Category Archives: Research

Designers & consumerism

Written by anthony. Posted on 27 December, 2009. Filed under Research. Tagged , , . No comments.
Some interesting thoughts as a designer as we approach 2010 and the pressure to reduce carbon emissions increase. The evolution of graphic design over the past 100 years from purely aesthetics to meeting functional, cultural, social and production requirements, helped to develop the change and growth of consumerism. Graphic design helps advertise and separate products from one another, [...]

The most important thing I learnt from being a designer

Written by anthony. Posted on 8 September, 2009. Filed under Opinion, Research. Tagged , , , . No comments.

Visions of hell

Written by anthony. Posted on 10 August, 2009. Filed under Inspiration, Research. Tagged , , , , . 2 Comments.
Hell has always be a source of fascination — it exists in most cultures and religions. Many artists, designers and writers take inspiration from Dante’s Divine Comedy when referencing hell in their work — in fact it’s surprising how much influence the Italian poem has had on modern culture. I’ve been exploring visual executions of [...]

Wearable projected gestural interfaces

Written by anthony. Posted on 18 March, 2009. Filed under Research. Tagged . No comments.
MIT’s media lab have unveiled a series of short videos demonstrating possible scenarios and advantages of their sixth sense interface — a wearable projected gestural interface. The gestures are based on a multi-touch screen interface but as the interface is projected there is no need for a screen, so mobility is easy and costs [...]

Future of interaction

Written by anthony. Posted on 18 February, 2009. Filed under Opinion, Research, Technology. Tagged , , , , , . No comments.
I see games as one form of media that is advancing trends in interaction design. Two recent trends which I’ve begun to explore are Augmented Reality and free Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) games. Augmented reality games overlay the real world with a virtual world, the two combine to create a gaming space, though this [...]