anyMeta 4.19.3 - Atom module 0.3.22012-02-16T16:50:35+01:00http://www.mediamatic.net/feed/atom/49285/nlMediamatic 2008http://www.mediamatic.net/id/173672012-01-12T01:40:16+01:00El HEMAArabisch - Nederlandse winkel<p>Hoe zou een Arabische Hema er uit zien? Halal rookworst? Arabische Chocoladeletters? Voordelige hoofddoekjes van goede kwaliteit? 3 palestijnensjaals (kaffia) voor de prijs van 2? Tunieken of djellaba's? Schoolschriften met liniering voor arabisch die van rechts naar links lezen? Ali Baba en de 40 winkeldieven? Kamelenmelk? Arabische gedichten op dekbedhoezen? Jibril en Jamilah kinderchampagne? Noordafrikaanse wijnen? El HEMA gaf het antwoord op al deze vragen.</p><p>Mediamatic kijkt naar Arabisch-Nederlands kunst, design en cultuur. En daarom vragen we hoe een Arabische Hema zou zijn: El HEMA!</p>
<p>De warenhuisketen Hema is de de meest publieke manifestatie van de Nederlandse cultuur. Je hebt volkeren die hun identiteit vinden in kerken tuinen of badhuizen. Wij Nederlanders identificeren ons met de Hema; het levende monument van praktische kleurige helderheid en "waar voor je geld".</p>
<p>De Hema is het alif en baa (abc) van de inburgering. </p>
<h3>Wij houden allemaal van de Hema en de Hema houdt van ons allemaal</h3>
<p>Daarom spreekt de vraag naar een Arabische Hema direct tot de verbeelding: het is de verbeelding van de vraag naar een Arabisch Nederland. </p>
<p>El HEMA is een tentoonstelling van leuke, verrassende ontroerende en soms provocerende ontwerpen. En je kunt er lekker eten. Halal natuurlijk.</p>
<p>Gedurende de Ramadan is El HEMA natuurlijk ook open na zonsondergang zodat de gelovige bezoekers met rein geweten een stuk worst kunnen komen eten.</p>
<p>El HEMA is van iedereen en nooit af. Dus begon op 24 augustus meteen de EL HEMA ontwerpwedstrijd. Je kon je eigen ideeën voor El HEMA producten insturen op de website. Elke week nomineerden we uit de inzendingen de beste ideeën en die werden meteen uitgevoerd en in de tentoonstelling opgenomen. Op 3 November vond tijdens de MuseumNacht de feestelijke prijsuitreiking van de <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/article-18751-nl.html">El HEMA ontwerpwedstrijd</a> plaats. Alle ingezonden ideeën en ontwerpen blijven eigendom van de inzender.</p>
<p>Meer achtergrondinformatie over EL HEMA is ook te beluisteren en te bekijken op <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/article-18794-nl.html">radio en televisie</a>. </p>
<p>We vierden de opening van El HEMA met het symposium <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-18263-nl.html">Khatt, Kufi & Kaffia</a> over hedendaagse Arabische visuele cultuur. Op het symposium werden 5 nieuwe Arabische lettertypen gepresenteerd. De letters komen uit een bijzondere samenwerking van Arabische en Nederlandse Typografen die georganiseerd is door de <a href="http://www.khtt.net">Khatt Foundation</a>. Ook kwam toen het boek <a href="http://www.khtt.net/artefact-106-en.html"><em>Typographical Matchmaking</em></a> uit. In dat boek beschrijft Huda Abifares de interculturele samenwerking die tot de nieuwe letters leidde.</p>
<h3>HEMA en El HEMA, wat voorafging</h3>
<p>El HEMA is niet van de Nederlandse Hema B.V. en ook niet van een andere winkelfirma. EL HEMA is een niet-commercieel project van Stichting Mediamatic in Amsterdam. </p>
<p>Na aanvankelijke dreigementen van de HEMA (lees <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/article-18639-nl.html">persberichten 20 juli en 23 juli</a>) hebben de Hema en Mediamatic op 27 juli 2007 in onderling overleg afgesproken dat El HEMA zoals gepland doorgang vindt. De HEMA nam zitting in de El Hema Ontwerpwedstrijd (lees <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/article-18790-nl.html">persbericht 27 juli 2007</a>).</p>El HEMAArabic - Dutch retail heaven<p>What would an Arabic Hema look like? Halal sausage? Arabic chocolate letters? Affordable high quality headscarves? 3 Arabic scarfs (kaffia) for the price of 2? Tunics or djellabas? School notebooks with lining for Arabic, which reads from right to left? Ali Baba and the 40 shoplifters? Camel milk? Arabic poetry on duvet covers? Jibril and Jamilah children's champagne? North African wine? El Hema gave all the answers to these questions.</p><h3>El HEMA</h3>
<p>During the El Hema exhibition Mediamatic's attention was pointed at Arabic-Dutch art, design and culture. </p>
<p>The department store franchise Hema is as Dutch as you can get. There are countries that find their identity in churches, gardens or bathing houses. The Dutch identify themselves with the Hema; the living monument of the best value for your money, with typical eccentric Hema colours, bikes, cheese, rookworsten and Jip and Janneke children champagne. </p>
<p>The Hema is the alif and baa (abc) of cultural integration.</p>
<h3>We love the Hema</h3>
<p>And that is exactly why the Arabic Hema directly crossed our minds: it is the image of the future Arabic Netherlands.</p>
<p>El HEMA was an exhibition with fun, surprising, touching and sometimes provoking designs. Moreover everyone could have a go at El HEMA's special offer of food products. Halal, of course.</p>
<p>During the Ramadan, El HEMA was open after dusk so that the religious visitors could still enjoy a nice sausage.</p>
<p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/18169/nl/el-hema-logo-old-school">
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</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Vergroot afbeelding - El-Hema logo — Old School - Mediamatic.net" href="/18169/nl/el-hema-logo-old-school">El-Hema logo — Old School</a></span></span></span></p>
<p>El HEMA belongs to everyone and will never be finished. That is why already on August 24th, the El HEMA Design Contest began. Everyone could submit their ideas for El HEMA products on the website. Each week we chose the best submission, which was immediately produced and included in the exhibition. On the 3rd of November the festive award ceremony took place, and the winner of the <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/article-18751-en.html">El HEMA Design Competition</a> was announced. All submitted ideas remained property of the submitter.</p>
<p>More information about El HEMA in the press can be found on <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/article-18794-en.html">radio and television.</a></p>
<p>We celebrated the opening of El HEMA with the symposium <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-18263-en.html">Khatt, Kufi & Kaffia</a> on contemporary Arabic visual culture. At the symposium 5 new Arabic fonts were presented. The fonts are a result of a special collaboration of the Dutch and Arabic typographers which was organized by the <a href="http://www.khtt.net">Khatt Foundation</a>. That is also when the book <a href="http://www.khtt.net/artefact-106-en.html">Typographical Matchmaking</a> came out. In that book, Huda Abifares described the intercultural collaboration that led to the new letters.</p>
<h3>HEMA and El HEMA, what happened before</h3>
<p>El HEMA does not belong to the Dutch HEMA B.V. nor any other store. El Hema is a non-commercial project by Mediamatic Foundation in Amsterdam.</p>
<p>After initial threats from the HEMA (<a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/article-18639-en.html">read the press releases from July 20th and 23rd 2007</a>) the HEMA and Mediamatic agreed on July 27th that El HEMA can continue as planned. The HEMA will be part of the jury for the El HEMA Design Competition (<a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/article-18790-en.html">see the press release from July 27th 2007</a>).</p>-4.9098252.3758ARTEFACTeventexhibition1http://www.mediamatic.net/id/300082011-03-29T09:43:38+02:00El HEMA ProjectEl HEMA is a non-commercial cultural project by the Mediamatic Foundation in Amsterdam.<p><em>What would an Arabic HEMA look like? Halal sausage? Arabic chocolate letters? Affordable high quality headscarves? 3 Palestinian scarfs (kaffia) for the price of 2? Tunics or Djballas? School notebooks with lining for Arabic, which reads from right to left? Ali Baba and the 40 store robbers? Camel milk? Arabic poetry on duvet covers? Jibril and Jamilah children's champagne? North African wine?</em></p><p>We are celebrating the opening of El HEMA in conjunction with the Khatt, Kufi & Kaffia | Symposium on Arabic Visual Culture. At the symposium, 5 new Arabic fonts will be presented. The fonts are a result of a special collaboration of Dutch and Arabic typographers which was organized by the Khatt Foundation. That is also when the book Typographic Matchmaking will be publicly presented and released. In that book, Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares will describe the intercultural collaboration that led to the new letters and new insights into Arabic type design.</p>
<p><em>Of course El Hema will mostly use these fonts!</em></p>
<p>El Hema does not belong to the Dutch HEMA B.V. nor any other store.</p>
<p>For more infromation about this project you can visit the <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-17367-en.html">Mediamatic site</a>.</p>-4.9098252.3758ARTEFACTevent0http://www.mediamatic.net/id/271542012-01-12T01:40:23+01:00El HEMA nieuwjaarsborrelFeestelijk slot van Arabische HEMA<p>Feestelijke sluiting van de El HEMA met Partizan Publik, de Iraakse dichter Baban en ud-speler Monir, de Burka Big Band van Sietske Tjallingii, Elena Simons (bekend van Pret met Moslims), Arabische wijn, muziek en meer.</p><p>De kerstvakantie was je laatste kans om Vaat-i-Maatjes, versier t-shirts, Hagelslag henna of het boekje Ali Baba en de veertig rovers te kopen. De El HEMA was open van woensdag t/m zaterdag van 12.00 tot 20.00 en op zondag van 14.00 tot 18.00. Op tweede kerstdag gesloten.</p>El HEMA New Year's SalonFinal El HEMA koopavond<p>We celebrated the final day of the El HEMA with presentations by Sietske Tjallingii's Burka Big Band, Partizan Publik, the poet Baban and musician Monir from Iraq, Elena Simons (known for her book on having fun with muslims), arabic wine, music and more.</p><p>The Christmas holiday of 2008 was your final chance to buy Vaat-i-Maatjes, pick-up-line T-shirts, Hagelslag Henna or other products that were specially designed for the El Hema.</p>
<p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/27808/nl/el-hema-finale-met-burka-big-band">
<img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/029/27808-400-300.jpg" height="300" width="400" alt="" title="el hema finale met Burka big band" playable="1"/>
</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Vergroot afbeelding - el hema finale met Burka big band - Mediamatic.net" href="/27808/nl/el-hema-finale-met-burka-big-band">el hema finale met Burka big band</a></span></span></span></p>
<p>For more information on the El Hema project, go <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/page/20008/en">here</a>.</p>
<p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/27802/nl/el-hema-finale">
<img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/851/27802-400-300.jpg" height="300" width="400" alt="" title="el hema finale" playable="1"/>
</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Vergroot afbeelding - el hema finale - Mediamatic.net" href="/27802/nl/el-hema-finale">el hema finale</a></span></span></span></p>-4.9098252.3758ARTEFACTevent1http://www.mediamatic.net/id/277632010-11-10T07:40:42+01:00Self Representation Kick OffBeauty Parlour #1<p>Beauty Parlour was a public meeting in preparation of a ikikik! (mememe!). ikikik! was an exhibition about self-representation on the net. Instead of shopping all day long just to find the perfect outfit, we asked ourselves how we can enhance our digital self representation.</p>
<p>Two things were important: <br/>
1. How to improve myself<br/>
2. How to present myself</p>
<p>People are Googled and Facebooked all the time. The Beauty Parlour series was all about how to optimize, fashionize and style the images that POP UP on the searchers screens.</p><p>Two lectures were held this evening. <strong>Katja Novitskova</strong> gave an introduction on self representation. For more about Katja, please visit <a href="http://katjanovi.net/">her website</a>. <strong>George Beentjes</strong> presented some very interesting applications of injectables. For more information, go to [ <a href="http://www.mandragora.nl">www.mandragora.nl</a> mandragora.nl].</p>
<p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/28361/nl/beauty-parlour-01-at-mediamatic">
<img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/692/28361-400-300.jpg" height="300" width="400" alt="" title="beauty parlour 01 at Mediamatic" playable="1"/>
</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Vergroot afbeelding - beauty parlour 01 at Mediamatic - Mediamatic.net" href="/28361/nl/beauty-parlour-01-at-mediamatic">beauty parlour 01 at Mediamatic</a></span></span></span></p>
<p>60% of the users of search engines don't look further than the first page, 90% comes to page 3. About 80% of the users that type their name on the internet, find themselves. In more than one out of three cases the page they find is indeed about themselves, but in all the other cases it's information about someone else with the same name. But how accurate is the information that is found on the internet and how easy can it be manipulated? </p>
<p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/28366/nl/beauty-parlour-01-at-mediamatic">
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</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Vergroot afbeelding - beauty parlour 01 at Mediamatic - Mediamatic.net" href="/28366/nl/beauty-parlour-01-at-mediamatic">beauty parlour 01 at Mediamatic</a></span></span></span></p>
<p>A lot of people Google new acquainted friends. 27 % does this with business contacts, 15% with private contacts. Most human resource managers use the internet to check people. Perhaps it's wise not to only buy nice business suits but also have a digital business suit.</p>
<p>Go to <a href="http://virtualspaces.wordpress.com">this website</a> for more about self representation.</p>-4.9098252.3758ARTEFACTevent1http://www.mediamatic.net/id/264402011-06-29T10:28:21+02:00Urban Typography WorkshopFablab at its best<p>Een twee-daagse cursus waarin het praktisch experimenteren met urban design doormiddel van Fablab centraal staat. Gebruik frames en sjablonen in combinatie met lichten en spiegels om ruimtelijke constructies te realiseren.</p><h2>Aanpak</h2>
<p>De cursus begint met enkele lezingen en korte presentaties die bedoeld zijn om het ontwerp process van de deelnemers te stimuleren. </p>
<p>Eerst discussieert <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-19919-nl.html">Mirthe Blussé</a> (grafisch ontwerper, maker van het tijdschrift Guerilla Art) het gebruik van typografie en zijn toepassing in het ontwerpen van creatieve concepten. </p>
<p>Ook zal de erkende Nederlandse grafitti kunstenaar en grafisch ontwerper ZEDZ zijn inzichten op typografie bieden vanuit zijn achtergrond en kennis van graffiti. </p>
<p>Het overige deel van het programma is geheel gewijd aan de praktijk. Je kunt dan experimenten met verschillende ontwerpen. Je ontvangt een korte inleiding over het gebruik van de Fablab machines, en wordt gedurende de workshop bijgestaan door onze Fablab expert <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-18431-en.html">Bernardo Gaeiras</a>. </p>
<h2>Wat is Fablab?</h2>
<p>Ontwikkeld door Neil Gershenfeld op MIT, een Fablab (fabrication laboratory) bestaat uit een vaste combinatie van minimaal drie machines waarmee bijna alles kan worden gemaakt. Ook kleine technische apparaten waarvan vaak gedacht wordt dat deze buiten de productie mogelijkheden ligt van de gewone mens. Met Fablab kunnen mensen materiële objecten creëren voortkomend uit hun eigen artistieke aspiraties. </p>
<h2>Wat kun je er mee maken?</h2>
<p>"Bijna alles!", als we Gerschenfeld moeten geloven. De enige restrictie die de FabLab kent is dat van de verbeelding van zijn gebruiker! De Fablab tools zijn ontworpen om elkaar aan te vullen zodat het mogelijk is om een project binnen een ruimte te creëren. Met uitzondering van de lasercutter zijn <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-19580-nl.html">deze Fablab apparaten</a> beschikbaar.</p>
<h2>Wie?</h2>
<p>De cursus is voor mensen die praktisch willen experimenteren met urban typograpie en die enige (grafische) ontwerpkennis hebben: grafische ontwerpers, tagger, mode ontwerpers en tentoonstellingsontwerpers. </p>
<h2>Trainers</h2>
<p>(Grafisch) ontwerper en Guerilla Art tijdschrift maker Mirthe Blussé, Graffiti kunstenaar en ontwerper ZEDZ en Fablab expert Bernardo Gaeiras.</p>
<h6>Workshop Report</h6>
<p>(Alleen in het Engels beschikbaar. Zie <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-26440-nl.html?lang=en">de engelse versie van de pagina</a>)</p>Workshop ArchiveUrban Typography WorkshopExperimenting and iteratively fine-tuning urban designs<p>A two-day course centered on experimenting and iteratively fine-tuning urban designs with FabLab. Use materials such as frames and stencil sheets in combination with light and mirrors in order to create spatial constructs.</p><h2>Workshop approach</h2>
<p>The course starts off with several lectures and short presentations designed to act as a catalyst for the brainstorming and concept development process of its participants. </p>
<p>First <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-19919-en.html">Mirthe Blussé</a> (graphic designer, maker of Amsterdam Guerilla Art magazine) discusses the use of typography on and off the street as well as its application in creative design concepts. <br/>
Also the renown Dutch graffiti artist and graphic designer <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-26443-en.html">ZEDZ</a> will introduce his fresh insight on typography inspired by his particular background and know-how of the creative possibilities of graffiti. </p>
<p>The rest of the program is the hands-on experience portion of the program. It is directed at experimenting and iteratively fine-tuning designs. Here you will be assisted by the coach and the technical Fablab supervisor <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-18431-en.html">Bernardo Gaeiras</a> and you will receive a short introduction to the Fablab machines.</p>
<h2>What is a FabLab?</h2>
<p>Pioneered by MIT's Neil Gershenfeld, a FabLab (fabrication laboratory) is a small scale workshop with the tools to make almost anything. This includes technology-enabled products generally perceived as limited to mass production. It empowers people to create material objects in line with their own artistic aspirations.</p>
<h2>What can you make with it?</h2>
<p>"Almost anything!" if we are to believe Gershenfeld. The only real limitation is your own imagination! The FabLab equipment is designed to complement one another so that most aspects of a given project can be developed within one workspace. To see what equipment is available during this Fablab workshop edition <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-19580-nl.html?lang=en">click here</a> NB with the exception of the laser cutter.</p>
<h2>For who is this course?</h2>
<p>The workshop is for people who want hands-on experiment with urban typography , and that have some (graphical) design skills: graphic designers, taggers, fashion designers, exhibition designers.</p>
<h2>Trainers</h2>
<p>(Graphic) designer and Guerilla Art magazine creator Mirthe Blussé, Graffiti artist and designer ZEDZ and FabLab expert Bernardo Gaeiras.</p>
<h6>Workshop Report</h6>
<p>fabbing communication</p>
<p>Urban Typography: what does your city say to you and what do you say to your city? This workshop encouraged participants to express themselves through words and text in their urban environments through the use of Mediamatic's Fab Lab.</p>
<p>The Urban Typography workshop took place at Mediamatic over two days. Participants were encouraged to form groups for collaboration. Ideas, inspiration, and brainstorming were the focus of day one, while day two focused on putting ideas in practice on the machinery of the <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-19580-en.html">Fab Lab</a>. A Fab Lab is a space where computer controlled machines allow one to build just about anything. The focus of the Urban Typography theme helped reign in the participants to create works using the Fab Lab that shout, scream and engage others using text in an urban environment.</p>
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<img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/631/29832-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="These letters will be used in a stop motion video by one of the participants in a project about Amsterdam Noord." playable="1"/>
</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Vergroot afbeelding - These letters will be used in a stop motion video by one of the participants in a project about Amsterdam Noord. - Mediamatic.net" href="/29832/en/these-letters-will-be-used-in-a-stop-motion-video">These letters will be used in a stop motion video by one of the participants in a project about Amsterdam Noord.</a></span></span></span></p>
<p>The workshop started out with some engaging presentations by visual artist Mirthe Blusse, street artist and graphic designer ZEDZ, and architect Jack Bakker from Zwarts en Jansma Architects. Participants then were encouraged to brainstorm, share ideas, and form pairs and teams for their projects. Day two was strictly hands-on as the participants put their ideas into practice with the help of <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-18431-en.html">Bernardo</a>. Some participants chose to focus on one larger project, while others used their time to pursue more than one computer-controlled medium. By far the biggest challenge was vectorizing all of the design files to work with the various driver software systems for the machines. If you attend a workshop, be sure to familiarize yourself with vectorization ahead of time and come prepared with your designs in a compatible vectorized format.</p>
<p>All in all the two-day workshop was a success for each participant. The Fab Lab made text pop seamlessly from dream into an urban environment-- whether in the form of an interesting object, or lettering on a sticker to place on a building, or words for a stop motion video.</p>
<p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/222201/en/pop-up">
<img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/493/29799-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="A piece of paper cut like lace as textural inspiration." playable="1"/>
</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Vergroot afbeelding - A piece of paper cut like lace as textural inspiration. - Mediamatic.net" href="/29799/en/a-piece-of-paper-cut-like-lace-as-textural">A piece of paper cut like lace as textural inspiration.</a></span></span></span></p>
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<img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/022/29798-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="An example from Zwarts en Jansma architects showing how to construct 3D pieces with 2D paper cut by a laser." playable="1"/>
</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Vergroot afbeelding - An example from Zwarts en Jansma architects showing how to construct 3D pieces with 2D paper cut by a laser. - Mediamatic.net" href="/29798/en/an-example-from-zwarts-en-jansma-architects">An example from Zwarts en Jansma architects showing how to construct 3D pieces with 2D paper cut by a laser.</a></span></span></span></p>
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<img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/084/29802-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Participants are discussing in front of a red mural by one of the inspirational speakers, street artist ZEDZ." playable="1"/>
</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Vergroot afbeelding - Participants are discussing in front of a red mural by one of the inspirational speakers, street artist ZEDZ. - Mediamatic.net" href="/29802/en/participants-are-discussing-in-front-of-a-red">Participants are discussing in front of a red mural by one of the inspirational speakers, street artist ZEDZ.</a></span></span></span></p>
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<img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/818/29800-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Some laser cut pieces to inspire the participants and get the creative juices flowing." playable="1"/>
</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Vergroot afbeelding - Some laser cut pieces to inspire the participants and get the creative juices flowing. - Mediamatic.net" href="/29800/en/some-laser-cut-pieces-to-inspire-the-participants">Some laser cut pieces to inspire the participants and get the creative juices flowing.</a></span></span></span></p>Workshop Archive-4.9098252.3758ARTEFACTeventworkshop1http://www.mediamatic.net/id/275082010-11-10T07:42:06+01:00Psycho-GeographyThe Pocketguide<p>Ever wanted to read a book on psychogeography, but didnt get the chance because the book was too heavy and too big?</p>
<p>This evening we offered you a solution: with the booklaunch of 'The Pocketguide to Psychogeography' by Voin de Voin.</p><p>Ever wanted to paint bomb Europe? This night was your chance!</p>
<p>During the evening everyone enjoyed several performances by Voin de Voin while enjoying snacks and drinks. </p>
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</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Vergroot afbeelding - voin de voin at Mediamatic - Mediamatic.net" href="/30463/en/voin-de-voin-at-mediamatic">voin de voin at Mediamatic</a></span></span></span></p>
<p>For more info visit <a href="http://www.myspace.com/voin">Voin de Voin's MySpace</a> or mail to: <a href="mailto:voindevoin@gmail.com">voindevoin [at] gmail.com</a></p>-4.9098252.3758ARTEFACTeventpresentation1http://www.mediamatic.net/id/266512010-12-22T15:11:19+01:00ACMC nieuwjaarsborrel 2.0Het nieuwe jaar inluiden met de nieuwste technologie<p>Alle leden van het <a href="http://www.acmc.nl">ACMC</a> en hun introducés luidden op maandag 21 januari het nieuwe jaar feestelijk in. Buiten was het hondenweer maar bijna alle <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/listpublish.php?paglen=200&q_object=26651%3A%3Aparticipant">90 aangemelde personen</a> waren aanwezig! Om 18.00 uur hield ACMC voorzitter Joke Bosch een kort woordje. De borrel duurde tot ongeveer 19.30.... 20.00.... nou ja 20.30 uur. </p>
<p>Iedereen kreeg een RFID chip om leuke interactieve dingen mee te doen. Veel mensen gingen samen op de foto in de 'Photobooth' of maakten vrienden bij het 'Friend Drink Station'. </p>
<p>De borrel 2.0 werd je aangeboden door <a href="http://www.mediamatic.nl">Mediamatic Lab</a> en het <a href="http://www.acmc.nl">ACMC</a>.</p><h3>Nieuwjaarsborrel 2.0</h3>
<p>Na je aanmelding voor de borrel kon je op deze website je profiel bewerken. Je kon dan ook contact maken met andere leden van het ACMC (of andere mensen uit de creatieve sector). Je kon zelf activiteiten van je organisatie in de culturele agenda van Mediamatic plaatsen. Bovendien merkte iedereen dat persoonlijk aangemaakte evenementen, etc. perfect te vinden waren met Google. Kort gezegd, Mediamatic stelde zijn website en alle nieuwste snufjes voor aan de mensen van het ACMC onder het genot van een drankje.</p>-4.9098252.3758ARTEFACTevent1http://www.mediamatic.net/id/253992011-07-13T12:07:33+02:00Hybrid Toys WorkshopDevelop prototypes for playful hybrid world applications<p>In this concentrated hands-on course participants will develop prototypes for playful hybrid world applications. We will focus on designing physical toys with digital and/or networked components. We'll work with Arduino's and sensors, we'll apply ideas from physical computing, and we'll use the cultural and social possibilities of RFID to eventually build creative and innovative prototypes.</p><h2>Context</h2>
<p>Unique digital identification and GPS tracking devices link digital media to places and objects. Mobile phones and urban screens allow the media to be everywhere people are.<br/>
And the internet, which is still thought of as a virtual space, is quickly gaining foot in the physical world. An <a href="http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-s/opb/pol/S-POL-IR.IT-2005-SUM-PDF-E.pdf">internet-of-things</a> is underway. </p>
<p>This Hybrid Toys laboratory explores design and media making in the context of the increasingly intimate fusion of digital and physical space. How can we expand the physical nature of toys with networked and digital components? How can we make tangible and playful interfaces for new layers of data that connect to the physical world? </p>
<h2>Workshop approach</h2>
<p>The workshop is an intense process in which the participants design playful projects (applications, services, games, programs, formats) that connect physical objects of places as interface to digital media. <br/>
Every morning lectures and lessons bring in new perspectives, and interesting project presentations. Some of the topics that will be investigated in this workshop are: the cultural and social possibilities of <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/set-9748-en.html">RFID technology</a>, the internet-of-things, uses of RFID in combination with other kinds of sensors. Locative media tools, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoTagging">Geotagging</a> and mash-ups with <a href="http://maps.google.nl/">Google Maps</a>& <a href="http://earth.google.com/intl/nl/">Google Earth</a>. </p>
<p>Every afternoon the participants work on their own workshop projects. In 3 workshop days every participant will develop a prototype of a hybrid world media project, assisted by outstanding international trainers, lecturers and technical assistants. The workshop closes with a public presentation in which the issues are discussed and the results are shown. </p>
<h2>Workshop tools</h2>
<p>As practical research tools the participants can use <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-13447-en.html">Arduino board</a> with a collection of sensors. We also have the Symbolic Table 2.0 : a networked, RFID powered media player. See <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/article-11344-en.html?lang=en">Symbolic Table</a>. There is also a collection of various RFID readers and tags, and a Nokia NFC enabled phone. </p>
<h2>Trainers & lecturers</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-25577-en.html">Jean-Baptiste Labrune's</a> dissertation is about creative epistemology, i.e. the way children document and explore their creative processes and artifacts. His research consists in designing reflexive tools to support these activities and let children generate new tools. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-25576-en.html">Dana Gordon</a> graduated from the masters program of Interaction Design Institute Ivrea in the summer of 2006. <br/>
During the last two years, as part of her Interaction design studies, she focused on physical computing and particularly tangible interface design. She exhibited her work at the Victoria and Albert museum (‘Touch me’ exhibition 2006), and Salone del Mobile 2005 and 2006. She collaborated with companies such as Tecno and Droog Design.<br/>
Currently based in Paris, she develops new tangible design projects and consults for artistic interactive installations. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.informationlab.org">Auke Touwslager</a> is an Information architect, graduated from the Design Academy in Eindhoven. Founder of InformationLab.org, an international network for research, collaboration, exchange of knowledge and concept development.</p>
<h6>The Tokyo-based online magazine Pingmag published an article about our workshop!</h6>
<p>You can read all about it <a href="http://pingmag.jp/2008/03/17/how-to-make-hybrid-toys/">here</a>.</p>
<h6>Workshop Report</h6>
<p>"Hybrid toys is an open invitation to come out and play. After three days of making concepts, inventing and realizing at the same time, you’re ready to give up your daily job and become a full time toy creator for the rest of your life!" - Jenny ter Horst, workshop participant</p>
<h3>Day 1</h3>
<p>The participants of the Hybrid Toys workshop trickle into the Mediamatic cafeteria, but it's still early, 9:30. They are at the brink of a new adventure and curiously, but modestly settle in. Loaded with coffee, tea and cookies they head over to the workshop space at 10:00. <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-3337-nl.html">Klaas Kuitenbrouwer</a> welcomes the group and after a quick introduction round <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-26436-nl.html">Dana Gordon</a> and <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-25577-nl.html">Jean-Baptiste Labrune</a> take the floor.</p>
<p>Dana provides a presentation that predominantly can be assessed as thought provoking. Her first act is to rename the Hybrid Toys workshop to "What are good toys?" She suggests we momentarily discard with making value judgments and simply think of toys themselves. Toys, she claims, are the mediators for play. Leaning on ample case studies she provided several qualities of toys; pleasurable, intriguing, evolving, narrative and open. Simplicity, however, is often the key. And everything, even a simple stone, can be turned into a toy!</p>
<p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/222201/en/pop-up">
<img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/477/28807-400-300.jpg" height="300" width="400" alt="" title="Jean-Baptiste at work in the Hybrid Toys workshop" playable="1"/>
</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Vergroot afbeelding - Jean-Baptiste at work in the Hybrid Toys workshop - Mediamatic.net" href="/28807/nl/jean-baptiste-at-work-in-the-hybrid-toys-workshop">Jean-Baptiste at work in the Hybrid Toys workshop</a></span></span></span></p>
<p>Jean-Baptiste compliments the presentation to introduce us to the miracle product called "Silly Putty." He shows it as an exemplary toy of the characteristic intrigue. Silly Putty falls in-between liquid and material and is an object of exploration. All participants are given the opportunity to fiddle with the stuff.</p>
<p>As an example of the evolving quality of toys they reminded us of the Tamagotchi toy, with a dynamic interaction. Toys furthermore, they tell, need to be appealing and engaging to the senses. Toys should encourage storytelling. </p>
<p>The presentation made my personal interpretation and definition of toys problematic. You think you know what can be classified as a toy and what can’t, but it turns out, you have no idea! The presentation provoked a "class discussion" on inquiries pertaining the social function and gender attributions of toys. They provide many examples of newly developed toys and a presentation on "reality check" toys (those who prove not as engaging as one may have hoped for) ignited ideas for workshop concepts to follow-up on.</p>
<p>After a short break <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-26730-nl.html">Auke Touwslager</a>, an information architect provided a presentation on bridging the physical with the virtual. Reformulated, about networked objects. He emphasized that play can be ad-hoc. It can be about surprise and discovery. He provided a couple of fascinating examples: from ways of interfacing information, about overlaying technologies and mash-ups. Auke was primarily interested in questions related to the use of information and how this can be playfully adapted in toys.</p>
<p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/222201/en/pop-up">
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</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Vergroot afbeelding - Noam hopes the flower talks back! - Mediamatic.net" href="/29953/nl/noam-hopes-the-flower-talks-back">Noam hopes the flower talks back!</a></span></span></span> <br/>
Noam wonders why the flower doesn't talk back!</p>
<p>Lunch was there before we knew it. Time to let the material sink in and think long and hard about what toys are, and what ambition one has for the toy. What should it be capable of doing?</p>
<p>The time for listening came to an end and it was the participant's turn to <em>do</em> stuff. The framework had been established and participants where now armed with a little background knowledge and armed with plastic bags filled with toys they had purchased in stores. They were divided into groups and asked to brainstorm about projects they wanted to develop. The whole group consequently discussed these ideas . There was a general tendency to think of the "rules of game" rather than the object of the toy itself. </p>
<p>Dana, JB and Klaas helped to bring the abstract ideas to concrete form. What object is the toy going to be? What material form will it take? The process was above all creative. It was important not to let the technological drive the project, but to reflect on the qualities of toys and see how one would like to develop the objects.</p>
<p>The Mediamatic workshop room became a platform for active creative thought. Whilst one corner of the room I heard ideas of talking oranges, the other was considering social projects from an RFID driven low-budget whisper toy that made going out even more fun.</p>
<p>When the ideas had been brought back to more concrete ideas an inventory was made so that a last minute shopping spree could be realized. Which technologies are needed to realize these ambitions? With the materials ordered, the clock was ticking. Two days left on the calendar. Two days to realize these creative ideas, to make personalized toys.</p>
<h3>Day 2</h3>
<p>The day started with a fruitful endeavor: the tunneling of the brainstorming and conceptualizing had been done yesterday and now the objective was to fine-tune these. The groups got grip of what they wanted to make. It was time to get down to the nitty gritty! In the groups themselves a technical discussion was taking place in order to get at better grips with the incorporated technologies for the relevant projects. When the chat was over, it was all about making. With Arduino boards, sensors, other technical tools, but also the more everyday materials such as tape, needles and so forth the workshop participants start making their hybrid toys prototype. It is a race against time. A technical 101 is provided in the morning, a quick rundown, but soon it is time for the participants to start MAKING. They did so with the assistance of Tim, Dirk, Klaas and of-course Dana and JB. Time slips away quick and as the night dawns in pizza is ordered and the participants actively and above all enthusiastically work on materializing their ideas. It was magical to see, this act of trial and error. What works in theory after all does not always work in practice. Materials are swapped and ideas are fine-tuned.</p>
<h3>Day 3</h3>
<p>Everyone arrives just as the clock strikes 10 o'clock. A contrast to the impatience of the first workshop day. Everyone seems tired. The morning is a race against the clock. Dana and JB "threaten" the participants by setting a 12 o’clock deadline for the prototypes. Dana nuanced the tough words by adding a wink. Both Dana and JB knew very well that the deadline they just set would not be met. </p>
<p>The group has split into two areas of production, across two spaces: the workshop room and the atelier. Ironically these places are all but playful, but mandate professionalism. Cables and electronics are ubiquitous. The amount of laptops has quadrupled since day one. Everyone seems to be consumed by getting the right reaction from the toy. Whilst the one group records sounds the other is constantly switching lights off and on to test their light sensors. Another group is working with pressure sensors, yet another with liquid sensors. Collaboration is the motto, a sharing of knowledge and skills is the only way to get the prototypes done.</p>
<p>When lunch arrives the rooms are abandoned. What remains is the image of a workshop battlefield. And indeed there are many casualties. People have been tearing apart and hacking the store toys. They are also actively mending other toys. But these toys have been transformed, and are now capable of so much more. During lunch it is announced that the deadline has been shoved to 2 o'clock. At this time all groups are expected to be able to present their results.</p>
<p>It is two clock. Dirk gives a brief presentation on the computer program “Fritzing.” Fritzing is a tool to help you design PCB's using a virtual breadboard. The tool is also handy for documentation. It is beneficial to everyone over a network, a good way to document.</p>
<p>After Dirk's presentation was THE moment everyone had worked for. The workshop groups had to present their projects. It was an enormously dynamic moment, the closure to three days of hard work. </p>
<p>Dana and JB concluded the three intense workshop days with these closing thoughts: </p>
<h5>Dana</h5>
<p>The results are really brilliant and it was very interest to listen and we have interesting topics about design process and trying to mix it with technologies. We did not know what level to expect. The first day was a big confusion when it was more hands-on it changed.</p>
<h5>JB</h5>
<p>It was interesting to work with you. Struck by the complexity, how simply you get to structures. How very fast the process broke down to simple material, long process. The contraction of time is the most superb of this workshop. It was the major achievement. We remain contactable online. Creativity was in the details. Thank-you!</p>
<p>When the clapping has seized, business cards rapidly exchange hands as many new acquaintances have been made and the sharing from expertise is far from over.</p>
<h3>Making Hybrid Toys: Participant reflection</h3>
<p>by <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-26000-nl.html">Jenny ter Horst</a></p>
<p>Basically, developing and making toys is about having fun by yourself and the group you are engaged in. If you wanna have the feeling back from your childhood, this workshop is an excellent way to start. By thinking, creating things from scratch and working with different kind of materials and tools, you open up a new world, most of us adults have forgotten about a long time ago. </p>
<p>Hybrid toys is an open invitation to come out and play. After three days of concepting, inventing and realizing at the same time, you’re ready to give up your daily job and become a full time toy creator for the rest of your life!</p>
<h6>Hybrid Toys Projects</h6>
<p>Results of a three day enterprise</p>
<h3>The Kiitos</h3>
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<img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/290/28902-400-300.jpg" height="300" width="400" alt="" title="ProjectKiitos" playable="1"/>
</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Vergroot afbeelding - ProjectKiitos - Mediamatic.net" href="/28902/nl/projectkiitos">ProjectKiitos</a></span></span></span></p>
<p>We started out different than where we ended up, which is actually the fun part of the workshop. It was a process of evolution and it was fun to work together. We choose to work with light. We hid RFID chips in the creatures called "Kiitos." The Kiitos are creatures from out of space that are connected and communicating by light and color through a mother Kiito. The brightness and the color both present the mood they are in! Kids in the city can bring the parts of the project back to each other. The hidden surprise of the project: the mother Kiito has a tongue!</p>
<h5>JB</h5>
<p>It would be see how the system of mood can be connected to Internet. If you consider the presentation given by Auke. This would be very interesting to bridge the two worlds. Very nice!</p>
<h3>The Participants</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-26540-nl.html">Suvi</a>, <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-26628-nl.html">Zhenya</a>, and <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-26000-nl.html">Jenny</a></p>
<h3>The Flowers</h3>
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</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Vergroot afbeelding - Noisey little things these flowers! - Mediamatic.net" href="/28908/nl/noisey-little-things-these-flowers">Noisey little things these flowers!</a></span></span></span></p>
<p>The only instruction is that you align the pins to the pot, go ahead and play! The group had no formal presentation, but what resulted was that all the workshop participants started playing with the flowers and putting them in the pots. The result was a sound explosion. "You are a real florist" one of the participants reaction. An interesting project as on the one hand you can think about the visual aspect of the project [bringing the flowers to form a bunch] and on the other hand you become a musical composer. With this project it was especially cool to see that everyone indeed starting playing!</p>
<p>The architecture: Every pot has three RFID readers, every slot has a reader and they are all connected to the computer. Each flower has an RFID tag. Every pot has its own sample sound. Each flower has a pitch tuned according to their color. The tone is like the black keys of the piano. There is one flower with a Wii controller that registers the shake and this determines the pace of sound.</p>
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<h5>Tim</h5>
<p>I would really like to help you guys if you are planning on working more on this. It can be taken much further and fine-tuned.</p>
<h3>The Participants</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-22661-nl.html">Arjan</a>, <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-17228-nl.html">Alun</a>, <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-22314-nl.html">Noam</a> and <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-22504-nl.html">Nina</a></p>
<h3>The Three Hippos</h3>
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<img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/245/28915-400-300.jpg" height="300" width="400" alt="" title="The Hippos" playable="1"/>
</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Vergroot afbeelding - The Hippos - Mediamatic.net" href="/28915/nl/the-hippos">The Hippos</a></span></span></span></p>
<p>Mean, Nice and Social hippos, and when we connect together we keep on talking actively until you take us apart. The process of dissecting toys was nice. We discovered that from idea to reality there is always a step in-between: practicality!" We tried to take the characters as basis for the technique. Try and define the triggers according to the identities of the hippos. Allot of sketching was done. It was all working, but not united yet. Different kinds of sensors determine the character. You can record a message in a different manner.</p>
<h5>Dana</h5>
<p>It was a beautiful process to watch, but disappointing not to see the best feedback in seeing it in unity. Changing of perception, questioning things. It is a great pleasure.</p>
<h5>Group</h5>
<p>What we were really disappointed in was the quality of traditional toys. We had the chance to tear them open for the workshop and it turns out they are made so cheaply!</p>
<h5>JB</h5>
<p>A nice metaphor, you feel your toy with things. Brilliant.</p>
<h3>The Participants</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-27165-nl.html">Martijn</a>, <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-26944-nl.html">Mathieu</a> and <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-23524-nl.html">Carin</a></p>
<h3>The light pony</h3>
<p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/222201/en/pop-up">
<img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/497/28920-400-300.jpg" height="300" width="400" alt="" title="The pony" playable="1"/>
</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Vergroot afbeelding - The pony - Mediamatic.net" href="/28920/nl/the-pony">The pony</a></span></span></span><br/>
Participant: <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-26565-nl.html">Janny</a> <br/>
It is a pony embedded with a photosensitive sensor and a recorder. You can capture sound and it will play the message at random until it is dark. It will stop repeating the recording only once there are no more light sources switched on.</p>
<h3>Extra project: The Necklace</h3>
<h5>Dana and JB</h5>
<p>A last-minute project, built in two hours. You can feed the necklace by giving it light. It is a 9-volt battery, but because it is conductive thread it provides lots of resistance, which prevent that the lights go really bright. The process is totally analogue, as you control when it goes on and off by your movement. Furthermore because the material is fabric it is very easy to work with.</p>Workshop Archive-4.9098252.3758ARTEFACTeventworkshop1http://www.mediamatic.net/id/285282010-11-10T07:40:51+01:00Mirror, Scenario & Mask - views of he - you - meBeauty Parlour #02: About Self Representation - he you me<p>This Beauty Parlour was the second public meeting in preparation of ikikik! (mememe!). ikikik! was an exhibition about self-representation on the internet, that started in July 2008.</p>
<p>This time it was up to Viola van Alphen, Mattias Duyves, Marco Ugolini and Katja Novitskova to each present a short presentations on the subject.</p><h6>The Programme</h6>
<p>Several short lectures and discussions were held during the evening on the subject of the following questions. </p>
<p>-Are we creating socially accepted profiles and images of ourselves? Am I still myself when I try to represent myself professionally, also on the internet?</p>
<p>-What exactly is self representation?</p>
<p>-How do I present myself in interaction with others? How do I see myself?</p>
<p>-What is the development of the Me? </p>
<p>-When creating a profile or when we think of ourselves in real life, do we see ourselves first as he, as you and then as me?</p>
<p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/29723/nl/beauty-parlour-02">
<img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/165/29723-400-300.jpg" height="300" width="400" alt="" title="beauty parlour 02" playable="1"/>
</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Vergroot afbeelding - beauty parlour 02 - Mediamatic.net" href="/29723/nl/beauty-parlour-02">beauty parlour 02</a></span></span></span></p>
<h6>Who?</h6>
<h3><strong>Mattias Duyves</strong></h3>
<p>Lecturer at the University of Amsterdam - (International school for Humanities & Social Sciences) discussed the questions above and also further more:</p>
<p>- He You Me<br/>
- mirror, scenario and mask<br/>
- Dorian Gray and Narcissus<br/>
For more information on his work, please visit <a href="http://www.ishss.uva.nl">this website</a></p>
<p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/29721/nl/beauty-parlour-02-at-mediamatic">
<img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/915/29721-400-300.jpg" height="300" width="400" alt="" title="beauty parlour 02 at Mediamatic" playable="1"/>
</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Vergroot afbeelding - beauty parlour 02 at Mediamatic - Mediamatic.net" href="/29721/nl/beauty-parlour-02-at-mediamatic">beauty parlour 02 at Mediamatic</a></span></span></span></p>
<h3><strong>Katja Novitskova</strong></h3>
<p>showed elements of self-representation online with numerous examples (from profiles to chat to anything) and then discussed its connection to self-representation offline (hair, clothes, make-up, body language, speech etc) to see where the two meet, what is good and bad online-offline fashion, what is the function of subcultures.</p>
<p><span class="inline-image-wrapper ui_animateFigureCaption"><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/29719/nl/ronny-kali-and-unknown-beauty-parlour-02">
<img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/000/29719-400-300.jpg" height="300" width="400" alt="" title="Ronny, Kali and unknown beauty @ parlour 02" playable="1"/>
</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Vergroot afbeelding - Ronny, Kali and unknown beauty @ parlour 02 - Mediamatic.net" href="/29719/nl/ronny-kali-and-unknown-beauty-parlour-02">Ronny, Kali and unknown beauty @ parlour 02</a></span></span></span></p>
<h3>Marco Ugolini</h3>
<p>Student at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam.<br/>
<a href="http://www.jesuismonreve.org/icons">www.jesuismonreve.org/icons</a> <br/>
<a href="http://www.jesuismonreve.org/icons/info.htm">www.jesuismonreve.org/icons/info.htm</a></p>Beauty Parlour #02-4.9098252.3758ARTEFACTeventsalon1http://www.mediamatic.net/id/280152010-11-10T07:40:12+01:00Wat maakt speelgoed goed?Een lezing met JB Labrune & Dana Gordon<p>Ter afsluiting van de Hybrid Toys workshop gaven Jean-Baptiste Labrune en Dana Gordon een lezing over het integreren van de mogelijkheden van digitale netwerken in speelgoed. Wat maakt hybride speelgoed goed speelgoed?</p><h6>Wie?</h6>
<h3>Labrune</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-25577-en.html">Jean-Baptiste Labrune's</a> verdedigde recentelijk zijn promotie onderzoek <em>Children and Creative Technologies: an exaptive phenomenon</em> aan de Universiteit Parijs Sud in Frankrijk. Zijn onderzoeksgroep genaamd in|situ| creeert nieuwe interfaces en interacties voor de familie. </p>
<p>Doormiddel van digitale ontworpen speelgoed zoals de <a href="http://insitu.lri.fr/~labrune/web.jb.wiki/doku.php?id=tangicam">Tangicam</a>, <a href="http://insitu.lri.fr/~labrune/web.jb.wiki/doku.php?id=telebeads">Telebeads</a> en <a href="http://insitu.lri.fr/~labrune/blog/2007/05/24/sketchcam/">Sketchcam</a> onderzocht Labrune de facetten van creativiteit door te kijken naar hoe kinderen met dit speelgoed omgingen!</p>
<p>Voor meer informatie omtrent zijn recente activiteiten zie ook <a href="http://insitu.lri.fr/~labrune/blog/">zijn blog</a></p>
<h3>Gordon</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-25576-en.html">Dana Gordon</a> studeerde af van de masters programme Interaction Design Institute Ivrea in de zomer van 2006. Gedurende de afgelopen twee jaar, als onderdeel van haar opleiding specialiseerde ze zich in physical computing en met name in tastbare interfaces. Ze heeft werkte samen met bedrijven als Tecno en Droog Design.<br/>
Hierna is ze vertrokken naar Parijs, waar ze <em>tangible design</em> projecten ontwerpt en werkt ze als consultant met betrekking tot interactieve installaties.</p>
<h6>De workshop</h6>
<p>Voor aanvang van de Hybrid Toys workshop zijn de deelnemers gevraagd om een foto te maken van speelgoed waar ze erg van hielden of erg teleurgesteld over waren en dit toe te lichten. Gedurende de workshop zelf werden er presentaties gehouden over wat goede speelgoed is, wat <em>physical computing</em> is en technisch uitleg over het gebruik van RFID tags en lezers alsmede sensoren en Arduino's. Met deze kennis zijn deelnemers gaan werken aan hun eigen prototype van hybride speelgoed.</p>What makes good toys?A lecture with JB LaBrune & Dana Gordon<p>Concluding the invigorating <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-25399-nl.html">Hybrid Toys workshop</a>, Jean-Baptiste Labrune and Dana Gordon gave a lecture on the integration of digital components in material objects. J-B and Dana used toys with digital components as a means to playfully explore creativity and shared their findings during this lecture.</p><h6>Who?</h6>
<p><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-25577-en.html">Jean-Baptiste Labrune's</a> defended his dissertation entitled “Children and Creative Technologies: an exaptive phenomenon”. He captured the way children document and explore creative processes and artefacts to enhance the general understanding of creative processes. His research consists of designing reflexive tools to support these activities and let children generate the creative tools of the future. </p>
<p>Using digital toys such as <a href="http://insitu.lri.fr/~labrune/web.jb.wiki/doku.php?id=tangicam">Tangicam</a>, <a href="http://insitu.lri.fr/~labrune/web.jb.wiki/doku.php?id=telebeads">Telebeads</a> and <a href="http://insitu.lri.fr/~labrune/blog/2007/05/24/sketchcam/">Sketchcam</a> Labrune investigated facets of creativity by observing how children used these high-tech toys.</p>
<p>For more information regarding the activities and research of Jean-Baptiste, go to <a href="http://insitu.lri.fr/~labrune/blog/">his blog.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-25576-en.html">Dana Gordon</a> graduated from the masters program of Interaction Design Institute Ivrea in the summer of 2006. During the last two years, as part of her Interaction design studies, she focused on physical computing and particularly tangible interface design. She exhibited her work at the Victoria and Albert museum (‘Touch me’ exhibition 2006), and Salone del Mobile 2005 and 2006. She collaborated with companies such as Tecno and Droog Design. She later moved to Paris, where she developed new tangible design projects and consults for artistic interactive installations. </p>
<h6>The Hybrid Toys Workshop</h6>
<p>Prior to the Hybrid Toys workshop participants were asked to take a photograph of a toy that they either really loved or where thoroughly disappointed in, and to elaborate on this emotion. During the course of the workshop itself presentations were held on what good toys are, what physical computing is and the technical know-how related to the use of RFID tags, readers as well as sensors and Arduino's. With this acquired knowledge workshop participants were encouraged to make their own hybrid toy prototype.</p>Lecture-4.9098252.3758ARTEFACTeventlecture1