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  • 01AprThe Meaning of Liff

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    Liff (lif) n. A common object or experience for which no word yet exists

    The Deeper Meaning of Liff: A Dictionary of Things There Aren’t Any Words for Yet — But There Ought to Be By Douglas Adams, John Lloyd and Bert Kitchen

    Peoria (n.): the fear of peeling too few potatoes

    Some more:

    Abinger (n.): Person who washes up everything except the frying pan, the cheese grater and the saucepan which the chocolate sauce has been made in.

    Berrilillock (n.) An unknown workmate who writes “All the best” on your leaving card.

    Bodmin (n.) The discrepancy between the amount pooled and the amount needed when a large group of people try to pay a bill together after a meal.

    Grimbister (n.) Large body of cars on a motorway all travelling at exactly the speed limit because one of them is a police car.

    Noak Hoak (n.) A driver who indicates left and then turns right.

    Scrabster (n.) One of those dogs which has it off on your leg during tea.

    Shoeburyness (abs.n.)The vague uncomfortable feeling you get when sitting on a seat which is still warm from somebody else’s bottom.

    Skoonspruit (n.) The tiny garden-sprinkler thing your mouth does sometimes for no apparent reason.

    By Cati in personal addiction


  • 10AprProcessing point of view

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    I have tried processing by entering a few lines of script into the processing window.

    processing en essais

    For instance I wrote the following script:

    size(600, 600);

    background(50,50,50);

    for(int x=0; x 128){

    stroke(r, g, b);

    rect(r,g, 1, 8);

    }

    else{

    stroke(50,0,0);

    rect(x,y, 10, 91);

    }

    }

    }

    and processing has generated the following graphic:





    Rendez-vous creation     has selected a few images I made with processing.

    In digital graphics


  • 12AprThe subliminal watch

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    Can we know the time almost naturally?

    James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau were my colleagues while I researched at the Media Lab Europe. Product designers at heart, they came up with impressive installations at the lab, e.g. the gigantic isophone, and regularly gave me great feedback on conceptual insights. Just checking on their website, I saw that they have researched on a product that allow us to know the time almost naturally. They have created a watch that generates electric pulses to four quadrants on the wrist.

    The shocks serve a similar purpose as the Church bells’, to subliminally remind us of the hour. Wearing the watch is a learning experience, requiring a period of training to ‘read’ the watch and a further period to ‘know’ the time. The watch is connected to the Rugby atomic clock timeserver, suggesting a return to elements of a former era when the sun standardised or synchronised our reading of time on a global scale

    It is a conceptual project. More info on their work and about the subliminal watch.

    In haptics


  • 13AprA need for a carry-on keyboard?

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    This one is very much wearable! A hand bag made out of computer keyboards by Joo Sabino.

    In wearable technology


  • 13AprA need for a carry-on keyboard?

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    This one is very much wearable! A hand bag made out of computer keyboards by João Sabino.

    In wearable technology


  • 13AprA time-aid watch

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    The Time Aid watch by Christophe Koch and Lea Kobeli. They won the Timex 2154 The Future of Time Competition in 2004. The clock changes as the wearer moves from one place to another.

    Using a satellite/video interface, Time-aid can be programmed to display any clock face the user chooses, in real time, from a local clock tower to a sundial halfway around the world. This personal object contains advanced technology that, paradoxically, connects the wearer to history and the larger world. New and old, personal and global, Time-aid inspires an awareness of time and space

    In wearable broadcasting



  • 13AprA time-aid watch

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    The Time Aid watch by Christophe Koch and Lea Kobeli. They won the Timex 2154 The Future of Time Competition in 2004. The clock changes as the wearer moves from one place to another.

    Using a satellite/video interface, Time-aid can be programmed to display any clock face the user chooses, in real time, from a local clock tower to a sundial halfway around the world. This personal object contains advanced technology that, paradoxically, connects the wearer to history and the larger world. New and old, personal and global, Time-aid inspires an awareness of time and space

    In wearable broadcasting



  • 13AprSensory clock

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    I have found various designed clock such as the ‘designer time machine‘ with its own time-telling technique.The most intriguing one to me so far is the silent alarm clock by Rachel Wingfield and Mathias Gmachl. Currently researching on haptics for sensory therapy, I find this bedding a poetic and transparent manner to support patients with SAD.

    Light Sleeper is an illuminating, personalised alarm integrated into bedding that gently wakes in the most natural way. Ever since the beginning of time light has controlled our body clock telling us when to sleep and when to wake. As lifestyles are rapidly changing with increased travel and demands on our time, people’s natural body clocks are out of sync (…) The bedding aims to treat sufferers of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) where insufficient levels of daylight cause medical conditions caused by a hormonal imbalance ranging from depression to loss of energy, pre-menstrual syndrome, weight gain and migraines. It is recognised by most scientists that SAD and other sleep/ mood disorders are linked to a shift in the suprachaismatic nucleus or circadian rhythm and often referred to as the ‘body clock’

    The following is a quote about the research on relationship between light and the body internal clock.

    Research shows that the body’s internal clock only responds to bright light at certain times of day. This peak time in normal people occurs when the circadian rhythm is in R.E.M sleep, which is approximately 1 to 2 hours before waking. This promotes the use of Light Sleeper Bedding and proves it to be one of the most effective products for treating SAD and improving well being as it synchronises our body clock each morning

    In sensory design


  • 13AprSensory clock

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    I have found various designed clock such as the ‘designer time machine‘ with its own time-telling technique.The most intriguing one to me so far is the silent alarm clock by Rachel Wingfield and Mathias Gmachl. Currently researching on haptics for sensory therapy, I find this bedding a poetic and transparent manner to support patients with SAD.

    Light Sleeper is an illuminating, personalised alarm integrated into bedding that gently wakes in the most natural way. Ever since the beginning of time light has controlled our body clock telling us when to sleep and when to wake. As lifestyles are rapidly changing with increased travel and demands on our time, people’s natural body clocks are out of sync (…) The bedding aims to treat sufferers of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) where insufficient levels of daylight cause medical conditions caused by a hormonal imbalance ranging from depression to loss of energy, pre-menstrual syndrome, weight gain and migraines. It is recognised by most scientists that SAD and other sleep/ mood disorders are linked to a shift in the suprachaismatic nucleus or circadian rhythm and often referred to as the ‘body clock’

    The following is a quote about the research on relationship between light and the body internal clock.

    Research shows that the body’s internal clock only responds to bright light at certain times of day. This peak time in normal people occurs when the circadian rhythm is in R.E.M sleep, which is approximately 1 to 2 hours before waking. This promotes the use of Light Sleeper Bedding and proves it to be one of the most effective products for treating SAD and improving well being as it synchronises our body clock each morning

    In sensory design


  • 13AprWall color changes for therapy?

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    Walltherapy is research on design methodology for bespoke, end-user created designs that can have a positive effect on their environment. Based on research that states that ambient color, light and texture can affect mood, Walltherapy invites anybody to use their favorite colors to create their own environment.

    Walltherapy is an empirical exploration of the neurological, cognitive and contextual bases underpinning the impact of visual stimuli such as colour and light and how people’s mood can be expressed in design through a creative, scientifically-led design process

    More about the project

    In color therapy