Month: May 2014

QUALITIES OF PLAY II

May 28, 2014

Play is curious Play allows us to explore engagement Play teaches us lessons we can’t explain Pure play allows us to be in the moment Play can be an input of pain, beauty or revelation Play reminds us to be human beings Play is unstable Play is a kingdom Play is a situation Play is a…

Play Workshop Khio

May 28, 2014

stereoscopica

design process, design thinking, KHIO, play, play workshop, process, workshop

I was invited to give a workshop on Play at Oslo National Academy of the Arts (Khio) in the Autumn of 2013. In this workshop, I started by giving a brief talk on play and how it can be an important part of the design process. Afterwards, I facilitated materials (cardboard props) in which teams of students…

Holistic mapping workshop

May 28, 2014

stereoscopica

codesign, design process, holistic mapping, metadesign, nmh, participation, process

In the Autumn of 2013 I gave a Holistic Mapping workshop at the Norwegian Academy of Music (NMH) in Oslo. The students at NMH have a creative laboratory seminar every week, in which invited artists, designers, and creatives come to explore creativity and find new ways of looking into their practice. This time, I facilitated…

Qualities of Play

May 28, 2014

stereoscopica

play, qualities of play, quotes

Play does not look for consistency but for creativity/possibility Play is obsessive and all ecompassing Play is opportunistic Play is divergent Play works in contradiction to active time (consumer time) Play is a signaling tool Play suggests what if Play suggests as if Play is substitutive Play is not contingent upon time allocation Play is…

Play Workshop at NMH

May 28, 2014

stereoscopica

co-experience, codesign, design process, experiments, music, nmh, play, play workshop, process

Play can change behavior for the better. It can bring the extraordinary out of the everyday and we can gain new perspectives from the world around us. Play can help us think in a different way, and as designers, come to better creative solutions. Maziar Raein and I gave a workshop on Play at the Norwegian…

Co-design workshop

May 28, 2014

stereoscopica

codesign, design process, experiments, participatory design, workshop

I ran a workshop centered on design process as part of my Master’s. I got my class to help me out and together, we designed a situation, product or service. In order to do so, in teams, we would pick one word from three categories in the board, blindfolded. Then, we sketched and brainstormed ideas according to…

Computer vision workshop

May 12, 2014

stereoscopica

computer vision, computer vision workshop, resonate, resonate 2013, stereoscopica

Photo: Resonate’s Flickr account During Resonate 2013 I was lucky to participate in the computer vision workshop (that’s me in the white t-shirt and glasses, smiling). It was run by Kyle McDonald and Golan Levin. Although we got stuff we could test and tinker with, like FaceTracker, for instance, it was more of a Master Class…

Resonate 2013

May 12, 2014

stereoscopica

events, resonate, resonate 2013, serendipity

I attended Resonate Festival in 2013, and I felt like I found my tribe. Held in Belgrade, Serbia, Resonate had talks, panel discussions, screenings and workshops, all circling around technology as enabler of creative ideas: a place where art, design and technology come together. I was lucky enough to be in the computer vision workshop held…

Hellicar&Lewis

May 9, 2014

stereoscopica

evolution, hellicar&lewis, internship, stereoscopica

During my Master’s I had the luck to have a one-year mentorship/tutoring program with Pete and Joel from Hellicar&Lewis. Their work really push the boundaries of technology in a creative way, focusing on being in the moment and creating memories you will cherish and remember. I’ve also participated in paper prototyping workshops held by Pete…

Month: May 2014

QUALITIES OF PLAY II

Play Workshop Khio

Holistic mapping workshop

Qualities of Play

Play Workshop at NMH

Co-design workshop

Computer vision workshop

Resonate 2013

Hellicar&Lewis

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