Interviews
We Make Money Not Art has an ongoing series of interviews that are relevant. Here is a selection:
Anthony Dunne
“There is no need to rush into the future frantically styling up new technology and getting it to market as fast as we can. We need to reflect a bit more and ask some questions. ”
Tom Igoe
“A lot of works that get cited as good physical computing tend to incorporate spectacular or elegant physical output, but for my money, those aren’t the really special ones. The ones that impress me most have really rich input.”
CuteCircuit
“The killer-app is smart clothing, and the fact mthat it didn’t make it to the high-street yet, is that the tools were not mature. Now we have the tools, technology is very small, and you got CuteCircuit making it look good
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Yury Gitman
“I think viewing the source code of html is still one of the coolest things about the internet. So I’m kinda trying to bring the more enlightened aspects of the internet into the art and craft of toy design.”
Adam Greenfield
“If ubiquitous systems, products, and services are developed in the absence of careful, sensitive interaction design they fail. And they fail in a way that poses particular challenges and risks to the user’s sense of calm and equanimity, because by and large the interaction landscape of everyday life is very robust, very well-assimilated.”
Julian Bleecker
“I think this notion of digitizing everything is a bit misguided. It presumes that most everything should be digital, without consideration as to what it means to have particular human experiences or activities transferred into digital form. It’s a kind of digital-era imperialism or evangelization of the database gospel.”
Boutique Vizique
“In fact we consciously endeavor to create installations that are intended to be enjoyed by both young and old. It is obvious that part of our plan is to awake the child in each one of us. And since play, poetry and simplicity are a constant in our work those challenges seem to overlap quite often. ”