awards. The exhibition features outstanding contemporary achievements in American architecture, landscape design, interior design, product design, communication design, corporate design, interaction design, and fashion. Design USA, National Design Awards, exhibitions, contemporary, Architecture, landscape design, interior design, product design, Communication Design, corporate design, Interaction Design, fashion design, ch:exhibition=35350967
The GRiD Compass Laptop and the Space Shuttle Having grown up with the “space race” as a national preoccupation for so many years – which provided not only a stage for scientific exploration but also for some the twentieth century’s most notable technological developments – I find it hard to believe that the Space Shuttle just completed its 130th and final mission. GRiD, GRiD Compass Laptop, Graphical, Retrieval, Information, Display, laptop, Space Shuttle, Bill Moggridge, Interaction Design
Tangible Tuesdays: Interactive Sneakers The Megalizer is a sneaker that could put a few DJs out of business. The nearly invisible system of hardware and software allows a dancer to create live music with his shoes. Megalizer, Sneakers, interactive, Didier Brun, Interaction Design, music, footwear
Tangible Tuesdays: M-Dress 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
Designing Media - Bob Mason with Jeremy Merle 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