Image Radio

PixFlow #2 – LAb [au]

From November 2 – 4, 2007, Image Radio is being held in Eindhoven, NL. The festival will be presenting a series of interactive installations that investigate the phenomenon of ‘Urban Screens’: Looking at how moving … Read More

Roots – Roman Kirschner

My recent work has been influenced a great deal by the work of Cybernetican Gordon Pask (1928-1996)  from his interactive installations to his work with Architects Cedric Price, John Fazer and Media Lab co-founder Nicholas Negroponte. Its always interesting … Read More

Performative Ecologies nominated for Europrix Top Talent Award

I’m excited to hear that my most recent interactive installation Performative Ecologies has been nominated for the Europrix Top Talent Awards with the exhibition being held at the Kunsthaus Graz. on the 23rd and 24th of November. This of … Read More

Emotional Architecture?

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

So what does the future hold for us? And what will technology enable us or indeed disable us from achieving. Futuristic visions from science fiction cinema borrow much from the leading technology of their time, … Read More

Seagulls

Here’s an interesting use of aluminium louvers and LED technology recently installed at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. The new building, designed by architects Penoyre & Prasad, is illuminated on the south side using RGB color changing … Read More

Light-Emitting Roof Tiles

The roof has historically focused on one primary function: keeping out the elements. New technologies, as present in Light-Emitting Roof Tiles, allow the integration of additional functions within roof surfaces. Manufactured by Lambert Kamps, the transparent roof tiles are … Read More

Kengo Kuma – Weak Architecture

In search of flexible buildings – Kengo Kuma uses the term “weak architecture”. His teahouse does not rise up from the ground as a fixed wooden construction, but unfolds as an airborne ephemeral structure. When … Read More

Seduced by Light

Dazed Digital recently published a series of three exclusive documentaries on artists who work with light as their medium. Two of these in particular, Jason Bruges Studio and United Visual Artists are common sights on this blog, … Read More

Peter Cook – Lecture – London

6.30pm Wednesday 3 October 2007

Sir Peter Cook, The Bartlett Chair of Architecture from 1991-2005, returns to the Bartlett in 2007 to open the 2007/08 International Lecture Series with his talk titled "2 Years of Gossip and Some Stuff … Read More

MediaArchitecture – Media Urbanism

Media Urbanism hosted by Mirjam Struppek was the second panel of the MediaArchitecture conference I recently attended. Mirjam began by highlighting the new challenges faced in urban design and planning caused by the use of media technologies, in particular, … Read More

Colour Responsive Chairs – Moritz Waldemeyer

By Royal Appointment is a set of responsive chairs by Moritz Waldemeyer. As a person sits in the chair, an RGB colour sensor in the back reads the colour of their clothing. The colour LEDs on the back of … Read More

This Happened

Unfortunately I’m away in Canada at the ACADIA conference while  this event is being held but if your in London on the 2nd of October, check out This Happened organised by Chris O’Shea (Pixelsumo), Joel Gethin Lewis (United Visual Artists) … Read More

MediaArchitecture – New Technologies and New Materials

Here are some notes from the "New Technologies and New Materials" panel hosted by Peter Cornwell at last weeks Media Architecture Conference. As the opening panel it revealed the current technological developents in media-facade design and exposed the practical experiences … Read More

MediaArchitecture Conference

The MediaArchitecture conference held last week at Central Saint Martins in London was an enjoyable 2 days with an excellent lineup of speakers that generated a very critical and forward thinking discussion to the relationship between media-technologies, Architectural Design, … Read More

Energy Conservation using Sensory Technologies

Video by Honda

Its always interesting seeing how large scale commercial industries have tapped into the ideas of sensory and actuator rich environments. By chance I came accross an entertaining advert by Honda, that asks what if "things knew … Read More

spectr|a|um – Lab[au]

There seems to be so many events going on at the moment. Here’s one in Brussels  that looks like its going to great if your interested in audiovisual art and architecture. ‘spectr|a|um’ by Lab[au] will be an evening of … Read More

An Evolutionary Architecture – John Frazer

An Evolutionary Architecture by John Frazer is a fascinating book that has been out of print for some time. Fortunately it has been made freely available on the web to download and I recommend anyone who’s interesting in interactive … Read More

Burble London – Usman Haque – part 2

Congratulations to Usman Haque and his team on the second successful flight of his ‘Burble‘ project. Here are a few photos of the event which was held in london over the weekend.

Thanks to … Read More