Category: Interaction Design
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Inspiration – Eames at the Barbican
Detail of Ovid theatre – from Domus Magazine The powerhouse of design that was Charles and Ray Eames is currently undergoing a major show at the Barbican in London. Their work spanned many design disciplines but always with one focus – this was something a person used and got value from – so as a…
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Inspiration – Paul Klee at The Tate Modern
I love the Tate Modern. It’s handy for where I live and work, the annual membership is very reasonable and the members cafe at the top has great views with a decent cappuccino (though perhaps not enough power sockets for long work sessions). What I love most about having a Tate Membership is that I…
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Book Review – 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
I picked up ‘101 Things I Learned in Architecture School‘ at the Tate Modern the other day and it felt so good in my hand that it easily found it’s way to the cash register. To me that’s the mark of a good product, when you hold something and don’t want to let it go,…
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Visualising the Invisible – The Wattson
At the Tent London show during last week’s London Design Festival we came across the wonderful Wattson, produced by DIY Kyoto. The Wattson is a device for tracking and visualising your household or business electricity use, a great example of ambient feedback that we’ve touched on before. The Wattson shows you either a gentle blue…