In Research Through Design and Transdisciplinarity, Alain Findeli and his colleagues (Swiss Design Network conference 2008) interestingly propose a tentative framework for Design Research. Their typology of design research practices goes like this: "Research for design is highly relevant for desi...
Teaching in Geneva
This fall, I will be teaching at the Geneva University of Art and Design in the Media Design Masters program. Hence, a "teaching" category on this blog. Today was the introductory course about methodology, which I chose to illustrate through the example of game design and user research (slides are ...
Content-Reader evolution
Flea market findings again. Saturday way rainy but i found my way to the market and stumbled across these various elements. A quite enjoyable picture that roughly depicts a part of the musical devices evolution. This topic emerged from a discussion with Laurence, one of the design student I superv...
Nintendo "technical lineage"
Following the evolution of technical objects over time generally reveals interesting matter. Philosophers such as Gilbert Simondon theorized a bit this issue and proposed that technical evolution shows phases of continuous progress (based on adaptation) alternating with other phases that he called...
Earth Sandwich
Making an "Earth sandwich" is a curious practice found in Generation A by Douglas Coupland which was originally proposed by Ze Frank: "I’d taken a slice of boring white bread from its bakery bag and had slapped it onto a small patch of yellow sandy dirt. I was standing up to photograph the slice o...
Karl Gerstner on design models
Note to self: take more time reading this curious book by Karl Gerstner, a swiss typographer. It's a document about his design process in the early days of the computer era. Definitely not about recipes and direct solutions, it's rather a sort of reflection on possible design models. Perhaps it'...
In and Out
Seen two weeks ago in Seoul, a cultural peak in what goes in and what goes out ...
Sensory anomalies
This morning, while preparing my upcoming course, I stumbled across this great chapter about Sensory Anomalies by Michael Naimark. Some excerpt I found relevant below: "The single biggest difference between first-hand and mediated experiences is whether sensory anomalies exist. There are none in f...
Meme circulation: Parking Wars
The "Parking Wars" application on Facebook was certainly one my favorite game two years ago. I gave it a shot for 3-4 months and then let it go (although one my friend is a "$28,699,245 (Parker Emeritus)". Besides it may have been the only application that attracted me to log in on Facebook back i...
Digital activities
Digital activities made explicit on paper for wanna-be customers in Paris. My favorite is the umbrella term "Use Internet" which sounds so vague, intriguing and full of possibilities that the other looks pedestrian and instrumental. Also look at the difference between the French and the English ve...