The Literate Future
At the conclusion of a short piece on text, literacy and the Internet, Nicholas Carr suggests the following about the digital age: "Writing will survive, but it will survive in a debased form.
Phones and the Unconscious
So....I ended up without my phone for two hours during the working day. It needed to have its battery replaced.
Post Politics
Social Media are being blamed for the development of closed tribal spaces in this, one of the most challenging political and cultural landscapes I have experienced in my lifetime.
New Media and Interactivity
One of the central metaphors at the heart of the activities of New Media, both from the creation and audience side, is “interactivity.”
Visualization and Digital Media
I have been thinking a great deal about Stereoscopic 3D cinema over the last number of years.
Mechanical. Digital. Artistic.
In 2002, the administrators of the Bettman Archive, which is one of the largest collections of photographs ever assembled . . .
Smart 2D to 3D Conversion
Blowing up across the 3D printing Internet last week was the following video, which demonstrated a software with the ability to convert 2D photographs into complete 3D models
Elon Musk and the World of 3D
Elon Musk is amazing and this video portrays the future of interfaces as well as the future of design.
3D Printing and the Future of Art and Design
This presentation by MIT Professor, Neri Oxman summarizes some key points for the creative sector and 3D printing
Thinking by Inference
To varying degrees, images have always been integral parts of human efforts to construct livable environments.
Research in Art and Design
CURRENT is the Journal of Design at Emily Carr University. Here is a recent discussion between myself and the editors.
Virtual/Real/Virtual (3)
First, learning is a personal process, second, it is contextualized, and third, it takes time…
Virtual/Real/Virtual (2)
Virtual spaces contribute to what Ronald Deibert and Rafal Rohozinski have described as ‘dynamic density’ . . .
Virtual/Real/Virtual (1)
The age of virtualization is changing. When the digital adventure began in the early 1980’s, the future of computers and hence the digital age was unclear, even fuzzy.
Smart Clothes and Wearables
Research into smart clothes and wearables is accelerating. This video talks about the work going on in Europe at the moment. Emily Carr University is also involved in research in this area.