Author: Hamburg

GravitySpace is a new approach to tracking people and objects indoors. Unlike traditional solutions based on cameras, GravitySpace reconstructs scene data from a pressure-sensing floor. While the floor is limited to sensing objects in direct contact with the ground, GravitySpace reconstructs contents above the ground by first identifying objects based on their texture and then applying…

StreetPong is a concept about playful urban interactions. It’s based on the problem of waiting long time at pedestrian traffic lights. You can play during the red phase at a traffic light on a touch-screen display with an unknown, also waiting, person on the other side of the street. To look at each other across the…

The Decelerator Helmet offers an experimental approach to an essential subject of our globalized world. It is a experimental approach for thinking about our increasingly fast moving, globalized society. The technical reproducible senses are consigned to an apparatus which allows the user a perception of the world in slow motion. The float of time as apparently invariant…

Franziska Hübler and Jeremy Tai Abbett from truthdaredoubledare talk about ‘Rainbug’ – A raincoat for kids. How can we address the desire in children to transform?

iPad in the hands of children Currently, Anna Mentzel deals in collaboration with urbn; pockets with digital learning application for kids. Among others you can find “This is my body – Anatomy for kids” in the Apple App Store. Anna talks about the creation process of this application and how it makes kids discover the functions of their body…

Kreek is a Kinect controlled interface which extends a normally two-dimensional multi-touch environment by the perception of depth. This allows the user to literally reach into the interface and gives applications the possibility to interprete parameters like pressure or solid distance. Kreek is a project of the artist group Klangfiguren, and realized on the Köln…

Dirk will talk about how to properly transform and rebuild the award-winning ‘BMW-Magazine’ print publication into an interaktive iPad app.

The Making of a Giant Interactive Bear! Making a simple interaction that created a childlike sense of wonder was the goal for Red Paper Heart’s Hug Party, an ongoing installation that encourages people to run and jump on a giant stuffed bear named Marvin. Landing on Marvin causes a flourish of animations to play up…

Benjamin Mayer and Martin Spengler are Lab binaer, they talk about ‘Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod’ (Death calls the tune).

Dennis Paul is a Gestalter, has two sons, lives in Berlin and works in his design practice The Product. In his work he investigates the relation between people and technology. In recent years he was engaged in installations in public space, physical interfaces and generative systems. He specifically likes to explore the playful and narratives…

Moritz Stefaner works as a freelance designer on the crossroads of data visualization, information aesthetics and user interface design. With a background in Cognitive Science and Interface Design, his work beautifully balances analytical and aesthetic aspects in mapping abstract and complex phenomena. In 2010, he was nominated for the Design Award of the Federal Republic…

Andreas Koller is co-founder of the Viennese design studio Strukt, where he works as Creative Director and Interaction Designer. Strukt specializes in the areas of interactive design, generative graphics, motion and graphic design. Since its formation in 2007 the studio worked for renowned clients realising award-winning media installations and animations for presentations, corporate and cultural…

Christian Heidemann lives in Hamburg and works as a freelance Interactive Designer. Besides this job he conceptualizes and organizes exhibitions such as ‘Beyond Street Art’ or ‘All over the Kiez’ with regular irregularity. Before moving to Hamburg Christian had been a member of Galerie Revolver in Düsseldorf. For six years this gallery frequently presented artists…

Martin Kim Luge is a interaction designer and media artist whose work dwells between human-computer interaction, storytelling and perception. He focuses on concepts and applications for empirical processes using digital media. He is a graduate of the Digitale Klasse (http://digital.udk-berlin.de/) lead by Prof. Joachim Sauter and Prof. Jussi Ängeslevä at the University of the Arts…