Author Archives: NathanBecker

Gray Bodystorming in three easy steps: 1. Go to the location and “blend” 2. Role play using found props 3. Reflect (that last one is kind of implied for all brainstorming exercises.)

Manovich Speaking of augmented space, I really like this free NYSubway app, which overlays stop locations on users’ phone’s “view.” Shows virtual signs hanging in the frame’s air, based on your GPS to the closest subways in every direction.

10 Objects inspired by Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, “Why We Need Things” excerpt from History From Things: Essays on Material Culture by Steven Lubar, W. David Kingery (Eds.)

Csikszentmihaly I liked the whole concept of this piece and the attention to why people want/need objects broken down into three major factors: status or a display of identity, continuity of the self (at home), symbolic of relationships. When I moved … Continue reading →

Smith I like the quote at the beginning that interactive design is “shaping our everyday life through digital artifacts,” because I find it hard to explain that concept, but the term “telecommunications” seems dated, is there a modern equivalent (the … Continue reading →