From a fascinating and wide-ranging talk (2011, copied here from an old blog) at the Pervasive Media Studio by Prof. Chris Melhuish of the…
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you could vibrato it
A quick cut and annotation of a microethological study of the testing of Alphasphere at the Pervasive Media Studio some years ago. I’ve put…
sensory ethnography
This is from an old blog ages ago, but is useful for a WSA PhD ethnography event in a few weeks, and my forthcoming…
the end of toys
Watch this space for a new project to explore the design, philosophy and lived experience of the toy in children’s postdigital culture. Focussing on…
small steps to an ethology of mind and media
Slides for my talk at the Media Theory in Transit symposium organised by Yigit Soncul and Jussi Parikka at Winchester School of Art, 24th…
pythiatechnics
What is the temporality of the design process? There is a moment of production, a blank period of distribution and installation as the object…
design and the black box
Designing for playful media and games presents a particular challenge – not for designers, but for the study of design. The most useful critical…
the imaginative turn I
Yigit Soncul and Jussi Parikka organised Media Theory in Transit, a stimulating symposium at WSA this week. Full details and the programme are here….
Lightbug at The Rooms
The full prototype of the Lightbug swing was installed by Tine Bech as the centrepiece of the REACT exhibition The Rooms in Bristol 4th…
rooftops and birds
This was written for our Play Sandbox journal back in November, and I forgot to put a copy here. Tine and I are in…
global media mo(ve)ment
From induction session for MA Global Media Management at WSA… The videogame Sonic the Hedgehog was released in the United States and Europe in…
gesture, play, and video
gesture from Seth Giddings on Vimeo.