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Modern Weekly — Milan Review 2011

A different review for a different publication.

Review of Milan Salone 2011 for FT Rui

Another review of a bygone fair. Lots of exciting things appearing this year. I will try and add some more photos over time. This is the English version of the piece written in Chinese.

Black Box Design: A Hands-On Workshop to Design Equipment with a Magical Interface

This workshop was created for the 7th International Conference on Design & Emotion, Blatantly Blues, IIT Institute of Design, Chicago. 4^th-7^th October, 2010

The Emotional Jukebox — Exploring Nostalgia and Tangible Media in Selecting and Playing music

This is a paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Design & Emotion, at IIT Institute of Design, Chicago, October 4–7, 2010. and published in the proceedings: Blatantly Blues. ISBN 978–0615406664. It even won the “Best Design Case” award!

Next Stages in Automated Craft: The Integration of Rapid Manufacture Technologies into Craft and DIY Applications

A conference paper, co-written with Matt Sinclair, that I presented at the IDSA Conference 2010 DIY: Threat or Opportunity, 4th-7th August 2010, Portland, Oregon.

Less and More — Dieter Rams at the Design Museum

An interview and review of the Rams’ retrospective at the Design Museum in 2010. Published in Blueprint March 2010. The article is formatted as a review which is a shame as I would have like to have included more of the interview.

Naoto Fukasawa

This is an interview with Naoto Fukasawa and review of the PlusMinusZero product collection in London. Published in Blueprint Magazine October 2009.

Musica Ex Machina – Jukebox A Milano

April 2009

This is a book chapter exploring the enduring cultural significance of the jukebox in a digital age. It documents a research project to create a new form of jukebox, sponsored by SCF Consorzio Fonografici and exhibited in the Triennale Museum, Milan. 22nd-27th April, 2009. The digital jukebox concept I developed used customised beermat ‘tokens’ to activate the different tracks. Two working models were installed — one in the Triennale exhibition hall and a second that travelled around Milan in a bus. The published text was in Italian, so here is the translation:

Hussein Chalayan

For Modern Weekly. Interview with influential and visionary designer Hussein Chalayan as his work is celebrated in a major exhibition at the Design Museum (cover story!).

“People’s perception of futuristic scenarios, informed by media and films is quite clichéd. I would like to be able to change that if I can.”

Watches!

Watch connoisseurship always seems like such a strange area. My favourite watches are mainly Casio and I’m generally less interested in the mechanism than the typography on the watch face. How amazing, then, to be asked my opinion about watches for the awesome Pen magazine in Japan!