http://www.philvanallen.com interactive designer, educator, photographer Tue, 27 May 2008 01:46:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'll be speaking about The New Ecology of Things and our NET Lab tools at the flashbelt conference that runs from June 8th to June 11th, 2008 in Minneapolis, MN. This conference focuses on the in-depth issues of designing and developing real interactive applications. Sessions range from experience design from Motion ... http://www.philvanallen.com/2008/05/speaking-at-the-flashbelt-conference-june-8-11/ On April 25th 2008, Anne Burdick (MDP Department Chair), Nik Hafermaas (Dean of Communication Design @ Art Center) and I gave a talk at the USC Interactive Media Arts and Practice Program to discuss the MDP's New Ecology of Things research initiative. This talk was webcast, and the web recording of ... http://www.philvanallen.com/2008/05/talk-at-usc-what-is-the-new-ecology-of-things/ American Honda and George P. Johnson have donated one of their Oracle Multi-touch Tables to the Media Design Program. We now have it permanently in our graduate studio where it is available for faculty and students to develop new applications. In particular, we're interested in exploring how large sets of ... http://www.philvanallen.com/2008/04/honda-gpj-donate-multi-touch-table/ How can we make computational design and code understandable to design students, and how can they define the designer's role in regard to coding? I was recently explaining to a student the importance of timing when a project responds to a user - a difference in milliseconds can make a ... http://www.philvanallen.com/2008/04/designing-behavior/ The Media Design Program's new transmedia publication, The New Ecology of Things, is complete. The book, website, poster and mobile phone content address the design and educational issues related to ubiquitous computing and is an ecology of essays, glossary, forum, interactive works, video, and a short story by Bruce ... http://www.philvanallen.com/2008/03/the-new-ecology-of-things-book-arrives-in-april/ My visit to the Maker Faire was briefly covered on coolhunting.com http://www.philvanallen.com/2007/06/net-connect-covered-on-coolhuntingcom/ I'll be at the Maker Faire this weekend (May 19th & 20th 2007) demoing the new version of the NET Connect software. This software allows designers to create interactive objects and spaces projects without programming, using the familiar enviroment of Flash. I'll be in a booth with Moto ... http://www.philvanallen.com/2007/05/net-connect-at-maker-faire/ Demo Video, More video on YouTube, Official Acura Oracle Website The Acura Oracle project was initiated by MDP alumni Nikolai Cornell at George P. Johnson for the Acura stand at the international auto shows (including Detroit, Chicago, New York, and LA). I participated as a consultant in the initial creative brainstorming and technical definition. Bringing in ... http://www.philvanallen.com/2007/01/acura-oracles-multi-touch-interaction-watch-video/ Yesterday my Uncle James Van Allen died in Iowa City, Iowa at the age of 91. He leaves an amazing legacy as a space scientist, having discovered the Van Allen Radiation Belts through experiments starting with a scientific package on Explorer 1, the first US space flight in 1958. ... http://www.philvanallen.com/2006/08/james-van-allen-1914-2006/ An installation for Infiniti at the International Auto Shows, the Infiniti Interactive Mirror is a 3 screen interface that uses mirrored glass and rear projection to create a seamless large screen touch interface. George P. Johnson created the project with Nikolai Cornell (MDP alum, basing the project on his thesis project) as creative director. ... http://www.philvanallen.com/2006/01/infiniti-interactive-mirror-2006-detroit-auto-show/