Frontiers 2012

Frontiers Conference - video recap

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:57:29 GMT

This is Frontiers. A day packed with installations, music, energy and passion condensed in something less than 3 minutes. Enjoy!

David Crane - Learning from the History of Video Games

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 23:12:50 GMT

A journey from the early days of videogames industry to the present and onward to the future, made of apps and mobile games. What was the game environment in CA in those years, and why and how David decided to start this business, founding Activision. What's the everyday life of main players of the game business? How has scenario changed? What kind of games can we expect to be playingin the next five years? Who -in the audience- should start today a business in the game industry, and which advices for them?

Roberto Tagliabue, "Designing User experience engines"

Sun, 12 May 2013 00:23:10 GMT

ROBERTO TAGLIABUE
Executive Director Software Design - Jawbone

We believe that designing innovative digital experiences goes beyond making technology do more, last longer, weigh less or go faster. It is about understanding how devices and services fit into people’s lives, and how and why we use technology in the ways we do. The perfect experience is a carefully planned consumer journey. A meaningful journey across device, app, content and services we offer to consumers. If we are able to fire up those cylinders (product+content+service+events) we would generate a great product and would have inspired millions of people to use it and love it.

Johanna Kollmann, "Connecting the dots"

Sun, 12 May 2013 00:04:55 GMT

JOHANNA KOLLMANN
Ux Pro, Product Manager - Sidekick Studios

Now that you know what you didn’t know, what do you need to know next?

Starting out to make an idea happen is a challenge that takes you deep into the land of uncertainty. How do you navigate your way, when do you decide to change your path? What is the role of process, and when do you trust your gut? Johanna will share her personal journey, and reflect on her experience of combining a design-led approach with a lean startup mindset.

MATT MORASKY, "The Future of (Business) Interaction: Daring to Leap the...

Sat, 11 May 2013 23:53:43 GMT

MATT MORASKY
Associate Creative Director - Dachis Group Europe

As the demands of UX become more complex and clients seek “partners” rather than vendors, the need for understanding and clarity in all aspects of business has never been greater. Increasingly, visual thinking is being incorporated into evolving service offerings to not only improve the solution, but also to enhance the process of arriving at the solution. Matt will share his experiences using VT methods to help clients improve their business interactions.

Louisa Heinrich - Design for the Future, Design for Invisibility

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:17:00 GMT

Design used to be about making objects - functional objects that helped people do what they needed or wanted to do. In the digital world, the artefacts are interfaces - and what's seen as the heart of digital design is the layers that sit between humans and the things they interact with.

But this is a side effect, not the heart. Design is actually about solving problems - translating, making technology or concepts or abstractions accessible to normal people. Whether the outcome is an object or a set of pixels or something else is secondary.

Which means that as the world and the technology in it continues to evolve, we as designers need to continue to expand our skill set to cope with new kinds of problems and translations. I've been saying for years that great design is invisible - I used to mean that when we do our jobs well, lay people don't know we've been there.

Whatever it is, it just works.
Now, I'm starting to think we should be consciously designing invisibility - questioning whether an interface is even necessary at all, examining ways to remove the layers between people and whatever they're interested in - some of the layers that we've probably made.

John "Jay" Rogers, "Local Motors. How to build a game changing company in...

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:17:42 GMT

JOHN JAY ROGERS
Founder, CEO - Local Motors

Jay is relentlessly passionate about cars and the industry which surrounds them.
His rides have included a 1991 BMW 535, 1971 Mercedes 300SL, a 1996 Dodge Viper R/T10, 1994 Chevrolet 1500 with hydraulic dump-bed, a 2002 Honda Element, and now he drives a 1971 Mercedes 280SL.

Previously, John served for 6 years in the United States Marine Corps, where he was an Infantry Company Commander.

He has worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Co., as an investment analyst at Ewing & Partners, and at a startup medical device company in the People’s Republic of China.
Jay serves as the Chief Investment Officer and director of the RBR Foundation, a philanthropic foundation focused on education and healthcare.
He is a graduate of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar).
He lives in Arizona with his wife, Susannah, and four sons, John, Charles, Houston and Ralph.

Tanya Vlach, "The Cyborg Consciousness"

Sat, 11 May 2013 21:46:41 GMT

The Cyborg Consciousness. How does our self-image / imagination change when technology is integrated in the body.

TANYA VLACH
Trans-disciplinary artist, Tanya has an extensive background in dance, theater, media, and literary arts. She has produced and curated several multidisciplinary arts events throughout the Bay Area.

In 2005 Tanya Vlach was found on the side of the road unconscious from a severe car-accident. Since losing her left eye and her brush with death, Tanya changed the direction of her work to the more personal dealing with perception, identity, and transformation. Besides writing and creating multimedia pieces exploring these themes, it led to the the sci-fi idea of an augmented technological upgrade of her prosthetic eye.

An artistic experiment in building a miniature recording wireless device to be implanted in her prosthetic eye, Tanya is currently in development on organizing an engineering team to build a prototype. This eye-camera is not only a way for her to transform her lost eye from a traumatic car accident bionically, but a conceptual and transdisciplinary experiment merging media and performance.

In August of 2011, Tanya completed a successful fundraising campaign through social media and crowd funding on Kickstarter to raise the preliminary funds to build her bionic eye-camera http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/growaneweye/grow-a-new-eye

Timo Arnall, "Design, connecting"

Sat, 11 May 2013 21:00:39 GMT

TIMO ARNALL
Creative Director - BERG London

Timo lives and works in Oslo, Norway.
A designer concerned with near-future technology and culture, Timo Arnall works with digital products, services and visualisations, predominantly through directing and making films. He is a research fellow at the Oslo School of Architecture & Design and creative director at BERG in London.

Personal website: www.elasticspace.com
Twitter: @timoarnall

Dror Cohen - The combination of technology with transportation: the Waze case

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:10:49 GMT

Dror has joined Waze in the very early stages and helped grow the community from a few thousands to the millions of Wazers world wide. He manages the community, support and QA teams in Waze, and serves as the global Community Director.

Kevin Kelly - Preview Frontiers of Interaction 2012

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:10:46 GMT

Preview #foi12

Simonetta Di Pippo, "Lessons from space missions for company organization"

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:40:56 GMT

SIMONETTA DI PIPPO
Responsible for the European Space policy observatory.

She joined the European Space Agency after 22 years at the Italian Space Agency (ASI). She served as the Special Advisor to the ESA Director General, from March 2011 to May 2012, after having spent 3 years in her capacity of ESA Director of Human Spaceflight (May 2008 – March 2011). In this role, she was responsible for the European contribution to the ISS, ESA’s programmes in life and physical sciences, their promotion and exploitation as well as the definition, preparation and implementation of future European human spaceflight activities, in LEO and beyond (human exploration) and the build-up of European capabilities (space infrastructure, transportation, ground segment).

In May 2009 she started, as on of the two co-founders and President, the international association Women in Aerospace Europe, a network dedicated to expanding women’s opportunities for leadership and increasing their visibility in the aerospace community, by creating a Network in Europe and across the globe.
Starting from mid 2011, she has been asked to serve as the Chair of the International
Space Safety Foundation.

Di Pippo has been knighted in 2006 by the President of the Italian Republic “Cavaliere Ufficiale” for her scientific merits.
In 2008 the International Astronomical Union (IAU) named asteroid 21887 “Dipippo” in recognition of her outstanding contribution to space exploration.

Amber Case opening at Frontiers Conference 2012

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:09:40 GMT

This is the original video we showcase as the grand opening at Frontiers in 2012: 2011 Keynoter Amber Case (CEO at Geoloqi) talking about what happened in the last 12 months in her life in between software and geofences.

LLOQ performance at foi12

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:04:46 GMT

The interactive music performance on stage at Frontiers Conference: live instruments, technology and video interactions mixed together.

Christophe Duteil - Forget videogames, welcome videotoys

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:02:35 GMT

ePawn provides a new gaming experience with a patented real-time object-tracking technology that enables gamers to seamlessly integrate real-world objects with their online and mobile games, regardless of the device or the platform.

With the ePawn Arena, a revolutionary yet affordable 26-inch accessory screen that leverages ePawn’s groundbreaking technology, ePawn brings back the simple thrill of real touch feeling to the gaming experience at the price point of an average video gaming console.

Frontiers Conference: feel the energy

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 20:53:46 GMT

The first day at Frontiers is packed with workshops, networking and energy. Have a glimpse of what was never aired before.

Quattro, fra i tanti, ottimi motivi per non mancare a Frontiers.

Wed, 30 May 2012 13:07:16 GMT

Marcello Merlo, il nostro Conference Director, ci dà degli ottimi motivi per venire a Frontiers, ed in più social ticket a prezzo speciale, biglietti ferroviari scontati con Le Frecce di Trenitalia e gli hotel convenzionati cosa aspettate a registrarvi? ci vediamo a Roma il 7 e l'8 Giugno.

http://frontiersofinteraction.com

La Frontiers of Interaction 2012 experience in 2 minuti

Mon, 07 May 2012 02:53:52 GMT

Marcello Merlo, nostro Conference Director, ci racconta programma e performance della conferenza di quest'anno.