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Final Exhibition

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on August 6th, 2009
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21 interaction design students explore the relationship between people, society and technology.

The Danish Design School and Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design will celebrate and showcase the work of Pilot Year students that came from ten different countries to study on the collaborative and intensive interaction design programme.

The students have come up with an array of projects that demonstrate the multidisciplinary and questioning nature of Interaction Design and Service Design. Through a people-centred approach and taking cues from social and environmental sustainability, audio, information visualisation, and the influence of technology - the twenty-one students have devised visionary working prototypes and produced video scenarios as their final projects.

From systems for the integration of climate refugees, to specially designed windows that question the notion of curiosity; from wearable technology, to a series of devices that can enable new interactions with light & sound - these projects consider new technology, concepts and working prototypes that address social, cultural and business issues.

As well as the final projects, there will be a chance to see videos and documentation of other workshops from the pilot year including industry-facing projects with Nokia, Novo Nordisk, Intel and DSB.

Save a date:

Opening: 27th August 3-6pm
(Then from Friday 28th August - Sunday 6th September, open from 11:30am-5pm)

Venue
Kunstindustrimuseet (The Danish Museum of Art & Design)
Bredgade 68 / 1260 København K
Website: http://kunstindustrimuseet.dk/en

More detailed information to follow soon.

 

Bill Moggridge honored at the White House

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on August 4th, 2009
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CIID Board Member, Bill Moggridge was honored at a White House luncheon last week along with 9 other recipients of the National Design Award, sponsored by the Cooper-Hewitt museum. Bill received the lifetime achievement award.

“You are scientists and artists; your work is both technical and poetic, educational and inspirational,” Mrs. Obama said. “Thank you for inspiring the next generation.” (First Lady, Michele Obama)

From: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/at-white-house-first-lady-honors-design-innovators/

July 24, 2009, 1:18 pm

At White House, First Lady Honors Design Innovators
By Rachel L. Swarns

The crossroads of science and art, innovation and inspiration are what I love about design,Ron Edmonds/Associated Press “The crossroads of science and art, innovation and inspiration are what I love about design,” said Mrs. Obama during the award ceremony.

The first lady, Michelle Obama, celebrated the nation’s innovators in architecture, interior design, fashion, landscaping and other design-related fields on Friday, honoring the 10 recipients of the National Design Awards at the White House.

Mrs. Obama heralded the designers of a waterfront park in New York City, a six-million-square-foot development in Singapore, the first laptop computer and the digital technology used by TV networks to cover the 2008 presidential campaign, among others. The ceremony, which has been held annually at the White House since 2000, is the equivalent of the design world’s Academy Awards.

“You are scientists and artists; your work is both technical and poetic, educational and inspirational,” Mrs. Obama said. “Thank you for inspiring the next generation.”

Recipients of the award, which is sponsored by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, included SHoP Architects of New York for architecture; Tsao & McKown Architects, also of New York, for interior design; Francisco Costa of the Calvin Klein collection for fashion; Hood Design, in Oakland, Calif., for landscape design; Boym Partners, in New York, for product design; Perceptive Pixel Inc., of New York, for interaction design; and The New York Times graphics department for communication design.

The lifetime achievement award went to Bill Moggridge, a founder of IDEO, the global design consultancy; the Design Mind award to Amory B. Lovins, a physicist and founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a Colorado nonprofit research organization; and the corporate achievement award to the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Reynold Levy, president of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, received the Design Patron Award.

 
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