[chisigmail] IDG Seminar: Interactivation: Models, Approaches and Frameworks

[Daryl Ku]

(Apologies for cross posting)

You are cordially invited to an IDG Seminar.


PRESENTER:      Bert Bongers, Interactivation Studio, Faculty of Design,  
Architecture and Building, University of Technology, Sydney

TITLE:          Interactivation: Models, Approaches and Frameworks

VENUE:          University of Melbourne, IDEA Lab, Level 4, 111 Barry  
Street, Carlton

DATE and TIME:  Friday 15 May 2009, 3.00 - 4.00 pm


ABSTRACT:
Through interactivation we can open up technology. It is about an  
e-cological approach which support and structure the research and design  
processes aiming to develop new ways of rich and multimodal interactions.  
This talk concentrates on the structured and modular approach to the  
design of physical interfaces, illustrated with recent research projects.

BIO:
Bert Bongers (The Netherlands, 1964) has a mixed background in technology,  
human sciences (MSc Erg. UCL London), and the arts, in a mixture of  
education and practice. In his PhD thesis (VU Amsterdam) he combines  
insights and experiences gained from musical instrument design,  
interactive architecture, video performances, and interface development  
for multimedia systems to establish frameworks and an ecological approach  
to the design for the interaction between people and technology. He has  
set up new media labs in Amsterdam, Barcelona and Maastricht, lectured in  
workshops and newly developed courses on interaction at various  
universities and schools. He has published two books, several book  
chapters, papers in academic journals and conferences. He developed an  
instrument for live audiovisual performance, and creates interactive video  
installations. Since May 2007 he is an Associate Professor at UTS, where  
he set up the Interactivation Studio as a laboratory with a flexible  
infrastructure to support many activities in design and research in  
interactivating objects and spaces.


Please forward to others if interested. All are Welcome.
http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/research/groups/interactiondesign/seminars.html

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Daryl Ku
PhD Candidate
Interaction Design Group Coordinator

Interaction Design Group
Department of Information Systems
The University of Melbourne
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