April 22, 2006
Dare, Counter Dare
"This is a Dare drug free school zone"
"Dare to think for yourself"
Posted by Jan at 08:11 PM | Comments (0)
April 18, 2006
Understanding Consequences, Affecting Actions
Graffiti/sign stencilled close to many of drains in Hilo make it harder to ignore/easier to understand the consequence of inappropriate dumping.
Fast forward, same situation, but what happens when there are numerous objects embedded with a life-time's worth of data; being able to identify (or partially identify) a person has been in proximity of that drain at a particular time; a framework of legal/social rules; and the ability to display dynamic signs based on that legal/social framework? Pro-active contextual street signage?
It's not a million miles from a real-time equivilent of this.
Given that some of the fun of life is in ignoring the (increased risk of the) consequences of some of our actions whether it's smoking (whatever), extreme sports or simply crossing the road, how will this play out when the consequences of actions can be calcuated and projected to a person in real time? There are likely to be signficant cultural differences - in terms of issues like the respect for authority and the extent to which people take a fatalistic attitude to life.
Posted by Jan at 11:41 PM | Comments (0)
April 17, 2006
Anti-Social Luggage
I'm intrigued about the affects physical/digital objects can have on other physical/digital objects during everyday use. We know from multi-cultural studies on what people carry where and why that people tend to keep keys and phones in separate pockets to avoid scratching the device (this applies mostly to men, our research indicates that women are much more likely to use handbags than pockets to carry their mobiles).
What happens to other carried objects or carrying spaces such as pockets when a device is covered in gem stones? Or is defiant about being put in your pocket?
What happens to other people's luggage when a skateboard slip-mat is applied to the surface of your check-in luggage? (photo, above). How will it differ when the anti-social behaviour is digital?
Posted by Jan at 08:53 PM | Comments (0)
April 15, 2006
Menu Options
Pictoral support in knowing what to order.
Posted by Jan at 03:53 AM | Comments (0)
Map To Rest Room
How you get from here to there.
Posted by Jan at 03:45 AM | Comments (0)
April 14, 2006
Correlation
Mental, physical and spatial mapping.
Posted by Jan at 10:47 AM | Comments (0)
April 12, 2006
What You Are Likely To Forget
Sign to correct a common problem.
Got a few days R & R - the plan is to hit the trail for the next few days, assuming the weather lets up.
Posted by Jan at 09:21 PM | Comments (0)