Writing and edition: done

Three weeks ago I finished writing of my dissertation. It took me 2 weeks for the editing. I was prepared thanks to the research paper I wrote last year about tangible interfaces.But, even so, it was the longest document I have ever written [or edited], for a total of 160 raw pages. I’ll support my dissertation next Tuesday. Even if I don’t have the results yet I think that I may be able to judge my own work.

I managed to stick to my timetable. I planned everything since December. I think that it was well timed since my research phase was efficient and I wasn’t stuck in articles and references to consult. It’s the danger when you become to enthusiastic about a subject you like. It’s more difficult when it’s a modern and debatable subject when theories and point of views vary every day. Now it’s time to prepare for my diploma’s project.

Dino Pet

Félicie [one of my professor] made me discover Dino Pet. This is a toy with living bioluminescent plankton. The owner of the pet needs to feed the plankton in order to keep it alive. It creates a tangible link between the two entities. Reminds me of a part of my dissertation where I quote John Maeda speaking about the ‘digital animism’ we are able to have sometimes (with the tamagotchis for example).

AUGMENTED 3D-EXHIBITS, 2013

Four highly complex production units sold by Reifenhäuser Group are represented as augmented physical models that can be explored interactively with an iPad. The models have been 3D-printed in great detail at a scale of 1:18 using a laser sintering process. Sitting on square bases, they can be viewed from all sides.

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Nuage Vert by HeHe studio

The Concept of Nuage Vert

In the past decade new buzz words have entered into media discourse and everyday language: ecological visualisations, carbon offsets, eco footprints, food miles etc. These abstractions signify our attempts to quantify individual responsibility and to find ways of facing up to the very real challenges of climate change, and the exploitation of finite natural resources.

Nuage Vert is based on the idea that public forms can embody an ecological project, materialising environmental issues so that they become a subject within our collective daily lives. Its material, collective and aesthetic dimension distinguishes it from other approaches. A city scale light installation onto the ultimate icon of industrial pollution, alerts the public, generates discussion and can persuade people to change patterns of consumption.

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