7. I call this technology Pictures
Under Glass [...] an interaction
paradigm of permanent
numbness’ – Bret Victor
Bret Victor A brief rant on the future of interaction design
8. Constant
The future doesn’t have to be that way. One of my favourite artists is Constant,
originally a painter in the Cobra movement, later a writer/painter with the
Situationist and eventually an architect of supposed realities. He is best known for
New Babylon, a fi"teen year long project exploring new ways of being.
9. New Babylon
New Babylon is based on the premises that through automatisation nobody will
have to work, and being freed from work, you are also liberated from living close to
work. This leaves humanity free to roam the planet, free to unleash unbounded
creativity and become Homo Ludens - the playing human.
11. ART ARCHITECTURE
He placed himself in a grey borderland between art and architecture; giving you
enough to start thinking but never enough to come to a conclusion.
12. New Babylon, perhaps, is not so
much a picture of the future as a
leitmotif – Constant
18. ‘Reason can only follow paths
that the imagination has !irst
broken.’ — Richard Rorty
For a stranger world, we need a lot more ideas than massive touch screens
21. 1. make it
Personal
Any interesting change comes from real people who personally and passionately feel
that things can and should be different. It is up to us, the people, to imagine our own
futures.
22. 2. make it
Thoughtful &
Visual
There's no shortage of opinions, nor is there a shortage of pretty pictures. What we
need though are thoughtful ideas presented in a visual manner.
23. 3. make it
Open
Since we cannot think any further than our current culture, we should give our
future selfs as many options as possible. Building blocks for thought, ready for
endless recombinations in ever stranger ways.
25. Find more
Slide 1, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22: Constant's New Babylon: The Hyper-architecture of Desire By Mark Wigley
page 33, 108, 121, 198
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=L7P_IXPXt98C check also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJsD6RvuP"I
Slide 4: Microso"t Future Vision: http://www.microso"t.com/office/vision/
Slide 5: Nokia Future Vision: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4pDf7m2UPE
Slide 7: Bret Victor A brief rant on the future of interaction design
Slide 23: De verloochening van Petrus, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, 1660: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/
collection/SK-A-3137
Slide 14: New Babylon: the world of Homo Ludens - Constant: http://www.notbored.org/homo-ludens.html
Slide 16: New Babylon: 10 years on - Constant: http://www.notbored.org/ten-years-on.html
Slide 22: Nearness: http://www.nearfield.org/2009/09/nearness