“Auf frischer Tat”

Designstudenten der Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg präsentieren multimediale Skulpturen und begehbare Rauminstallationen.

Mit Haviv Kapzton, Lee Dothan, Shasha Nevo, Artur Neufeld, Matthias Specht, Mathijs van Rooijen, Maritte Smans, Mitja Schneehage, Kolja Warnecke, Philipp Kessling, Julian Mader, Linna Grage, Katy Hundertmark, Annika Loebel, Sandy Pfaff , Efren Parra

Betreut von Prof. Franziska Hübler mit Unterstützung von Jörn Arne Sandner

5. Juli 2012 Vernissage ab 20 Uhr
6 und 7. Juli 17.-21 Uhr

Galerie Speckstrasse
(im Gängeviertel)
Speckstraße 83-87
20355 Hamburg

Emotion Dialogue first exhibition at the Mehrmediale Gebilde

Fraunhofer Institute software which recognizes facial expressions

Svenja Keune (Textile Design MA) and Larissa Müller (Computer Science MA) are developing communicative textile surfaces. The cue is the use of nonverbal communication, the interaction with the surfaces is based on the body and the user’s emotions. For their research, Svenja Keune and Larissa Müller are using a software developed by the Fraunhofer Institute, which recognizes facial expressions. Adapted and expanded, this software will be used to allow communication between human and surface

The constellation of Svenja and Larissa along with other students from design and computer science at the University of Applied Arts – Hamburg were first brought together with the  Ambient Awareness project. To follow Franziska’s work keep checking back here and her site: Computational Spaces.

We look forward to further collaborations and wonderment!

Photo via Next Berlin

Learning with 20 + students was quite a challenge but we are happy to say that by the end of the day, they were all able to control a servo with a pot. Next step, we’ll be supported by our Makers & Co. partner Sven Kräuter for some further making goodness.

If you are interested in learning more or attending a workshop give us a shout-out.

Vernissage Thursday, March 15th at 19:00
Open Friday, March 16th – Sunday, March 18th (14:00 – 19:00)

Further information here.

If you program, you know this is the genesis of your first program. It is also the subject of three documentaries on three programming languages (Processing, OpenFrameworks and Pure data) widely used by artists not to mention by us as well

Currently, there is software such as Logo, Scratch and Alice for those that are fluent with the WIMP interaction model. Not too long ago, when children wanted to interact with a moving image, they looked for a mouse. Now, they want to interact directly with the content just like they do on touchscreen devices which is best illustrated in this video of a baby and it’s interaction with an iPad and then a magazine. While the iPad offers immediate feedback, the quality is still graphical in nature. The key to learning at a much earlier age is tactile feedback.

And so like a lot of things today, it started with a tweet:

@sven_kr @filtercake @railscamp_hh I see rails for kids being physical blocks that one would arrange to write code…OOP made tactile

The goal is to explore physical computing (with haptic feedback built-in) as the environment to enable children to learn the fundamentals of programming. The outcome will be a working prototype(s) that clearly demonstrates the potential of object oriented play to children and their parents.

Related links:
littleBits
OnObject
ElectroPlushies
Sifteo Cubes
Drawdio

Further links:
Coding for Kids (an overview)

Image of wooden letters via Marc Böttler’s Klotz Type Experiment

Here’s to the crazy ones.

Inksphere was developed in the “Interactive Media Facades/ Action Painting” course lead by Prof. Franziska Hübler (design) and Prof. Dr. Birgit Wendholt, Prof. Dr. Gunter Klemke and Prof. Dr. Kai von Luck (computer science).

Find out more about Inksphere
Design Made in Germany
Kinect Hacks
Frequency