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so this past sunday concluded an exhibition of ikebana at the met by my grandmother and her students! i went and snapped a few photos:

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Modes for Urban Moods- Teressa Alameida

I was hanging out over at ITP and snapped a few photos of Teresa Alameida’s thesis project, “Modes for Urban Moods.” The idea behind the project consists of: “A suite of wearables - Urban coping mechanisms which explore relationships in public spaces and materialize invisible social networks.” Apparently this is the only garment that is completed, however sketches for the other wearables are displayed. With this garment the wearer inflates the garment to give themselves more space in crowded conditions. Interesting because it is the exact opposite approach I took with RECOIL which is to challenge that desire for additional space not by giving in, but by forcing people physically closer. (Recoil also uses magnets and doesn’t inflate, but what’s more interesting than the technology is the similarity of social context the projects aim to address.)

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Power Unplugged by Tina Hertz and Maria Langberg

this is rad. via the maddest blogger in the blogosphere, regina… project unplugged by Tina Hertz and Maria Langberg is a solar cell silkscreened onto transparent organza. at this time the designers make the swatches fairly small, to be stitched together in a modular fashion.

The Illum Jacket by PDD and Goose Design

via Sabine, news about a very stylish looking new product design by PDD and Goose Design ILLUM is a cyclist jacket that uses electroluminescent ink and rechargeable photovoltaic cells.
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LED jewelry by Jamie Faye Fenton

via Alison Lewis, a link to a great little page on DIY LED jewelry. The author of the page, Jamie Faye Fenton has a great tutorial on how to make cheap kicky and fun LED jewelry. get all the parts from radio shack! experiment! play! make your own!

and check out some other jewelry that uses LEDs. also see Emily Conrad’s USB flash drive lockets or Sarah Kettley’s pins.

bad, bad, bad… i’ve been neglecting this blog. but i’m headed out to montreal soon to give a talk at the htmlles festival. so many cool people whose work i admire and company i enjoy will be there. and montreal is such a great city. looking forward to catching up with friends!

A few weeks ago I was introduced to this very cool artist Martin Beauregard, who told me about one his works, titled “Game Over.” Martin was kind enough to send over some photos and a description.

Game over-Martin Beauregard 2003

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and on another note, jonah and i will be at SUNY Purchase next week, april 20th speaking about our work. many thanks to Brooke Singer for inviting us!

i also forgot to mention that jonah and i spent a wonderful time up at RISD, giving talks as part of the spring 2005 lecture series. i have to extend a special thanks to bill seaman and teri rueb for making the visit so great!

forgot to mention… i gave a talk about my work at ITP last friday. it’s always nice to go back there and see what people are up to.