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transforming creativity

Posted on November 20, 2017November 20, 2017 By sethgiddings

With Dan Ashton I have recently set up the Transforming Creativity Research Group at WSA. We are waiting for the official website to be…

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future of toys… network ideas

Posted on March 30, 2017November 20, 2017 By sethgiddings

The central theme of the proposed activity is the future of toys in a digital media culture. Taking recent developments in ‘hybrid’ toy and…

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you could vibrato it

Posted on May 4, 2016October 26, 2016 By sethgiddings

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…

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the end of toys

Posted on March 4, 2016March 4, 2016 By sethgiddings

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…

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pythiatechnics

Posted on November 29, 2015October 26, 2016 By sethgiddings

What is the temporality of the design process? There is a moment of production, a blank period of distribution and installation as the object…

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design and the black box

Posted on November 29, 2015October 26, 2016 By sethgiddings

Designing for playful media and games presents a particular challenge – not for designers, but for the study of design. The most useful critical…

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Harlem Shake, gangnam & planking

Posted on January 21, 2014October 26, 2016 By sethgiddings

Field notes, DanceTag test at St Matthias Campus, UWE Bristol 19th Nov 2013 Following a lecture I gave introducing the project to third year…

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drawing board

Posted on January 21, 2014October 26, 2016 By sethgiddings

Drywipe design!

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screaming, shouting YES!!!

Posted on January 21, 2014October 26, 2016 By sethgiddings

Feedback from the 2BU test conducted by Joe Ryan: 2BU Dance Tag Notes 1.     If there was an app that enabled you to do…

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AHRC video / podcast

Posted on January 21, 2014October 26, 2016 By sethgiddings

Richard Wilson and I interviewed by the AHRC about collaborating on DanceTag.

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screenshots

Posted on January 21, 2014October 26, 2016 By sethgiddings

There are images and music in the app – but the aim is not to find an audience for this audio-visual material. The images…

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STS upgrade

Posted on January 21, 2014October 26, 2016 By sethgiddings

Science & Technology Studies talks about ‘users’ as it is not concerned with entertainment or communication technologies in particular. With the advent of digital…

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