http://www.peterlunenfeld.com media philosophy | design theory | art criticism | collaborative practice Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:59:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There's an interesting new show going up in Brussels inspired by one of Bruce Sterling's novels. "Holy Fire, Art of the Digital Age", is at iMAL, Center for Digital Cultures and Technology from the 18th-30th of April. It features Cory Arcangel (USA), Vuk Cosic (SLO), Shane Hope (USA), Jodi (BE/NL), ... http://www.peterlunenfeld.com/2008/04/16/holy-fire-in-brussels/ In February, our Bespoke Futures seminar did a workshop with Nokia's design anthropologist Jan Chipchase. His work with global, low income communities and ITC development, including cell phone banking was covered in depth this weekend in the New York Times Sunday Magazine. http://www.peterlunenfeld.com/2008/04/14/jan-chipchase-in-the-nyt/ As their final in Design Dialogues, 1st year MDP students will do a pecha kucha in which they envision themselves five to seven years out of graduate school, coming back to do a presentation at Art Center. This is a prospective exercise in retrospective path finding. As Oscar-nominated editor ... http://www.peterlunenfeld.com/2008/04/06/pecha-kucha-from-da-futcha-41108/ Rick Vermeulen is one of the most influential designers coming out of the Netherlands in the past quarter century. From 1978-82, Vermeulen was an editor of Hard Werken magazine, which made a considerable national impact and the group became a design studio operating under the name Hard Werken. In 1994, ... http://www.peterlunenfeld.com/2008/03/31/rick-vermeulen-design-dialogues-4408/ This week, we are hosting Jason Tester, Research and Design Manager, The Institute for the Future. His interests in interactive technology began the old-fashioned way, tinkering one-on-one with the equipment he had at hand. With his work on technological voting, however, he saw the possible effects of computer-human interaction on ... http://www.peterlunenfeld.com/2008/03/11/design-dialogues-31408/ I'll be participating in the inaugural Software Studies Workshop at UC San Diego, May 21 - Thu. May 22. This workshop has been organized by Lev Manovich, Director, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Associate Director, and Jeremy Douglass, Postdoctoral Researcher, Helena Bristow, Program Manager http://www.peterlunenfeld.com/2008/03/06/software-studies/ This Friday, March 7th from 2-5, we've got presentations by two MDP alumni, Scott Nazarian of Frog Design and Jiyeon Song who is spending this term working on the intellectual property issues related to her One Day Poem Pavilion thesis project. As well, a number of applicants to the MDP ... http://www.peterlunenfeld.com/2008/03/03/design-dialogues-030708/ On May 17th, 2008, I'll be presenting at the Visual Powershow at the Windtunnel on the theme of Next Nature. Organized by Art Center's Dutch Visionary-Designers-in-Residence Mieke Gerritzen and Koert van Mensvoort, the Biggest Visual Powershow will be an amazing event. More info nextnature.com http://www.peterlunenfeld.com/2008/03/03/visual-powershow/ In April, I'll be at the the American Comparative Literature Association’s 2008 Annual Meeting in Long Beach. I'll be participating in a three day session on Interface Aesthetics organized by Carsten Strathausen, U of Missouri, Sabine Eckmann, Washington U in St. Louis, and Lutz Koepnick, Washington U in St. Louis. ... http://www.peterlunenfeld.com/2008/03/03/american-comparative-literature-association/