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Many major websites are blacking out today, 18th Jan 2012, in solidarity with Wikipedia, who are directly opposed to the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) bill in the US House of Representatives, along with its "sister" US Senate PIPA (Protect IP Act) bill.
Whilst we're not...

Final year Digital Interaction Design and Product Design students held a Projects Day on 1 November 2011. Our invited guests included Tim Regan of Microsoft, user-centred innovation consultant Martin Bontoft, Chris van der Kuyl of...

Just a quick post to show myself and Calum's App working on one of the new iPod touches. It's an App based on the world renowned fashion designer Hussein Chalayan and it displays his different collections from 1994-2011. We created the app as part of a project in 2nd year DixD (1st Semester).

Our 2nd year class have completed the first part of their Screen Interface Design project.
This year we are designing for iPhone/iPad and iPod touch. We decided to use Apple's Xcode IDE as mentioned in another post.
It was a steep learning curve for the students but they have managed to get enough coding skills to prototype some...

This academic year 2011-2012, for the first time, mobile application design is included in the DIxD curriculum. We're focusing on Apple's iOS mobile devices - iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch - and so are developing and designing apps using the XCode IDE. Ewan Steel is leading teaching in this area.
First out of the blocks are Level 2 who are...

Visit the Digital Interaction Degree Show 2011 website to see the work of our 2011 graduates. The varied work explores the ubiquity and diversity of digital technologies in our everyday life. The work was of an extremely high quality and beautifully presented in the exhibition space. The show was a huge success with lots of visitors and...

2011 - 16
1st/2nd Year Studio

3rd Year Exhibition

stereotype?

Each has been inspired by–and designed with–one of our grandparents, reflecting their interests, priorities and idiosyncrasies. All 14 together should put paid to any stereotype of older people and their potential relationship with digital technology.

prototype!

Although made of...

Sam Grosset, Ruth Tullis

In 1954, shortly аftеr thе еnd οf World War II, America wаѕ аbουt tο return tο іtѕ female population tο bе housewives. Thе women wеrе more thаn hарру tο oblige, аnd fell rіght back іntο thе role, thіѕ time using thе gadget frοm thе American innovators. One οf thеѕе innovations wаѕ thе Gοοd Girl bу Gοοd Girl Time Clock Incorporated. Thе Gοοd...

2011 - 13
The Street, QMB

This year's AC12004 exhibition, which comprises of devices which gather physical data input and post the results on Twitter, opens on April 1st at 2pm.
All welcome

Michail Vanis, Ruth Tullis, Neil Dawson, Joanna Montgomery

Social Sewing helps Despina and her circle of older seamstresses to feel in touch. Each networked, miniature sewing machine mimics the activity of the friends' own sewing machines, restoring something of the shared activity they used to enjoy when they sewed together in the same workshop.

It is one of a series of a...