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Journal article published in Behaviour and Information Technology

CeciliaK — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:02:47 +0100

The journal paper "User centred design and evaluation of EnergyCoach - an interactive energy service for households" is now published in Behaviour and Information Technology, special issue on "Services and Human-Computer Interaction - New Opportunities". Authors are Cecilia Katzeff, Åsa Nyblom, Sara Tunheden and Carin Torstensson. Contact Cecilia Katzeff for reprints of the article.

Carin Torstensson invited to talk about smart grid at Centerpartiets kommundagar

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:50:32 +0100

Carin Torstensson, the Interactive Institute, Anna-Karin Hatt, minister of IT and energy, and Johan Söderström, CEO of ABB will talk about smart grid at Centerpartiet's community days in Västerås, February 4th.

Interactive Institute receives 10 MSEK for design research on smart grids

sara.backlund — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:38:03 +0100

Interactive Institute has together with Fortum, ABB, Electrolux, JM, NCC, HSB, ByggVesta and KTH secured funding from VINNOVA in order to create the first active house in Stockholm Royal Seaport, a new urban district in Stockholm....

Brendon Clark & Euan Fraser present at the PIN-C 2012 in Melbourne!

brendon.clark — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:50:17 +0100

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Interaction designer with strong visualization skills wanted

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:32:52 +0100

The Interactive Institute’s department in Eskilstuna currently manages several projects within smart grid and sustainable cities, all related to energy consumption. One of the projects, called The Active House in...

Carin Torstensson speaker at the conference Smart Grid - Dream or Reality

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:39:52 +0100

Carin Torstensson held a speach about why design is an important ingredient in the new energy system January 19th at the Clarion Sign hotel in Stockholm. This conference was arranged by the Swedish Energy Agancy and is the first in a serie of several conferences about smart grids and its new opportunities.

The Interactive Institute and Visualization Center C visualize the future of Gothenburg

sara.backlund — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:32:56 +0100

The City of Gothenburg has joined Urban Explorer, a project at the Interactive Institute and Visualization Center C that explores how new visualization and interaction technologies can create the next generation of tools for urban planning....

Welcome to the closing event of the Visual Voltage exhibition in Eskilstuna

sara.backlund — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:33:41 +0100

I snart 3 månader har Visual Voltage visats i Eskilstuna och fått mycket god respons från våra många besökare. Nu närmar sig utställningen sitt slut, och vi vill därför bjuda in dig att fira av utställningen tillsammans med oss!...

Interaction Design Intern and Industrial Design Intern Wanted

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:21:02 +0100

We are currently looking for one Interaction design intern and one Industrial design intern to join our team in Eskilstuna, at the Interactive Institute, during spring 2012.
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Successful defence of Johan Fagerlönn's PhD thesis

sara.backlund — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:25:46 +0100

Congratulations to the Interactive Institute's Johan Fagerlönn who successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled ”Designing Auditory Warning Signals to Improve the Safety of Commercial Vehicles” in Luleå, December 7....

Carin Torstensson and Anton Gustafsson invited to talk about smart grid for Chinese delegation

sara.backlund — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:59:35 +0100

IVA has invited a Chinese delegation of researchers who do research within the area of smart grid together with Swedish research organizations within the same field....

Journeyman outside Africa!

sara.backlund — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:52:40 +0100

Journeyman, the sail boat that is the first test platform in our Ocean Search project, is now outside Africa's west coast closing in on the equator. Follow Journeyman's journey on the Journeyman blog, and watch the film clip for a quick escape from the Swedish winter.

The new project OnSite receives funding from Vinnova

CeciliaK — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:22:14 +0100

The project OnSite - Visualization of environmental information in public spaces, has been granted A-funding from Vinnova's program for challenge driven innovation. The purpose of OnSite is to combine...

Ramia Mazé facilitates a workshop in New York

ramiamaze — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:04:55 +0100

Ramia Mazé was a facilitator at the workshop "Open Design for Organizational Innovation" held on November 17th in New York....

Johan Fagerlönn defends his PhD thesis

sara.backlund — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:52:56 +0100

Interactive Institute's Johan Fagerlönn will defend his PhD thesis entitled "Designing auditory warning signals to improve the safety of commercial vehicles" on December 7 at Luleå University of Technology....

Liquid Living – a master thesis about the Ocean Search platform to identfy drives and stakeholder relationship

sara.backlund — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:57:44 +0100

Jop Japenga´s Master-thesis about Ocean Search from Department of Industrial Design Eindhoven University of Technology was presented as part of the Dutch Design Week....

Our world touring exhibition Visual Voltage opens today in Eskilstuna

sara.backlund — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:25:22 +0100

Today, the Interactive Institute’s and Swedish Institute's successful exhibition Visual Voltage opens at Munktell Science Park in Eskilstuna. Through an initiative from Eskilstuna Municipality, this...

The Virtual Autopsy Table exhibited in Berlin

sara.backlund — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:05:05 +0100

The Virtual Autopsy Table is once again exhibited in an international context. It is highlighted as an important innovation in the Swedish Embassy in Berlin's autumn focus on health and research. It will be exhibited in Felleshuset for two months....

Ramia Mazé presents at designaustria!

ramiamaze — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:35:00 +0100

As part of a lecture series by the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Ramia Mazé was invited to present at designaustria on Nov 5....

Innovative Sweden opening today in Silicon Valley

sara.backlund — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:32:06 +0100

The Interactive Institute is one of the participating organizations when the Swedish Institute opens the exhibition "Innovative Sweden" in Silicon Valley today....

Research result from the Interactive Institute introduced to the UK market

sara.backlund — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:46:40 +0200

Aware Clock, the clock that makes it possible to experience energy in a new way, will be very visible this fall. A market introduction in the UK and an innovation exhibition in Silicon Valley are two things on the agenda....

Interactive Institute is looking for families who want to participate in research on food shopping.

pauline@tii.se — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:58:19 +0200

Are you interested in new developments in the field of sustainable design? Interactive Institute is looking for families to participate in our research. The research will be a group interview with the members of...

Welcome Pauline Spengemann to the Interactive Institute

annelise — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:31:43 +0200

Pauline Spengemann is a new employee of the Interactive Institute. Pauline recently completed her Masters from Delft University of Technology, Industrial Design, on the topic Reduction of food...

Carin Torstensson invited to speak at smart grids workshop

sara.backlund — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:02:51 +0200

The network "Kraftsamling Smarta Nät" has invited Carin Torstensson to speak at their workshop in Gothenburg, October 17, 2011. The workshop is called "Användarnas roll och möjligheter" and Carin will talk about how to engage the consumers to be more active in the future smart grids.

Cecilia Katzeff Keynote Speaker at Power Days, Kolding School of Design

CeciliaK — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 08:41:38 +0200

Power Days is part of DesignCamp2011, hosted by Kolding School of Design in Denmark 5-14 October 2011. The theme is "From Intangible to Tangible. From Tangible to Wonderful - Use, Consumption and Visualization of Electricity"....

Carin Torstensson invited to speak at Enlarging and Integrating Energy Security, in Croatia

stinawe — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:08:05 +0200

The European Commission’s Energy Security Unit at the Institute for Energy and Transport has invited Carin Torstensson to speak at a three day workshop in Dubrovnik, Croatia, 5-7 October 2011. The workshop is called Enlarging and Integrating Energy Security. Carin will present a case study from the EU financed project BeAware at the session called Consumer engagement.

Marie Denward defends her PhD thesis

sara.backlund — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:21:47 +0200

On October 7, The Interactive Institute's Marie Denward will defend her PhD thesis "Pretend that it is Real! Convergence Culture in Practice" at Malmö University....

We welcome Euan Fraser!

euan.fraser@tii.se — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:50:58 +0200

Euan Fraser is welcomed as a new employee of the Design Research Unit of the Interactive Institute! ...

Annika Waern and Oskar Juhlin promoted to professors

sara.backlund — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:14:53 +0200

Interactive Insitute's Annika Waern and Oskar Juhlin were both promoted to professors at Stockholm University on Friday, September 23. Congratulations!

10 year anniversary of the Interaction Design education at Chalmers

sara.backlund — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:43:46 +0200

On September 23 Chalmers held a 10 year anniversary party for the Interaction Design education in Gothenburg, which the Interactive Institute was part of starting up and still is involed in....

Interactive Institute inaugurates "Den Dolda Staden" during the Culture Night in Norrköping

sara.backlund — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:16:38 +0200

A visualisation of the material and energy flows in Norrköping called ”Den Dolda Staden” (The Hidden City) will be inaugurated in Norrköping September 24. It is produced by the Interactive Institute....

Opportunities and Challenges - The Interactive Institute and University of Oulu invite to networking seminars

sara.backlund — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:29:49 +0200

On October 5 and 18, The Interactive Institute and University of Oulu, Finland, invite you to two networking seminars.
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Iaspis and the Interactive Institute Book Launch at EXD’11, Lisbon

sara.backlund — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:36:43 +0200

’DESIGN ACT Socially and politically engaged design today – critical roles and emerging tactics’ is a new book that presents and discusses contemporary design practices that engage with political and societal issues....

The Virtual Autopsy Table to Exhibition in Singapore

sara.backlund — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:23:35 +0200

The Interactive Institute and Visualization Center C start an exciting collaboration with the Singapore Science Centre, one of the world's premier science center....

Crowded at Journeyman Sail-Away Party

sara.backlund — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:04:56 +0200

A lot of curious people showed up at the Journeyman sail-away party in Fisksätra this Saturday, and all of them wanted to see the boat live....

Time to go around the world – Journeyman sets sail!

sara.backlund — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:40:30 +0200

On Monday, September 19, the world's first private sensor-equipped sailboat sets sail and begins a three-year long world tour. Journeyman will act as a 60 feet long user lab in the Ocean Search project in order to measure climate data....

Nailing of Marie Denward’s PhD thesis

sara.backlund — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:43:25 +0200

On September 13, Marie Denward’s PhD thesis "Pretend that it is Real!: Convergence Culture in Practice” was made publically available by nailing it to a wooden board at Malmö Högskola. Nailing the thesis is an...

Språkskap project book published!

brendon.clark — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:40:15 +0200

The Språkskap project concluded with the publishing of a project book titled: Språkskap – Swedish as a Social Language, edited by Brendon Clark and Karl Lindemalm.
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Paper accepted for presentation at the IASDR'11 conference!

ramiamaze — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:12:01 +0200

Ramia Mazé, Judith Gregory (IIT Institute of Design) and Johan Redström are co-authors of a paper on 'Social Sustainability' to be presented at the 4th World Conference on Design Research (IASDR), which will be held at the Delft University of Technology between 31 October - 04 November. ...

The Interactive Institute receives funding from EU’s Seventh Framework Programme

sara.backlund — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:17:59 +0200

The project, EXPERIMEDIA (EXPERiments in live social and networked MEDIA experiences), will start in October and go on for three years. The University of Southhampton and ICCS are two of the collaborating partners....

Audio Mostly 2011 opening this week in Coimbra, Portugal

sara.backlund — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:48:02 +0200

Welcome to Audio Mostly 2011 - the 6th Conference on Interaction with Sound organized in Cooperation with ACM and hosted by the University of Coimbra in Portugal, September 7-9.
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Magnus Jonsson invited to speak at World Water Week

sara.backlund — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:21:22 +0200

World Water Week is taking place in Stockholm August 21-27, and the Interactive Institute's Magnus Jonsson is one of the invited speakers....

Interactive Institute in Eskilstuna is looking for a technical assistant/programmer to join our team.

therese.balksjo@tii.se — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:42:23 +0200

Interactive Institute i Eskilstuna var tidigt ute med att skapa koncept kring hur man gör energiförbrukningen mer åtkomlig för betraktaren....

Visit Journeyman July 5!

sara.backlund — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 16:13:35 +0200

We are happy to invite you to an Ocean Search/Journeyman Open House before the start of ÅF Offshore Race. It is a unique opportunity to see the one-off sailing yacht Journeyman and the latest sensor technology. Welcome!

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Sailboats, social media and sensors in focus when the Interactive Institute visits Almedalen

sara.backlund — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:07:12 +0200

In what ways can we promote participation and involvement in solving today's grand challenges through new technology and social media?...

Published article in IEEE Computer

CeciliaK — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:10:33 +0200

IEEE Computer's special issue on mobile computing publishes article co-authored by Energy Design researchers Cecilia Katzeff, Loove Broms and Li Jönsson....

Interactive Institute wants to enhance the experience of private energy production

sara.backlund — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:17:34 +0200

More than 20,000 Swedish households own shares in wind power stations and the number is increasing continuously. Unlike the owners of solar cells, the owners of wind power often live far away from their facilities....

'Social Sustainability' course - lectures online!

ramiamaze — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:42:12 +0200

The course 'Social Sustainability' was taught by Ramia Mazé and Judith Gregory at the IIT Institute of Design (598-005 B) in spring 2011....

Interactive Institute at NORDES'11!

ramiamaze — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:48:50 +0200

The Interactive Institute has made substantial contributions – in organizing and presenting research – at the 4th Nordic Design Research...

Interactive Institute receives 9 MSEK for Sound as an Information Carrier

sara.backlund — Thu, 26 May 2011 14:29:01 +0200

Interactive Institute Sonic Studio has received 9 million SEK for the development of sound as an information carrier in industrial and service applications.

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Magnus Jonsson invited to speak at TEDxTokyo

sara.backlund — Mon, 16 May 2011 09:42:33 +0200

Magnus Jonsson, senior project manager at the Interactive Institute, is one of the invited speakers who will present at the TEDxTokyo-event "Enter The Unknown" which takes place on 21 May in Tokyo....

CEO Christina von Dorrien invited to speak at innovation forum in Malaysia

sara.backlund — Fri, 06 May 2011 09:04:59 +0200

Christina von Dorrien, CEO of the Interactive Institute, is one of the invited speakers at an innovation forum in Kuala Lumpur May 10. The innovation forum is part of the Sweden-Malaysia Innovation Week programme (May 6-10 ), which is organized by the Swedish Embassy....

'All We Are' wins award at the Immersive Film Festival ´11

sara.backlund — Fri, 06 May 2011 08:57:12 +0200

All we are (Allt Vi Är) is the winner of the award Best Immersive award at the Immersive Film Festival ´11 in Espinho, Portugal....

IT+Textiles book reprinted

jredstrom — Thu, 05 May 2011 09:02:51 +0200

The book documenting the IT+Textiles program has now been reprinted by the Centre for Textile Research. To order the book, contact CTF at ctf@hb.se.

About IT+Textiles...

Johan Fagerlönn from the Interactive Institute receives ”Student & Young Research Award”

johanf@tii.se — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:04:27 +0200

PhD student Johan Fagerlönn, from the Interactive Institute's Sonic Studio, will receive a ”student & young research award” from the US Department of Transportation – Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). The award is announced at the International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training and Vehicle Design, in Lake Tahoe, USA.

New Licentiate dissertation investigates how everyday objects' design affects our habits of electricity consumption

kristoffer.sjokvist@tii.se — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:51:59 +0200

How does the design of an everyday object affect our habits of electricity consumption and how can objects be designed to change environmentally unfriendly behaviors?...

Cecilia Katzeff appointed associated professor

CeciliaK — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:15:25 +0200

Cecilia Katzeff from Interactive Institute's Energy Design studio held her associate professor (docent) lecture on Friday April 15....

Interactive Institute Annual Report 2010 now released

sara.backlund — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:58:08 +0200

Download Interactive Institute's annual report 2010 here.

If you prefer a printed version, please contact Sara Backlund.

The Interactive Institute receives grant from DinEl at the Nordic Energy Conference 2011

samsioe — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:03:34 +0200

During the Swedish Energy Agency’s Nordic Energy Conference 2011, The Interactive Institute's Energy Design studio was proud receivers of a grant from DinEl’s environment fund....

Journal article accepted for publication in Design Research Journal

loove — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:28:24 +0200

The article "Days in the Life of the Energy AWARE Clock - Design of an Ambient Energy Feedback Interface" by Loove Broms, Cecilia Katzeff, Magnus Bång, Åsa Nyblom, Sara Ilstedt Hjelm and...

The Interactive Institute pitched their innovation 'Grain'

samsioe — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:53:37 +0200

Carin Torstensson, Studio Director of the Interactive Institute's Energy Design studio, was one of eight selected innovators to present an innovation in a staged elevator for the innovators contest at the Globe Forum tour in Eskilstuna, 30 March 2011....

Journal article accepted for publication in IEEE Computer

CeciliaK — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:53:47 +0100

Cecilia Katzeff, Loove Broms and Li Jönsson are co-authors of the article "Designing Mobile and Embedded Applications for Energy Awareness: AGame-Based Strategy" which will be published in the special issue of mobile computing in the IEEE journal Computer....

The Interactive Institute will present at Driving Assessment 2011

johanf@tii.se — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:06:48 +0100

Johan Fagerlönn from the Interactive Institute's Sonic Studio will present a research paper at the International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training and Vehicle Design (Driving Assessment 2011)....

The Interactive Institute Invited to present BeAware at the Swedish Energy Agency’s Nordic Energy Conference 2011

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:51:44 +0100

Carin Torstensson, from Interactive Institutes Energy Design studio is invited to talk about the EU-funded project BeAware at the Swedish Energy Agency’s Nordic Energy Conference 2011....

Behavioural Changes Needed to Reach Full Potential of Smart Grids

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:48:26 +0100

The Swedish Energy Markets Inspectorate has referred their report on smart grids and smart meters to the Interactive Institute for condsideration....

CEO Christina von Dorrien invited to panel discussion at Easyfairs IT fair

sara.backlund — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:38:36 +0100

The Interactive Institute's CEO, Christina von Dorrien, is invited to participate in a panel discussion on March 17 at Easyfairs IT fair, Kistamässan....

Frontiers in Design Research

jredstrom — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:09:15 +0100

As a member of the school’s international advisory board, Interactive Institute's Johan Redström will participate in a three-day event at the Kolding School of Design, Denmark, March 14-16.
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Journal article accepted for publication in IET Intelligent Transport Systems

johanf@tii.se — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:12:37 +0100

Johan Fagerlönn, Interactive Institute Sonic Studio, is the author of the article "Urgent alarms in trucks: effects on annoyance and subsequent driving performance"....

Interactive Institute Invited to a Dialog Meeting about Smart Grids

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:33:11 +0100

Carin Torstensson, from Interactive Institute’s Energy Design studio, is invited to participate in a dialog meeting about smart grids. The meeting will take place the 4th of March at the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications. The Director General of the Energy Markets Inspectorate, Yvonne Fredriksson is hosting the event.

BeAware presented and demonstrated at Munktell Science Park

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:30:08 +0100

Carin Torstensson, from Interactive Institute's Energy Design studio, held a speech about the project BeAware at a breakfast seminar Tuesday, March 1. She also showed a live demonstration of the prototype Energy Life....

Journal article accepted for Behaviour and Information Technology

CeciliaK — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:18:18 +0100

Cecilia Katzeff from Interactive Institute's Energy Design studio is the main author of the journal paper "User centred design and evaluation of EnergyCoach - an interactive energy service for households"....

Article published in the International Journal of Computer Games Technology

sara.backlund — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:14:20 +0100

Mats Liljedahl, Interactive Institute Sonic studio, is one of the authors of the article "Immersion and Gameplay Experience: A Contingency Framework” that has been published in the "International Journal of Computer Games Technology"....

Interactive Institute Umeå Studio to Present Two Papers at CHI 2011

sara.backlund — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:58:45 +0100

Interactive Institute Umeå is happy to announce that they will be presenting two paper at this year's ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI). CHI is widely acknowledged as the premier international conference of human-computer interaction....

Interactive Institute receives funding for developing decision support for sustainable food consumption

sara.backlund — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:19:24 +0100

"Check Out" is one of ten IT projects within the field of design and environment that has received funding from VINNOVA.
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Paper accepted for ISMICT 2011

sara.backlund — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:22:51 +0100

The paper Sound Aided Interface of a Pervasive Pain Monitoring System by Ismo Alakärppä (University of Lapland), Sofia Larsson (Interactive Institute - Sonic Studio), Jukka Riekki (University of Oulu)...

Interactive Institute’s CEO among Computer Sweden’s 50 most Powerful IT Women

sara.backlund — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:59:06 +0100

Christina von Dorrien, CEO of the Interactive Institute, is one of the new names that appear on Computer Sweden’s yearly list of powerful women in IT that have a lot of influence and impact on Swedish business, technological development, policy and/or public opinion....

Interactive Institute’s Daniel Fällman one of 18 Future Research Leaders

sara.backlund — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:36:17 +0100

We are very proud to announce that Daniel Fällman, Studio Director at Interactive Insititute Umeå, is one of 18 researchers selected to the programme “Future research leaders” by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research....

Christina Öhman invited to speak at Dagens Industri conference

christinao@tii.se — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 21:00:24 +0100

Among distinguished speakers, Christina Öhman is invited to present the work of the Interactive Institute at Dagens Industri annual conference; DI Energi, December 15. She will focus on consumers and customers needs and the fact that feedback is essential for engagement for new models in energy efficiency.

Opening of the Woodbot Pilots at Skellefteå Airport

sara.backlund — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:01:20 +0100

Today, the installation The Woodbot Pilots opens at Skellefteå Airport. The Woodbot Pilots is a high level industry crossover project and a breathtaking game experience where your body movements are used to navigate around the gaming environment....

Interactive Institute at Future Internet Assembly Ghent

sara.backlund — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:15:53 +0100

Peter Ljungstrand and Magnus Eriksson are two of the keynote speakers at Future Internet Assembly Ghent, which is part of the Future Internet Conference Week, a series of events concerning different aspects of the Future Internet held in Ghent, Belgium, 13-17 December....

Katarina Delsing invited to speak at Interreg conference

sara.backlund — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:23:55 +0100

Interactive Institute Sonic Studio’s director Katarina Delsing was one of the invited speakers at the conference "Gränslösa möjligheter 2010" that was held December 6 in Skellefteå. The...

The Virtual Autopsy Table commercially launched

sara.backlund — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 12:22:33 +0100

We are very glad to announce that the Virtual Autopsy Table, a collaboration between the Interactive Institute, Norrköping Visualization Center and Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), has been launched commercially for the clinical market....

Interactive Institute seminars at New Media Meeting

sara.backlund — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:09:00 +0100

For the fifth year in a row the Interactive Institute C-studio in Norrköping has teamed up with the non-profit organization Resistans to give you New Media Meeting – NMM....

Interactive Institute’s Power-Aware Cord among TIME's 50 Best Inventions of 2010

sara.backlund — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:17:59 +0100

We are proud to announce that we have made the TIME’s Best Invention list a second time! Read the TIME article here: Power-Aware Cord - The 50 Best Inventions of 2010...

Interactive Institute at Global Entrepreneurship week and TEDx in Tokyo

sara.backlund — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:15:38 +0100

Magnus Jonsson, Senior Production Manager at the Interactive Insitute, is currently in Tokyo to participate in strategic workshops investigating key challenges and opportunities for Japan at Global Entrepreneurship week in Tokyo. Magnus will also be one of the presenters at TEDx Tokyo November 17.

Interactive Institute explores user participation in the Stockholm Royal Seaport Urban Smart Grid

sara.backlund — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:54:04 +0100

Participation and involvement are the focus areas when the researchers at the Interactive Institute investigates the use of the smart grid in the Stockholm Royal Seaport project....

Interactive Institute at the Stockholm Futures Conference on Sustainability

ramiamaze — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:12:59 +0100

What is the role of design research and futures studies in a sustainable society? At the Stockholm Futures Conference, Ramia Mazé and Basar Önal from the Interactive Institute will discuss such questions....

Interactive Institute’s Johan Redström Keynote Speaker at DeSForM 2010

sara.backlund — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:57:58 +0100

Johan Redström, Director of Interactive Institute’s Design Research Unit and Docent in Interaction Design at Gothenburg University, is one of three invited keynote speakers at DeSForM 2010, which is held November 3-5 in Lucerne Switzerland. Redström’s speech is entitled “Meaning of Form”....

Interactive Institute at PechaKucha Night Tokyo

sara.backlund — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 06:38:24 +0200

Sara Backlund, Head of Marketing & Communications at the Interactive Institute, was one of thirteen presenters at PechaKucha Night...

Prestigious opening of Visual Voltage at Miraikan, Tokyo

sara.backlund — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:22:59 +0200

See more pictures from the opening below! About one hundred invited guests and media attended the official opening of the Visual Voltage exhibition at Miraikan in Tokyo in the evening of October 20....

Our world touring exhibition Visual Voltage opens in Tokyo

sara.backlund — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:49:36 +0200

Next week, the Interactive Institute’s and Swedish Institute's successful exhibition Visual Voltage opens at Miraikan, Japan’s National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo....

Update from Shanghai: The Virtual Autopsy Table draws a crowd

sara.backlund — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:37:51 +0200

“This is innovation!” was one of the comments when The Virtual Autopsy Table was displayed today at World Expo in Shanghai. The table was presented to the Swedish Crown Princess Victoria by our very own Thomas Rydell in front of a massive crowd of reporters....

The Virtual Autopsy Table at World Expo 2010 in Shanghai

sara.backlund — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:02:28 +0200

On October 13-14, the virtual autopsy table will be on display at the Swedish Pavilion at World Expo in Shanghai, and inaugurated by Crown Princess Victoria.

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Sonic Studio's blog now published

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:45:15 +0200

The Interactive Institutes Sonic Studio's blog at www.sonicdevelopment.se will make it possible for you to follow the work of the group, comment and participate, find tests to be part of or projects to participate in etc. We as well share tips and trix with you learned from the project experiences.

Interactive Institute’s spin-off product Bodybug to the market

sara.backlund — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 12:11:40 +0200

Information in Swedish: Movinto Fun AB genomför en nyemission om 3,25 miljoner kronor som tar bolagets produkt BodyBug® till marknaden våren 2011. Investerare är befintliga ägare, bl.a....

Peter Lundén at soundscape and urban planning conference

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:29:03 +0200

Interactive Institute Sonic Studio researcher Peter Lundén presented the project “The Soundscape of Mariatorget, Stockholm” at the conference "Designing Soundscape for Sustainable Urban Development"....

Sound installation launched at city square Mariatorget

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:10:30 +0200

In September 2010 two sound installations at Mariatorget city square in Stockholm were initiated. The aim is to make the people that reside the city square to reflect on the sound’s consequence on our wellbeing and on how we interact with the environment through sound....

New book release! "Static! Designing for Energy Awareness"

sara.backlund — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:58:06 +0200

Interactive Institute's new book is called "Static! Designing for Energy Awareness" and is published by Arvinius Förlag....

Katarina Delsing speaks at EU CREST-S meeting

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:09:24 +0200

Interactive Institute Sonic Studio’s director Katarina Delsing was invited as one of three speakers at a EU CREST-S meeting September 29. CREST (The Scientific and Technical Research Committee of the EU) is a counseling committee for the EU commission....

Energy Design invited to speak at workshop "The Smartness of Smart Grids"

CeciliaK — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:34:31 +0200

Cecilia Katzeff, research director at the Interactive Institute's Energy Design studio in Eskilstuna, is invited to speak at a workshop bringing forward the societal and user/consumer perspectives on the smart grid. The workshop is organized by International Energy Agency's Demand-Side-Management-programme (IEA DSM)....

Two new colleagues to the Energy Design studio

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:08:04 +0200

We will welcome two new colleagues to the Energy Design studio. Ingemar Karlsson will be working with our project ARENA and Kristoffer Sjökvist will work with us in the BeAware project.

How can design help workers in industry to become engaged in the company’s energy consumption? Lecture in Norrköping

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:05:32 +0200

Carin Torstensson, studio director at the Energy Design studio, is invited by the municipality of Norrköping to speak about the project IndustryWise. She addresses the question: How can design help workers in the industry to be engaged in the company’s energy consumption? The lecture will take place on September 21.

Green Factory a network for assisting the industry to be more energy efficient and environmental friendly

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:01:47 +0200

Interactive Institute will perform a feasibility study called Green Factory, together with the Municipality of Eskilstuna, Mälardalen’s university, Mälardalens Energikontor, Fabriksföreningen and Kunskapskompaniet....

Energy Design presented two papers at DIS 2010

CeciliaK — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:45:45 +0200

Energy design participated with two papers at DIS 2010 (Designing Interactive Systems) - an ACM conference which took place in Århus, Denmark 18-20 August. Loove Broms and Cecilia Katzeff presented...

Interactive Institute participates in the 'Sustainable Innovation' conference!

ramiamaze — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:15:19 +0200

Annelise de Jong and Ramia Mazé will participate as organizers and will present a paper at the upcoming conference organized by The European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production -...

The Energy AWARE Clock soon commercially available

sara.backlund — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:43:28 +0200

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could keep track of your household electricity usage at the breakfast table without having to worry about kilowatt hours or difficult to read meters?...

Sara Tunheden speaks at HÅLLBAR@arkitekturmuseet

sara.backlund — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:17:27 +0200

Sara Tunheden, Project manager and designer at Interactive Institute is

invited to speak at the next HÅLLBAR@Arkitekturmuseet. The theme for the
evening is Design for Behavioral Change.
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3Ecologies paper accepted for publication

ramiamaze — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:18:56 +0200

3Ecologies will be featured at the conference Sustainabilty in Design: Now! and in the conference proceedings to be published by Greenleaf. The conference is organized by the LeNS project, funded by the EU Asia Link programme, and will take place between 29 Sept and 1 Oct in Bangalore, India. ...

Virtual Autopsy Table featured in American TV documentary

thomas.rydell@tii.se — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:58:05 +0200

CMIV (Center for Medical Imaging and Visualisation in Linköping) and Norrköping Visualization Center were visited by an American TV production team....

Paper about the design of Watt-Lite

lijonsson — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:24:29 +0200

The shortpaper "Watt-Lite; Energy Statistics Made Tangible" by Li Jönsson, Loove Broms, Cecilia Katzeff, from Interactive Institute Energy Design, was accepted at DIS 2010....

Produce your own electricity – Interactive Institute participates in debate at the Almedalen Week

sara.backlund — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:29:14 +0200

Can design increase the interest for energy efficiency? Christina Öhman, Business developer at the Interactive Institute, is invited by Göteborg Energi to participate in a debate about consumers and electricity use at the Almedalen Week....

Thesis Work Presented at Energy Design

loove — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:14:16 +0200

David Molander and Samuel Pierre presented their thesis project that has been focusing on the parts of the design and mechanical construction of 'Watt-Lite:Twist', a torchlight showing statistics about electricity use. The concept has been developed in the project 'inCharge' at Interactive Institute, Energy Design.

Audio game "iSpooks" now on App Store

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:48:15 +0200

The audio mystery game "iSpooks: The Manor" has now been released and is for sale on App Store for $ 0.99....

CEO Christina von Dorrien speaks at “Fokus Innovation 2010”

sara.backlund — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:33:28 +0200

Christina von Dorrien, CEO of the Interactive Institute, is one of the invited speakers at Fokus Innovation 2010 which is held at the Göteborg Convention Centre June 16-17....

Christina Öhman speaks at a Seminar on Green Internet and Sensors

sara.backlund — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:06:46 +0200

Christina Öhman, business developer at the Interactive Institute, is invited to speak at a Seminar on Green Internet and Sensors held at Chalmers University June 15-16. Christina's presentation is entitled "Visualized data for sustainable solutions"....

Welcome to the DESIGN ACT Seminar 4!

ramiamaze — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:36:46 +0200

What kinds of platforms support discussion about a discipline in transition? The Interactive Institute and Iaspis invite you to engage in this topic at DESIGN ACT Seminar 4....

Carin Torstensson Talks at a Seminar in Trysil

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:03:49 +0200

The EU funded project GREEN (Gränslöst energiarbete mellan skidanläggningar) has invited Carin Torstensson, from Interactive Institute, Energy Design. She will talk about engaging energy solution for energy efficiency during a seminar in Trysil, June 9, where all project members are invited to talk about energy efficiency for buildings and tourist facilities.

Interactive Institute Invited to a Smart Grids Reference Group

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:32:39 +0200

The Interactive Institute, Energy Design, has been invited to participate in a reference group for smart grids, arranged by the Energy Markets Inspectorate. Their government assignment includes investigating how to facilitate for the use of smart meters and smart grids. The first meeting with the reference group will be held in Stockholm, June 30.

Thesis defence: “Positive Persuasion – Designing Enjoyable Energy Feedback Experiences in the Home”

sara.backlund — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:16:54 +0200

Can interaction design decrease our energy use? And can it be done in an interesting and entertaining way? These are some of the question that Interactive Institute’s Anton Gustafsson asks in his Ph.D....

Successful opening of Norrköping Visualization Center C!

sara.backlund — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:38:45 +0200

The opening of Norrköping Visualization Center C was a very successful event with invited guests from all over the country, including King Carl XVI Gustaf who declared the center open. After the official opening, the...

Interactive Institute appointed Company of the Future 2010 by EEF

sara.backlund — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:46:27 +0200

EEF appointed Interactive Institute to the Company of the Future 2010 for a more efficient energy use at their yearly meeting May 24 2010.

EEF utser Interactive Institute till Årets framtidsföretag 2010 ...

Interactive Institute at the opening of Norrköping Visualization Center C

sara.backlund — Tue, 25 May 2010 11:07:00 +0200

The opening takes place May 27, and the Interactive Institute is one of the partners of the center. King Carl XVI Gustaf will be there as well as other invited guests, and the day after the center will open to the public....

Successful opening of the exhibition “Why Design Now” at the Cooper-Hewitt in New York

sara.backlund — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:13:30 +0200

The Interactive Institute is currently showing the Energy Aware Clock and the Power Aware Cord at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York, and the opening that took place last week was packed full of top designers, leading critics, journalists, cultural people and our own Dr. Ramia Mazé....

Interactive Institute at "Days of Ideas"

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Tue, 18 May 2010 08:01:48 +0200

Interactive Institute Sonic Studio will participate at "Days of Ideas" at Luleå University of Technology, May 19. It is organized by LTU Innovation the department of Music and Media and Go Business....

CEO Christina von Dorrien promotes Swedish IT research at high level innovation forum in Beijing

sara.backlund — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:05:58 +0200

Christina von Dorrien, CEO of the Interactive Institute, is one of the invited speakers at a Swedish-Chinese innovation forum May 21, in which His Majesty the King and Deputy Prime Minister Maud Olofsson also will participate....

Katarina Delsing speaker at general assembly of Swedish–Italian network

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:08:15 +0200

Katarina Delsing from Interactive Institute, Sonic Studio in Piteå was invited to speak at the SERN General Assembly 5-6 May. SERN is an non-profit organisation with the objective of developing in...

Interactive Institute, Energy Design is seeking a post-graduate researcher/project manager

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:28:34 +0200

Interactive Institute in Eskilstuna will recruit a post-graduate researcher/project manager within IT, Design or Energy, on a part-time basis. The position is temporary for six month, but there is a...

Watt-lite exhibited at Munktell Science Park in Eskilstuna

loove — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:47:46 +0200

Our prototype Watt-lite will be exhibited at Munktell Science Park, starting from April 21. Take the chance to explore it, for instance when you are visiting the event TedxEskilstuna, April 21, or the Open House at Munktell Science Park, April 24.

Energy design makes a visit to the Design Interaction Studio at Goldsmiths

lijonsson — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:14:46 +0200

We packed our bags and came to see our fellow interaction designers/researchers at Goldsmiths University. The Interaction design studio is based at the top of the Ben Pimlott building with a stunning view over London....

Audio Mostly 2010 invites industry delegates

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:48:15 +0200

This year the conference Audio Mostly, founded by II Sonic Studio, encourages industry delegates to participate. We will hold a special session where industry representatives will be able to present....

Interactive Institute exhibits in "Nordstan" during the Gothenburg International Science Festival, 20-25 April.

tinaf — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:04:18 +0200

The theme and focus for this year's festival is For change! It's about how modern people can create a sustainable future with small and large changes.
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Paper about the Energy AWARE Clock from Interactive Institute accepted at DIS 2010

loove — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:00:32 +0200

The article "Coffee Maker Patterns and the Design of Energy Feedback Artefacts" by Loove Broms, Cecilia...

BeAware presented at Greembed 2010

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:48:50 +0200

Carin Torstensson, from Interactive Institute, Energy Design, presented the EU financed project BeAware at the conference Greembed 2010. She also arranged an interactive session together with the...

Presentation at eLBeS - European Location Based Entertainment Summit

kalle@sics.se — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:52:43 +0200

Karl-Petter Åkesson, senior researcher at II, will present the Creator platform at this years eLBeS - European Location Based Entertainment Summit in Malmö, April 27th....

Call for Papers – Audio Mostly 2010

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:24:19 +0200

Call for Papers Audio Mostly - 5th annual conference on interaction with sound

September 15-17 2010 in Piteå, Sweden. Deadline for full paper submissions – May 31 2010...

DigiWall showed at Digital Art Center pilot

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:29:16 +0200

The Interactive Institute innovation – DigiWall – is showed, for an indefinitive time, in a pilot demonstration at what will be the Digital Art Center in Kista. The...

Position paper accepted for workshop on extreme navigation

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:05:48 +0200

Mats Liljedahl at Interactive Institute Sonic Studio will participate in the workshop ”Multimodal Location Based Techniques for Extreme Navigation” at the conference Pervasive 2010 - The Eighth International Conference on Pervasive Computing. The conference will take place in Helsinki, Finland May 17-20.

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The world touring exhibition Visual Voltage is now visiting Beijing

tinaf — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:50:32 +0200

Place: China Science and Technology Museum in Beijing
Time: April 9 - May 23, 2010

The Visual Voltage exhibition has received a lot of media attention during the international tour which started in October 2008 and has been greatly appreciated by more than 50.000 visitors in Shanghai, Washington, Brussels and Berlin....

Two papers from Interactive Institute accepted for conference on Auditory Display

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:53:33 +0200

The articles "Distracting Effects of Auditory Warnings on Experienced Drivers" by Johan Fagerlönn and "Awesome – A Tool for Simulating Sound Environments" by Mats...

DESIGN MUSEUM IN LONDON

christinao@tii.se — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:43:54 +0100

SUSTAINABLE FUTURES 31 March – 05 September

From the world’s first carbon neutral city to a refrigerator which doubles as an aquarium, this exhibition explores a range of...

Interactive Institute ställer ut i ‘Materialverkstan’ på Nordbygg 23-26 mars

sara.backlund — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:47:36 +0100

Materialverkstan blir namnet när hela Victoriahallen på Stockholmsmässan...

Virtual Autopsy Table on display in Washington

christinao@tii.se — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:26:26 +0100

The quest for a long healthy life is common around the globe. Health care issues are high on the agenda in most countries - how can we create a sustainable health...

Interactive Institute at Sveriges Energiting 2010

XorXaX — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:03:47 +0100

Interactive Institute’s studio Energy Design will present their research results at Sveriges Energiting 2010, March 16-17. Sveriges Energiting is the yearly meeting place for the Swedish energy...

BeAware exhibited at the EU High Level Event ICT4EE

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:31:47 +0100

The BeAware project has been exhibited at the high level event ICT4EE in Brussels February 23-24. The Commission has recognized that ICTs and ICT-based...

Intelligent warning sounds interesting for automation industry

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:37:38 +0100

Johan Fagerlönn at Interactive Institute Sonic Studio were invited to speak at the ITF Automationsdagar where the automation industry meet annualy for a conference. Johan talked about intelligent use of sound to increase operators' awareness. Some 50 listeners attended the session on "Man, machine and alarms".

Interactive Institute at ECR 2010 in Vienna

thomas.rydell@tii.se — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:03:24 +0100

The virtual autopsy table, developed by the Interactive Institute C-Studio in collaboration with CMIV and Norrköping Visualization Centre, will be showcased in the Sectra Medical Systems...

Article on auditory signs selected for journal

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:34:37 +0100

The article "Auditory signs to support traffic awareness" by Johan Fagerlönn at Interactive Institute Sonic Studio will be published in the journal "IET...

Visual Voltage workshop and finissage in Berlin.

tinaf — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:18:32 +0100

To deepen the discussion about the topic of the exhibition Visual Voltage and to raise questions and means for visualising energy, the Interactive Institute, together with Berlin-based design-research firm IxDS, organised a one-and-a-half day workshop during the past weekend addressing professional designers....

Presentation by Johan Fagerlönn at Transportforum conference

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:55:51 +0100

The Interactive Institute Sonic Studio researcher Johan Fagerlönn presented his research at the conference Transportforum, held in...

Interactive Institute Sonic Studio in Piteå receives funding from Scania and Swedish ICT

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:05:24 +0100

Scania and Swedish ICT has granted further funding for the PhD project "Sound design for better traffic safety". PhD student Johan Fagerlönn will during 2010 continue to study the use of auditory signs to support drivers traffic awareness.

Originella energivisualiseringar från Sverige och Tyskland visas på okonventionell utställning i Berlin

sara.backlund — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:30:57 +0100

Den världsturnerande utställningen Visual Voltage får förstärkning på sitt nuvarande stopp i Berlin av tyska designers och konstnärer samt en performance av den svenske konstnären Nils...

Energy Aware Clock among Best Green Tech Concept Gadgets of 2009

sara.backlund — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:51:17 +0100

Interactive Institute’s Energy Aware Clock is one of 21 concepts that Treehugger lists as “Best Green Tech Concept Gadgets of 2009”....

Visualizing climate at COP15

filipw — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:03:06 +0100

The Interactive Institute presented new and effective ways of visualizing climate at COP15. The presentation held at the European Environment Agency focused on the current developments in the ICE project where the studio develops a web application for climate data management and and a dome theater presentation system....

Christina von Dorrien new CEO for Interactive Institute

sara.backlund — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:24:35 +0100

This week, the board of the Interactive Institute appointed Christina von Dorrien as new CEO. Christina von Dorrien takes over the CEO post after Staffan Truvé, who will be Chairman of the board of the Interactive Institute....

Workshop in Experience Design and Evaluation of Social UCM applications (ExpDes).

tinaf — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:56:13 +0100

Peter Ljungstrand (Interactive Institute), was together with researchers from TNO, Netherlands, one of the organizers of the workshop ExpDes that took place at the User Centric Media 2009 conference in Venice on the 9th of December.

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Interactive Institute gets funding from VINNOVA’s program “Var Dags IT”

sara.backlund — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:12:07 +0100

The Interactive Institute is involved in no less than four projects that get funding from VINNOVA's program "Var Dags IT". This time around, the program focuses on leisure and entertainment....

Interactive Institute in cooperation with ACM

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:19:20 +0100

We are happy to announce that the very appreciated and continously growing conference "Audio Mostly - a conference on interaction with sound" will be...

Obama and Interactive Institute in Copenhagen

christinao@tii.se — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:51:53 +0100

The Interactive Institute in Copenhagen during COP 15! The largest parallel event during the COP15 summit is BRIGHT GREEN www.brightgreen.dk. Bright Green environmentalism emphasises innovation and intelligent technologies as solutions of the global climate challenges....

Interactive Institute and Linköping University receives funding for Sustainable Urban Development

thomas.rydell@tii.se — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:07:10 +0100

“Norrköping – The Sustainable city” - a collaboration between Linköping University, Interactive Institute C-Studio and E.ON has been granted 8 MSEK by the regional development foundation in Norrköping (Norrköpings Utvecklingsstiftelse)....

Design objects on exhibit at Tekniska Museet

dierks — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:40:11 +0100

Three results from design research project AWARE are part of an exhibition at Tekniska Museet. AWARE Laundry Lamp (above), AWARE Chandelier and Energy AWARE Clock are set up together with various other thought-provoking Swedish designs....

Well attended opening of Visual Voltage at Felleshuset in Berlin

tinaf — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:45:50 +0100

That the level of awareness about energy and climate issues are on the top was clear when the itinerant exhibition Visual Voltage in the past week reached Berlin and the Nordic embassies common Felleshuset....

Première of "Maten på bordet"

eric.gullberg@tii.se — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:56:12 +0100

Music, documentaries, ecological soup and three interactive installations addressing questions such as: Are all kinds of meat bad for the climate? Do I have to be rich to eat ecological food? and How does a sustainable city look like?...

Interactive Institute’s Ramia Mazé granted funding for a three-year research fellowship

sara.backlund — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:28:35 +0100

Today, VINNOVA announced the latest researchers that will be funded for research fellowships through the program “VINNMER – Marie Curie international qualification”, and we are very pleased to announce that Dr. Ramia Mazé is included....

The world touring exhibition Visual Voltage opening in Berlin tonight!

sara.backlund — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:23:26 +0100

The exhibition Visual Voltage is now on its fourth stop and will be exhibited at Felleshuset in Berlin, December 2, 2009 - January 24, 2010. The previous stops have been Design Vlandeeren in Brussels, September 10 - October 25 2009, Creation Expo and Citiq Square in Shanghai, October-November 2008 and House of Sweden in Washington DC, April-June 2009.

Grand opening of Zegache exhibition at Casa Lamm, Mexico City

geska — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:42:32 +0100

On Tuesday 6 pm, the exhibition "Zegache" opens at the gallery Casa Lamm in Mexico City. As part of the exhibition, Performing Pictures collaborative installation Movimiento no.7: Aparecer (Movement no....

Interactive Institute’s Christina Öhman nominated for the Swedish Innovation Award

sara.backlund — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:52:42 +0100

For the third year in a row, the Swedish periodical Veckans Affärer and the technical consultant group ÅF award a prize to innovators in Sweden, called Svenska Innovationspriset....

Welcome to the DESIGN ACT finale for 2009!

ramiamaze — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:43:36 +0100

What is at stake for critical and radical design today? The Interactive Institute and Iaspis invites you to engage in this topic at the finale event for DESIGN ACT...

Socio-cultural transformations through new media in Zegache, Mexico

tinaf — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:21:20 +0100

During the month of November, Transformaciones - a collaboration between Swedish artist collective Performing Pictures of the Interactive Institute and Mexican partners Proyecto Zegache and La Curtiduria - reaches its first phase....

Sonic Studio invited to inspire process industry

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:23:15 +0100

Sonic Studio participated in the council meeting of the innovation and collaboration centre for process and engineering industry, "ProcessIT Innovations"....

Interactive Institute at the World Usability Day

christinao@tii.se — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:46:03 +0100

Seminar on usability and sustainable design

Event Details

The morning consists of a seminar on what we can learn from projects that are recognized for their high usability. Projects nominated for the...

Paper selected for post proceedings edition

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:58:02 +0100

The article "Awesome Sound Design Tool: A web based utility that invites end users into the audio design process" by Johan Fagerlönn and Mats Liljedahl presented at ICAD 09 has been selected for a post proceedings edition published by Springer Verlag....

Challenging the Future! Sustainability Symposium

ramiamaze — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:00:12 +0100

Ramia Mazé spoke at an international symposium on sustainable interaction design, hosted by the ID-Studiolab at TU Delft (Delft University of Technology) in The Netherlands....

gRig Froesjels in Brussels

geska — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:22:12 +0100

gRig (the Guild for Reality Integrators and Generators) a society of people exploring the realities emerging from mixing art, science and technology, invite you to "gRig Froesjels", a celebration of mixed realities and the Guild's annual meeting....

Interactive Institute at the Swedish Embassy in Tokyo

thomas.rydell@tii.se — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:52:46 +0100

The project Virtual Autopsy Table was last week successfully presented in an exhibition at the Swedish Embassy in Tokyo. The installation gained allot of attention from the approximately 100 VIP guests that consisted of people from Japanese Academia and Industry....

Esoteric opening at the Église Notre-Dame de Bon Secours

geska — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:16:23 +0200

On Sunday 18 of October 2009, nadine, Geska Helena Brecevic and a whole community of church- and culture lovers came together in the Église Notre-Dame de Bon Secours in the city center of Brussels to perform a ritual for St. Christopher - the saint of travellers....

Sustainable travel for exhibiting the saint of travellers

geska — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:34:08 +0200

Performing Pictures Robert Brecevic together with the St. Christopher Video Shrine took the train from Stockholm to Brussels - capital of EU.

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Welcome to the 3rd DESIGN ACT seminar!

sara.backlund — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:29:01 +0200

Interactive Institute and Iaspis invites you to the 3rd DESIGN ACT seminar called "Design at Stake" in Stockholm, Saturday 24 October, 2-5 pm. It features presentations by practitioners from different countries discussing...

Scientific and artistic, utopian and critical visions at the Energy Conference at RIXC – Riga.

tinaf — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:35:39 +0200

October 9-10 RIXC Media Center in Riga organized the Art + Communication 2009 festival on the theme “ENERGY”. ...

“Finally a use for the Surface PC” - Virtual Autopsy Table receives massive media attention

thomas.rydell@tii.se — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:00:00 +0200

During spring 2009, Interactive Institute C-studio in Norrköping has been working on The Virtual Autopsy Table, a public installation that allows the audience to interact with stunning volumetric 3D datasets of real scanned human bodies....

Interactive Institute's Dr. Johan Redström elected Fellow of the Design Research Society

sara.backlund — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:30:43 +0200

We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Johan Redström has been elected Fellow of the Design Research Society.

The Design Research Society is the multi-disciplinary learned society for the design research community worldwide. DRS was founded in 1966, and since then has established a record of significant achievements in contributing to design knowledge.

The Interactive Institute at the ENERGY festival organized by RIXC in Riga - Welcome!

tinaf — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:33:49 +0200

ART+COMMUNICATION 2009: ENERGY
October 8-10, 2009. Riga, Latvia.

“Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, it can only be transformed.” (The law of conservation of energy)...

Crowded at the Attitude, Design & Action workshop

tinaf — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:40:57 +0200

About 60 persons participated in the Attitude, Design & Action’ workshop that took place at the 11th of September at De Markten in Brussels. The workshop was the fifth in a series within the Energy Efficiency project that started in 2008....

More than 300 people visited the opening of Visual Voltage at Design Vlaanderen Galerie in Brussels.

tinaf — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:22:40 +0200

Visual Voltage opening night brought more then 300 people together, confronted with design prototypes and art installations visualising energy use. Amongst other TV channels France 3 will broadcast the exhibition and the making of on October 9th....

Performing Pictures på ID:I galleri

geska — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:38:13 +0200

Geska Helena Brecevic & Robert Brecevic

Rörelse No....

Välkommen till GATE - upplev Kista från en annan sida!

sara.backlund — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:12:49 +0200

Kista Science City är en multinationell, multikulturell och multispeciell levande vetenskapsstad. Det vill vi manifestera tillsammans med dig på GATE-festivalen!
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Interactive Institute at the Nordic Design Research conference

ramiamaze — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:58:57 +0200

The Interactive Institute has made substantial contributions – in organizing and presenting research – at the 3rd Nordic Design Research conference! NORDES...

The world touring exhibition Visual Voltage has reached Brussels and Design Vlaanderen.

tinaf — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:48:00 +0200

Welcome to the opening on September 10th at 18pm!
Address: Koloniënstraat 56 - 6de verdieping, 1000 Brussel, België.
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Welcome to DESIGN ACT in Lisbon!

sara.backlund — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:35:04 +0200

Interactive Institute and Iaspis invites you to an installation, live interviews & seminar at ExperimentaDesign '09....

Interactive Institute Sonic Studio's conference in Glasgow

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:00:35 +0200

The Interactive Institute Sonic Studio conference "Audio Mostly - A Conference on Interaction With Sound" will this year be hosted by...

Paper accepted for ACE Conference

thyra — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:28:29 +0200

The full paper “Power Explorer – a casual game style for encouraging long term behavior change among teenagers”, written by Anton Gustafsson, Magnus Bång and Mattias Svahn, has been accepted to the International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment technology (ACE), October 29-31 in Athens, Greece.

Paper accepted for ITS World Congress

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:23:35 +0200

The paper “Auditory signs to support traffic awareness” by Johan Fagerlönn Interactive Institute - Sonic Studio and Håkan Alm at Luleå University of Technology has been accepted for the 16th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems in Stockholm 21st – 25th September....

Article featured in first issue of Research Design Journal!

ramiamaze — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:34:55 +0200

An article by Ramia Mazé and Johan Redström is featured in the first ever Research Design Journal!...

The Interactive Institute at Art & Renewable Technologies

fredrikb — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:11:22 +0200

The Interactive Institute´s Art & Technology and Performing Pictures presents at the symposium for Art and Renewable Technologies in Aizpute, Latvia, 13-16 august 2009. ...

MEN THAT FALL and WOMEN THAT TURN at Stockholm Culture Festival

tinaf — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:25:01 +0200

Date: 11-16 of August
Time: 12.00-19.00
Adress: Brunkebergsporten (Sergels Torg)

Stockholm Cultural Festival 2009 is arranged for the fifth year in a row and is expected in the normal manner to be visited by a solid festival audience....

The Virtual Autopsy Table, A unique proof of concept within medical visualization, presented at EU ministerial meeting

thomas.rydell@tii.se — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:52:56 +0200

Anders Person, Director of CMIV (Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization) demonstrates the “Virtual Autopsy Table” for the Swedish Minister for Health and Social Affairs, Göran Hägglund at the EU minister meeting in Jönköping...

Growing chair gets press, scholarship, commission

fredrikb — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:17:26 +0200

Growing Chair is part of Michel Bussien’s Master’s project at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack) in Stockholm, made in cooperation with Interactive Institute Art & Technology....

DigiWall contributed to draw record crowd to embassy in Berlin

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:23:31 +0200

This weekend the Embassy of Sweden in Berlin hosted a summer feast where Interactive Institute’s innovative climbing wall, DigiWall, was exhibited. The summer feast is one of the activities that starts the Swedish EU presidency period....

A two year Postdoctoral fellowship granted to Liselott Brunnberg by the Swedish Research Council

tinaf — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:07:16 +0200

Liselott Brunnberg, Experience Designer and researcher at the Interactive Institutes Mobility Studio has been granted a two year fellowship from The Swedish Research Council for Postdoctoral research at Tongji University, The College of Architecture and Urban Planning....

Participate in online study on sound design!

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:27:39 +0200

Sonic Studio has put one of their research tools online to let the public participate in sound design of auditory warning signals in a vehicle. ...

The Interactive Institute gets funding from VINNOVA to develop tools for language learning

sara.backlund — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:46:18 +0200

Together with Ergonomidesign and Folkuniversitetet, The Interactive Institute's Design Research Unit will focus on how to turn everyday situations between Swedish speakers and Swedish learners into...

This year's New Media Meeting attracted a great number of art, media and music enthusiasts

tinaf — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:55:04 +0200

This year's New Media Meeting attracted in usual order a great number of art, media and music enthusiasts. The three-day festival program was filled with talks, workshops, a wide variety of music performances and installations....

Research article accepted at DIGRA 2009

thyra — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:15:15 +0200

A research article called "Persuasive design of a mobile energy conservation game" has been accepted to the Digital Games Research Association conference 2009.

DigiWall invited to Swedish embassy event in Berlin

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:20:18 +0200

The Interactive Institute’s interactive climbing wall DigiWall will be displayed at the Swedish embassy hosted event “Schweden für jeden” in Berlin, June 27-28. The embassy starts the Swedish EU presidency period with a traditional Swedish midsummer celebration. Swedish industry representatives, non-profit organizations and musicians as well as local industry will participate.

Successful first DESIGN ACT seminar!

sara.backlund — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:19:09 +0200

Even though it was one of the first days in Stockholm that felt like summer, more than 30 people came to participate in the first DESIGN ACT seminar at Iaspis, May 26....

Interactive Institute Newsletter May 2009

sara.backlund — Mon, 25 May 2009 10:49:43 +0200

The past year has been full of new interesting projects. The world touring exhibition Visual Voltage, that presents design prototypes and art installations produced at the Interactive Institute, has...

Centre Pompidou orders a Flower Lamp

christinao@tii.se — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:13:57 +0200

The Flower Lamp is now included in the collections of Centre Pompidou, Paris and will be exhibited at elles@centrepompidou spring 2009. The Flower Lamp was developed in the Static project in collaboration with FRONT.

Singapore Science Centre orders Creative Wonder Cabinet

davidn — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:24:07 +0200

The Digital Cultural Heritage Centre of Expertise at the Interactive Institute and Evoking Spaces has developed an Old Masters Paintbrushes exhibit for the Science Centre Singapore....

Welcome to the first DESIGN ACT seminar: "Design in service"

sara.backlund — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:27:37 +0200

The very first DESIGN ACT seminar takes place on Tuesday, 26 May, 17.00-21.00. This DESIGN ACT seminar invites three young practitioners from different countries to present examples of their work and to discuss their perspectives on such questions. Free admission. Welcome!...

IPerG book finally published

par — Mon, 18 May 2009 11:07:09 +0200

The IPerG book “Pervasive Games: Theory and Design - Experiences on the Boundary between Life and Play ” by Markus Montola, Jaakko Stenros and Annika Waern (editors) is finally available for preorders at most online stores, published by Morgan Kauffman.

Interactive Institute initiate a new collaboration with Riksteatern

thomas.rydell@tii.se — Mon, 18 May 2009 08:29:32 +0200

The Interactive Institute , Riksteatern (Sweden’s leading nationwide theatre) and the festival New Media Meeting present a new collaboration in the form of an experimental...

Fruitful ”II-Day” in Piteå

tinaf — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:08:44 +0200

The ”II-Day ” in Piteå that took place 12th of May gathered almost 50 people from the Interactive Institute....

New Media Meeting 2009 - May 28-30th

thomas.rydell@tii.se — Sun, 10 May 2009 13:33:36 +0200

For the fourth year in a row the Interactive Institute C-studio in Norrköping has teamed up with the non-profit organization Resistans to give you New Media Meeting!

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Interactive Institute develops sound system for driving simulator

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:35:27 +0200

Interactive Institute Sonic Studio and Scania are running a project that will develop a sound system for a driving simulator at VTI (Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute)....

Pecha Kucha night in Washington DC

sara.backlund — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Sara Backlund and Christina Öhman from the Interactive Institute are presenting at Pecha Kucha night at the House of Sweden in Washington DC Friday, April 17.

The event is a part of the Swedish Institute's Living Green theme at the House of Sweden where the institute's exhibition Visual Voltage is one of the attractions.

Visual Voltage: open for public!

dierks — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:05:48 +0200

Over 500 people came to the inauguration of Visual Voltage, part of Living Green at the beautiful House of Sweden, March 31....

Sound designed by Interactive Institute at House of Sweden

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:36:32 +0200

Sounds designed by Interactive Institute will be a part of an installation at House of Sweden in Washington. The theme during April 1st and June 7th is “Living Green”....

Visual Voltage exhibition opening in Washington DC March 31

sara.backlund — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:13:55 +0200

A lamp that opens up like a beautiful flower when energy consumption in a household has been low for some time or a clock where energy use for the whole household is visualized in real time – these are just two examples of prototypes shown in the exhibition Visual Voltage, now on display at House of Sweden in Washington DC....

Performing Pictures contributes to Rädda Historien!

geska — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:16:49 +0100

RÄDDA HISTORIEN! (Save History!) is the title of The Museum of National Antiquities' new exhibition, which opens on March 26, 2009. ...

Video installation and party at Hammarby Artport

geska — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:48:19 +0100

Our friends at Hammarby Artport is throwing one of their famous parties/exhibitions on Saturday, and Performing Pictures are happy to contribute to the exhibition with a 1-hour...

Paper accepted for ICAD 2009

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:05:37 +0100

The paper "Awesome Sound Design Tool: A web based utility that invites end users into the audio design process" by Johan Fagerlönn and Mats Liljedahl at Interactive Institute Sonic Studio will be...

Open Ph.D. Position for art in digital media

fredrikb — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:51:22 +0100

There is an open Ph.D. position in computer and systems sciences with a focus on art in digital media. The position is a collaboration between the Royal University Collece of Fine Arts (Kungliga Konsthögskolan), the department for Computer and Systems Science (DSV) at Stockholm University, and the Interactive Institute....

NCC tests Energy AWARE Clock

dierks — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:44:42 +0100

NCC tests the Energy AWARE Clock in households in Ursvik, Sweden.

-By testing and developing the Energy AWARE Clock together with Interactive Institute we hope to be able to motivate the households to be more energy efficient....

300 visitors at Mobile Life's Open House

kersti — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:14:12 +0100

The Mobile Life VINN Excellence centre’s Open House was a success. 300 visitors from industry, government and academia gathered to take part of what has happened since the centre started two years ago....

Paper accepted for Digital Creativity

geska — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:26:41 +0100

The upcoming issue of Digital Creativity features the paper "Disquiet in the Plasma" by Andrew Morrison,* Geska Helena Andersson,· Robert Brecevic· and Synne Skjulstad** which discusses two works of Performing Pictures.

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Presence at The Swedish National Energy Convention

dierks — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:24:12 +0100

Several projects from Interactive Institute will be presented at The Swedish National Energy Convention at Stockholm International Fairs 11-12 March 2009....

Katarina Delsing invited to present Best practice project in Brussels

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:44:56 +0100

The II Sonic Studio director Katarina Delsing has been invited to speak at the conference "Creativity and Innovation - Best practices from EU Programmes". Sonic Studio’s previously EU ERDF funded project...

Creative Wonder Cabinets - New museum installations

davidn — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:33:09 +0100

The Creative Wonder Cabinets are a series of interactive installations for museums and heritage sites, inspired by the 17th century cabinets of curiosities....

Invigning av Interactive Institute's nya forskningsstudio i Umeå 18 februari

sara.backlund — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:37:57 +0100

Den 18 februari invigs Interactive Institute's nya forskningsstudio i Umeå. Studion är ett samarbete mellan Umeå universitet, Interactive Institute, Swedish ICT Research AB och industriföretaget...

Welcome to Mobile Life Open House 4 march 2009!

kersti — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:10:24 +0100

Program and registration.

Mobile Life's "dreamteam" har nu varit igång i två år och har massor av intressanta resultat att visa upp. Det handlar om mobila tjänster som interagerar med kroppssensorer, videoproduktion på gående fot, positionsutnyttjande tjänster, spel som utnyttjar osynlig digital magi......

Paper accepted to Communicating (by) Design

ramiamaze — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:02:17 +0100

'Critical Form(ations): A Case Study', by Ramia Mazé, discusses issues of 'critical practice' in practice-based design research through three examples from the Switch! program....

Sonic Studio receives EU funding for borderless cooperation project

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:51:58 +0100

Sonic Studio has together with the University of Oulu and the University of Lapland received EU funding for the EU Interreg project "II City V2"....

TED invites the Interactive Institute

christinao@tii.se — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:20:44 +0100

The influential TED organisation (www.ted.com) is celebrating 25 years anniversary with an extraordinary conference in California and Interactive institute is represented....

Spela Ubikt i Kista! Dataspel, rollspel, teater och interaktiv konst.

kersti — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:35:07 +0100

Den 13:e, 15:e och 16:e februari 2009 ges ett unikt tillfälle att prova på ’pervasive games’ - ubika spel - i Kista. Då sätter Game-studion på Mobile Life och Interaktiva Institutet i samarbete med SICS upp spelet Interference för tredje gången....

Interactive Institute's NVISION studio changes name to C-Studio

thomas.rydell@tii.se — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:05:33 +0100

As part of the development process of Norrköping Visualization Center C, the NVISION studio in Norrköping will change it's name to C-Studio....

Sonic Studio projects need people for tests

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:39:10 +0100

The Sonic Studio, Interactive Institute's research group for sound and music in digital media require moore people for research tests. The studio has many interesting research projects that include testing on individuals....

NVISION receives funding from Vinnova

thomas.rydell@tii.se — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:02:47 +0100

The Interactive Institute's NVISION studio has, together with the digital design agency Doberman and Sweden's largest forest owner Svea Skog, been granted 1.5 MSEK for the project "Urban Nature" which will start in august 2009....

Performing Pictures in unique retrospective in Paris

geska — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:18:05 +0100

Performing Pictures, (Geska Helena Andersson & Robert Brecevic) were as the only Swedish artists invited to represent Sweden in Dans La Nuit, des Images –a prestigious retrospective of the most important visual, digital art work fromthe last 10 years....

Interactive Institutes moderbolag Swedish ICT förvärvar Imego

kersti — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:17:15 +0100

I dag undertecknades avtal om överlåtelse av statens aktier i det statligt helägda forskningsinstitutet Imego AB till Swedish ICT Research AB.
...

Photos from Sonic Studios Audio Mostly conference

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:23:12 +0100

The Audio Mostly conference 2008 was successfully held by Sonic Studio in Piteå in October. 60 attendees came from 12 countries to listen to academic presentations, participate in a workshop and try applications during a social networking session....

Article published in the International Journal of Design

sara.backlund — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:29:33 +0100

The article 'Switch! Energy Ecologies in Everyday Life', written by Ramia Mazé and Johan Redström (Design Research Unit), has been published in the December issue of the International Journal of Design....

Reclaim Your Data receives funding from regional development foundation

thomas.rydell@tii.se — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:23:01 +0100

Reclaim Your Data, a project conducted by the The Interactive Institute's NVISON studio, has been granted 400.000 sek by the regional development foundation in Norrköping....

Kristina Höök and Annika Waern on Computer Sweden's list of 50 most influencial women in the Swedish IT business

kersti — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:44:37 +0100

"Kvinnorna som styr IT-Sverige

36 (50) Kristina Höök
Professor i interaktionen mellan människa och maskin på Stockholms universitet. Medlem av regeringens it-råd. Till höger i bild....

Interactive Institute has been granted funding from The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet).

sara.backlund — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:37:56 +0100

The Interactive Institute's Design Research Unit has been granted 2,7 MSEK for the project "Forms of Sustainability" which will start in the beginning of 2009 and go on for three years....

Pictures from our 10 year anniversary party

sara.backlund — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:43:34 +0100

Our 10 year anniversary party that was held at Enskilda Galleriet on the evening on December 3rd turned out to be a great success with 300 guests, four live acts, cake and bar!

Pictures from the event:...

Pictures from our 10 year seminar

sara.backlund — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:26:56 +0100

Our 10 year seminar on the 3rd of December was an inspiring event with visionary presentations about the future of the Interactive institute. Below you will find some images of our speakers....

NODEM 2008 in Reykjavik

davidn — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:26:49 +0100

The 4th edition of the NODEM conference, this year hosted by the University of Iceland in Reykjavik was held from the 3 - 5 December....

Energy Design is seeking a researcher within energy, IT and design

dierks — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:02:14 +0100

Interactive Institute (Energy Design, Eskilstuna, Sweden) is a leading design research institute in creating innovative concepts which expose energy consumption for the user....

DigiWall - a popular activity at the House of Culture in Stockholm

sofia.larsson@tii.se — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:44:58 +0100

The interactive climbing wall DigiWall was displayed at the House of Culture in Stockholm 15th of November....

Performing Pictures goes to Istanbul

geska — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:18:05 +0100

The Grand Opening of amber’08, the largest international event in Arts and New Technologies in Turkey, took place on the 7th of November in Istanbul....

VD Staffan Truvé i seminarieserien Kunskapens Krona på Kungliga Slottet sänds i SVT2 och SVT24 tisdag 18 nov

kersti — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:47:03 +0100

"Vår natur i förändring" är titeln på fyra seminarier som hållits på Kungliga slottet med de tio Kungliga Akademierna och som nu sänds i TV.

Vid millennieskiftet...

Visual Voltage in Shanghai

dierks — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:29:58 +0100

The display of Visual Voltage in Shanghai have now come to an end (October 21 – November 9 2008). The stops at Creation Expo and at CITIC Square have generated a lot of attention, - as well as personal reflections and interesting discussions regarding the status of green design in China....

Audio Mostly 2008 - bigger, better, louder!

sara.backlund — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:54:30 +0100

Sonic Studio’s unique Audio-focused conference returned to Piteå in
October, after its sojourn to Franhofer in Germany last year.
The first event was in Pitea 2006 and was designed to fill the need for a...

Välkomna till vårt 10-årsjubileum!

sara.backlund — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:00:23 +0100

Tiden går fort när man har roligt. Vi har hunnit fylla 10 år och onsdagen den 3 december firar vi med ett seminarium på dagen och en stor fest på kvällen....

Elektrums nya konstverk Lyra invigs den 11 november

kersti — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:27:05 +0100

Foto: Per Kreuger

Det interaktiva konstverket "Lyra", utvecklat av SICS och Interactive Institute, invigs i Elektumhuset i Kista den 11 november, kl. 17.00....

Interactive Institute öppnar annorlunda energiutställning i Kina

sara.backlund — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:28:57 +0200

I morgon kommer invånarna i Shanghai att få möta ett lite annorlunda perspektiv på energianvändning, då konst- och konceptdesignutställningen Visual Voltage invigs på mässan Creation Expo....

AUDIO MOSTLY 2008

sara.backlund — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:29:24 +0200

The third annual Audio Mostly Conference will take place at Acusticum, Piteå on October 22-23. Host: The Interactive Institute, Sonic Studio....

Norrköping rocked during this year´s New Media Meeting that took place between the 19-20th of September

tinaf — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:28:47 +0200

This year´s New Media Meeting was the 3rd to be organized and gathered in total about 1300 visitors. In total over 80 Artists and Musicians from countries all around the world where invited to perform during the festival....

IPerG featured in ICT Results

annika — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:45:39 +0200

The Integrated Project on Pervasive Gaming has been featured in ICT results. The project which ran from September 2004 to February 2008 was coordinated by SICS with participation from Interactive Institute, Nokia, Sony Netservices, and many other partners....

Successful visit at this year´s Ars Electronica Festival in Linz

tinaf — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:34:40 +0200

This year´s Ars Electronica Festival took place between the 4^th-9^th of September on the theme “ A New Cultural Economy”. A delegation from Stockholm...

Christina Öhman at Metering Europe 2008

dierks — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:09:42 +0200

Christina Öhman, Interactive Institute, will September 23 hold a speech at “Metering, Billing/CRM Europe 2008” in Amsterdam – the largest metering fair in Europe. The speech is titled "Innovative Service Design" and covers:...

Dans la Nuit, des Images – Performing Pictures exhibiting at the French European Presidency's Grand Finale at Grand Palais

geska — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:53:35 +0200

Performing Pictures' Robert Brecevic & Geska Helena Andersson have been invited to exhibit their work at Dans la Nuit, des Images in Paris. ...

NODEM 08 in Reykjavik

davidn — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:09:38 +0200

NODEM 08 will take place at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik from 3rd to 5th December 2008. NODEM (Nordic Digital Excellence in Museums) is a professional forum for exchanging knowledge and establishing...

Papalote children’s museum in Mexico orders peep box

geska — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:26:32 +0200

Following the success of the Castle and the Electro Bacchanalia PeepBoxes, Papalote children's museum in Mexico has ordered a custom-made Interactive PeepBox for their new satellite museum in Cuernavaca, opening late 2008....

Welcome to New Media Meeting 2008

thomas.rydell@tii.se — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:12:15 +0200

We at the Interactive Institute NVISION studio in Norrköping have for the third year in a row teamed up with the voluntary organization Resistans to create the...

Seminar - Call for participation

eric.gullberg@tii.se — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:19:43 +0200

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Trade fair design of moving images

geska — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:47:43 +0200

The launch of Shampoodle's new children's clothes collection at the Copenhagen Fashion Fair (CIFF) included a brand new video production by Performing Pictures. The task of Performing Pictures Productions has been to shoot, post-produce and deliver video material, design video loops as well as tailor-make player solutions for trade fair presentations.

"Succesful performance with Aural Dust at the Stockholm Culture Festival"

tinaf — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:34:41 +0200

The 15th of August on a sunny afternoon the artist trio consisting of Ann Rosén, Sten-Olof Hellström and Yoshi Akai performed live during the Stockholm Culture-Festival with their acoustic art installation Aural Dust....

"Aural Dust" with Yoshi Akai, Sten-Olof Hellström and Ann Rosén at Stockholm Culture Festival

tinaf — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:14:30 +0200

Brunkebergsporten 15th of August 17:30-18:00

By using various unorthodox self-made instruments and techniques such as live coding and circuit bending (where, respectively, hardware and software...

Participatory Academy 2008

Collin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:11:47 +0200

Welcome to A World of Stories!

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Bright times for energy design

dierks — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:05:36 +0200

The interest in Interactive Instititutes' work within the field of energy design has boomed. "The number of exciting projects and interest from future collaboration partners is growing" says Carin Torstensson, Studio Director of Power. Indeed, the spring has been succesful for Power......

Två forskningsassistenter sökes

dierks — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:36:14 +0200

Interactive Institute i Eskilstuna söker två personer för anställning i två ettåriga energidesignprojekt med start augusti 2008. Till den ena tjänsten sökes en projektassistent och workshopledare, till den andra sökes en beteendeinriktad forskningsassistent....

Swedish design research goes to Science Centre Singapore´s Climate Change Exhibition

ida — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:33:52 +0200

2008-05-15 10:25

Is it possible to make people more aware of their energy consumption through design? The Interactive Institute in Sweden has explored this...

'Parasitic Video Network', by Michelle Teran

tinaf — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:05:59 +0200

On Saturday, May 31^st the Canadian artist Michelle Teran did a public preview of her work 'Parasitic Video Network' at The Interactive Institute. The work is produced during her artist residency at The...

Design Research Unit gets funding from VINNOVA

sara.backlund — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:20:06 +0200

Ergonomidesign, Interactive Institute's Design Research unit and Sveriges Konsumenter together got funding for one year from VINNOVAs program "Var Dags IT-demonstratorer"....

Johan Redström och Staffan Björk håller docentföreläsningar

sara.backlund — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:24:16 +0200

Den 5 juni kommer seniorforskarna Johan Redström och Staffan Björk att hålla sina docentföreläsningar mellan kl. 10-12 på IT-universitetet i Göteborg. Efter genomförd godkänd docentföreläsning kommer de att antas som oavlönade docenter i interaktionsdesign på Chalmers....

112 million SEK to Smart Textiles!

sara.backlund — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:41:47 +0200

Smart Textiles, an initiative at the Swedish School of Textiles in Borås where Interactive Institute Design Research Unit is one of the partners, has received funding from VINNOVA for eight years....

Unik förhandsvisning av utställningen Visual Voltage

sara.backlund — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:16:11 +0200

Interactive Institute och Svenska Institutet visar för första gången upp utställningen Visual Voltage för speciellt inbjudna personer. Olle Wästberg, generaldirektör för Svenska Institutet, är invigningstalare....

Opening of Extra, extra Fantastique in Maribor, Slovenia

gerlinde.muller — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:38:42 +0200

A solo exhibition by Performing Pictures was inaugurated on May 14 in the gallery space Kibela. The opening drew a large crowd and was greeted enthusiatically by local as well as visitors from outside of...

Ulrika Sparres Mental Radio Machine exhibited at the ID:I Gallery

tinaf — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:44:46 +0200

Between the 1th – 4th of May Ulrika Sparres Mental Radio Machine was exhibited at the ID:I Gallery in Stockholm....

Playing with the Highway Experience, Pervasive Games on the Road - a Ph.D. Thesis by Liselott Brunnberg

ida — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:39:54 +0200

To be publicly defended on Thursday, June 5, 2008, 13:00.
Location: Kista Science Tower
Färögatan 33, Kista, Stockholm
Room: Cinderella
...

Keynote Speakers for Audio Mostly 2008

lilian — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:29:39 +0200

We welcome Stephen Brewster and Nick Laviers as keynote speakers for the conference Audio Mostly 2008.

Stephen Brewster is a Professor of Human-Computer Interaction in the Department of...

The Castle / Slottet Tre Kronor - Opening on Wednesday, 7th May

gerlinde.muller — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:08:24 +0200

It's 1661, late in the afternoon just after the death of the Swedish king Karl Gustav X. In the sky above the castle, dark clouds are hastily gathering. In front of the castle there are people moving around but who are they and what are they doing?...

Workshop in building your own analogue music synthesizer 22nd-23rd of April

tinaf — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:27:33 +0200

The workshop was aimed for those that have an interest in practical electronics, sound and music. The original concept of the workshop was to build a simple modular synthesiser on the basis of a printed circuit board....

Kreativ Workshop i Piteå

lilian — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:36:19 +0200

Den 17 april samlades ett antal företag från företagsbyn Acusticum i Piteå hos Interactive Institute. Syftet med denna workshop, i kreativ anda, var framför allt att träffas och lära känna varandra och varandras verksamheter, men även för att tillsammans brainstorma...

FRINGE #004 @ Interactive Institute 2008.04.10

tinaf — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:45:14 +0200

On Thursday the 10th of April the fourth gathering of the fringe people occurred at the Interactive Institute.

Entering the place visitors were already...

Performing Pictures at nadine, Brussels

gerlinde.muller — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:24:39 +0200

During the month of April, Geska Helena Andersson and Robert Brecevic from Performing Pictures are doing a production residency at nadine in Belgium. nadine describe themselves...

First Emmy award ever for institute related TV production!

kersti — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:16:51 +0200

THE TRUTH ABOUT MARIKA, produced by Swedish Television and The company P in cooperation with SICS and Interactive Institute, won the prize for Best Interactive TV.

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced...

Mental radio – a workshop transporting thoughts.

tinaf — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:57:17 +0200

The workshop Mental Radio took part the 2nd of April and was lead by the artist Ulrika Sparre and hosted by the Interactive Institute.The workshop was the first in a series of workshops organized within the framework of Fringe....

"Raphaelite Toolbox" at ILLUMINATORS, Russia

gerlinde.muller — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:12:03 +0200

Yekaterinburg “Koltsovo” airport announces the beginning of the international exhibition project “ILLUMINATORS” in the open spaces of the International terminal of the airport....

Examining Form - exiting interventions in the permanent collections at Nationalmuseum

sara.backlund — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:23:44 +0100

Johan Redström, senior researcher and design director, is one of the designers participating in the exhibition "Examining Form" at Nationalmuseum 27 March - 27 August....

"The Castle" - a new Lumolog Peep Box

gerlinde.muller — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:36:18 +0100

Lumolog Peep Box is an experience-based museum installation that brings old paintings and photographs to life through interactive video. Evoking Spaces in collaboration with Performing...

Michel Bussien, Christer Chytraeus and Alberto Frigo at Pixelache in Helsinki 14-16th of March 2008.

tinaf — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:14:16 +0100

During pixelache in Helsinki 14-16th of March 2008 Michel Bussien presented "Wireframe" and Christer Chytraeus presented "I Blog therefore I am" ....

Accepted paper for ISME 2008

lilian — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:11:25 +0100

The paper "Developing reflective learning in a virtual world" written by Nigel Marshall, Alison Daubney, Duncan Mackrill, Gisle Johnsen, Efi Makropuolou, Mats Liljedahl and Tina Selke has been accepted to ISME 2008 which will take place in Bologna July 20th to 25th 2008.

First Call for Papers - Audio Mostly 2008

lilian — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:24:06 +0100

Audio Mostly - Third International Conference on Interaction with Sound, October 22-23 2008 in Piteå, Sweden

Deadline for full paper submissions – May 25 2008...

Power Agent goes to Washington

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:05:46 +0100

The game Power Agent will be presented at the conference Serious Games for Engaging Youth: Innovative Approaches Reaching Out of the Classroom, at the House of Sweden, Washington, USA....

Välkommen till en kväll om utställningen Man Machine 2

tinaf — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:21:03 +0100

Spegeldom, ett hjärta med evigt liv och ett uppblåsbart månlandskap, Onsdag 5/3 kl 18.00 på Tekniska museet.

Välkommen till en kväll om utställningen Man Machine 2! Du får möta...

Overklighetsinstallation at Hammarby ArtPort

gerlinde.muller — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:24:02 +0100

Robert Brecevic, Geska Helena Andersson and Anna Koch (choreographer) have had the honour to work with the talented actor Simon Norrthon.

Two artists and a choreographer are scrutinising the concepts of...

FRINGE #0003 @ Konstfack 2008.02.14

tinaf — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:44:54 +0100

Nils Claesson talked about his art (including Tala med Ingmar, the International Dog Sound Interface, Se människan) and experiences...

The first generation of Yoshi Akai´s experimental music-instrument ready

tinaf — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:49:07 +0100

Yoshi Akai from Japan is a guest artist at the Art & Technology department
since January 2008. Yoshi will during the Spring build new experimental
interfaces for music instruments. He is planning to build a whole orchestra...

CONVEYER - DANCE PERFORMANCE AND INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION

tinaf — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:20:26 +0100

Conveyer is a performance spinning off from the project “Ljudingrepp i offentlig miljö”. During the autumn 2007 a number of sound actions takes place in public places of different functions, such as...

Ingvar Sjöberg – Artistic Director at Millesgården

tinaf — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:33:24 +0100

As part of the ongoing exhibition TÄND MÖRKRET! [BANISH THE DARKNESS!] at Millesgården in Stockholm 19 januari - 24 mars 2008...

RAG-TAG documentation website is online

gerlinde.muller — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:24:54 +0100

6-9 February 2008, Performing Pictures/Interactive Institute as part of the G-RIG project with support by Culture 2000 presented:

RAG-TAG VIDEO AND MOVIE SITES ...

Michelle Teran - New artist in residency at Art & Technology.

tinaf — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:47:00 +0100

Born in Canada, Michelle Teran is a media artist currently living and working in Berlin. Within her practice she is interested in the relation of the body, physical space and media....

Interactive Institute invited to InnovAction, Italy

lilian — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:51:57 +0100

From February 14th to 17th 2008 Interactive Institute, Sonic Studio will exhibit DigiWall at InnovAction in Udine, Italy....

Opening tonight! TILLFÅNGATAGANDE ÖGONBLICK and party at Hammarby ArtPort

sara.backlund — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:23:03 +0100

Tonight is the opening of TILLFÅNGATAGANDE ÖGONBLICK, a live installation by Geska Helena Andersson, Robert Brecevic & Anna Koch with Simon Norrthon....

Successful presentation at Transportforum 2008

lilian — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:33:47 +0100

Johan Fagerlönn gave a successful presentation at Transportforum 2008, Jan 9-10, Linköping, Sweden. The conference was organized by the Swedish National...

Games researchers stage game on the streets of Kista

annika — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:28:33 +0100

Interactive Institute and SICS stage the game Interference in Kista, Stockholm, on January 25th and 31st, and February 1st. It is a four hour clue hunt along the city's invisible networks with the game taking place in public space in and around the crowded Kista mall....

II Studio [12-21] becomes II Växjö

jessica.linde@tii.se — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:06:48 +0100

Studio [12-21] changes name to Interactive Institute Växjö. The old name refers to the age group 12-21. While many of our projects still include young people, the new name is in better agreement with the studio's standpoints....

node.stockholm har öppnat!

sara.backlund — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:46:06 +0100

node.stockholm öppnade 15 januari med med stor fest arrangerad på Clarion Hotel Stockholm, Skanstull. node.stockholm är en festival för konst och nya medier som arrangeras i stockholmsområdet under perioden 15 januari - 15 februari 2008....

Finissage och Öppning för projektet Konst med alla sinnen

geska — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:30:29 +0100

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Successful PhD defence

sara.backlund — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:40:26 +0100

Ramia Mazé, Interactive Institute design Research Unit, successfully defended her PhD thesis '’Occupying Time: Design, Technology, and the Form of Interaction’ at Malmö Högskola December 17....

Mingelbilder från vernissaget för Man Machine 2

evacarina — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:33:58 +0100

Bild: Vernissage-publiken framför Matti Kallioinens uppblåsbara verk.

Fredag den 7 december var det vernissage för utställningen Man Machine 2 på Tekniska museet i Stockholm....

Man Machine 2 på Tekniska museet

evacarina — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:50:55 +0100

Man Machine 2: Organismens näringskedja och drömvärld av Matti Kallioinen.

Lördag 8 december öppnar utställningen Man Machine 2 på Tekniska museet. Utställningen är producerad av Interactive Institute i samarbete med Tekniska museet....

New project launch: SWITCH! - Energy Ecologies in Everyday Life

sara.backlund — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:39:33 +0100

Interactive institute's Design Research Unit is happy to announce that funding has been granted from STEM (Energimyndigheten/The Swedish Energy Agency) to launch the project 'SWITCH! Energy Ecologies in Everyday Life'....

New book release: ’Occupying Time: Design, Technology, and the Form of Interaction’

sara.backlund — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:55:36 +0100

’Occupying Time: Design, Technology, and the Form of Interaction’ is a PhD thesis in interaction design by Ramia Mazé, Interactive Institute....

Massive media coverage around DigiWall at WIRED NextFest

lilian — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:17:33 +0100

There was a massive media coverage around DigiWall and Sonic Studio during this years WIRED NextFest, held in Los Angeles in September.

Interactive Institute was invited to exhibit...

Lagunen satsar på samtidskonst

evacarina — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:54:49 +0100

Lagunen satsar på samtidskonst. Eva Rodziewicz, pedagog, framför Barn på glid.

Lagunen är ett upplevelsecentrum för personer med flerfunktionshinder i Stockholms län....

Knowhow books

geska — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:48:38 +0100

A new publishing series from the Interactive Institute

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Successful premiere for Fringe

evacarina — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:24:41 +0100

Photo: Scratching Lego at Fringe #0001. See more photos in the article.

Fringe is a new gathering for new media artists and the like in Stockholm. The premiere was held at Weld on Thursday 15 November. It was a success:...

Digitalis filosoferar - Parental Advisory: Explicit philosophy

jessica.linde@tii.se — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:13:39 +0100

I samarbete med Nätverket SIP och Reaktor Sydost så presenterar Interactive...

Interactive Institute ljudforskar åt Scania

sara.backlund — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:53:58 +0100

I samarbete med Scania har Interactive Institute, Sonic Studio vid Acusticum i Piteå, startat ett forskningsprojekt om ljuddesign i lastbilar....

Node.stockholm tar form

evacarina — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0200

node.stockholm är en festival för konst och nya medier som arrangeras i Stockholmsområdet under perioden 15 januari - 15 februari 2008....

Marketing Efficiency - ENERGY FORUM Prague

christinao@tii.se — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:28:14 +0200

Christina Öhman from the Interactive Institute is invited to speak about 'DEMAND RESPONSE - INTERACTIVE DESIGN TO CUSTOMER AT HOME' at the Energy Forum conference....

stitching together ställs ut i Växjö

Collin — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:21:19 +0200

31 oktober – 18 december på Växjö konsthall/CAMPUS

I december 2006 bjöd Åsa Ståhl, Kristina Lindström och Agneta Råhlin in till en syjunta på Växjö konsthall. Det började med nål och tråd och mobiltelefoner....

Digital gästbok till invigningen av Studio Acusticum

lilian — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:34:47 +0200

Sonic studio har tagit fram en digital gästbok till invigningen av Studio Acusticum i Piteå. Den digitala gästboken, som står i entrén på Studio Acusticum, består av en pulpet med inbyggd kamera....

Anslag från Energimyndigheten

lenton — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:20:37 +0200

Interactive Institute i Eskilstuna har beviljats 2,7 miljoner kronor i anslag från Energimyndigheten. Pengarna ska gå till forskning kring hur man kan öka ungdomars medvetenhet och kunskap kring energieffektivisering....

Documentary about artists in Tirana

geska — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:31:55 +0200

The Swedish-Finnish television program 'Neon' at YLE (Finnish state television) features a documentary about the contemporary art scene in Albania.

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Thoughts on a lifelong project

evacarina — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:21:29 +0200

Alberto Frigo has now spent four years on his *LifeLongLog* project. He will live with it for the rest of his life.
– It is a challenge to endure.
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PowerHouse på Kulturhuset 28 september

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:42:59 +0200

Datorspelet PowerHouse, som utvecklats i projektet Young Energy kommer att demonstreras på Kulturhusets evenemang Forskarfredag....

Interactive Institute x 2 at Universal Forum of Cultures in Monterrey

evacarina — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:00:00 +0200

The interactive carpet Touch of Kandinsky and the reactive videos A Family of Performing Pictures will be shown in the B.A.N.G.Technological Culture exposition in Planetario Alfa, Monterrey, Mexico.
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Turning Heads in Kista

evacarina — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:55:07 +0200

Artists-in-residence Ann Rosén and Sten Olof Hellström have completed their first sound experiment in Kista. They temporarily placed sound installations in three public spaces in Kista....

Massive presence at WIRED NextFest in Los Angeles

sara.backlund — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:03:13 +0200

The Interactive Institute has been invited yet again to WIRED NextFest, this year held in Los Angeles, September 13-16. We are invited to exhibit Brainball, Digiwall, the Power-Aware Cord, the Energy Curtain, the Element, the...

Två nya medarbetare till Interactive Institute i Eskilstuna

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:37:46 +0200

Vi välkomnar Lena Bosdotter Rosten och Therese Balksjö till Interactive Institute i Eskilstuna.

Lena är informatör och kommer att ansvara för intern och extern kommunikation under hösten. Therese studerar till civilingenjör inom design och produktutveckling. Hon kommer bl a att hjälpa till i projektet Aware.

DigiWall at House of Sweden in Washington

lilian — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:56:18 +0200

DigiWall, a result of the research from Interactive Institute and now developed and sold by Digiwall Technology AB, will be part of the exhibition “Children First” at the Swedish embassy in Washington from September 12 to November 25. DigiWall is a hybrid that combines the features of a climbing wall and a computer game. DigiWall is an example of the new generation IT-based experience products that is entering the market.

Konstnärliga ljudingrepp i Kista

evacarina — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:30:00 +0200

Ljudkonstnärerna Ann Rosén och Sten-Olof Hellström som är Artists in Residence vid Interactive Institute påbörjar sitt projekt Ljudingrepp i offentlig miljö i början av september....

Forskararena i Katrineholm med stor representation från Powerstudion

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:05:49 +0200

Powerstudion kommer att presentera fem av sina forskningsprojekt när Elforsk och Energimyndigheten arrangerar en forskararena i Katrineholm, 29-30 augusti....

Ny medarbetare till Powerstudion

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:00:19 +0200

Vi hälsar Jonas Andersson välkommen till Powerstudion i Eskilstuna. Han kommer närmast från Dalarnas högskola, där han avslutat sina studier och tagit ut teknologie kandidatexamen, med huvudämne elektroteknik. Han gjorde sitt examensarbete i Powerstudions forskningsprojekt AWARE under våren och kommer under hösten att vara involverad i två av studions pågående forskningsprojekt.

Powerstudion har flyttat till nya lokaler

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:52:24 +0200

Powerstudion har flyttat till nya frächa lokaler i Eskilstuna och finns numera på Munktell Science Park, www.munktellsciencepark.se. Här finns en blandning av verksamheter med alltifrån nystartade inkubatorföretag till mer etablerade verksamheter....

Konferens på II kring Ljuddesign och akustisk simulering av inom- och utomhusmiljöer

peter_becker — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:59:56 +0200

Vi inbjuder härmed till en konferens kring ljuddesign och akustisk simulering med inriktning mot design av ljudmiljöer inom- och utomhus

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KONSTNÄRSHUSETS SHOWROOM visar BARN PÅ GLID

geska — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:08:05 +0200

VERNISSAGE LÖRDAG 25 AUGUSTI 2007 KL. 14 - 17...

Re-constructing conflicts – video game performance at Mejan Labs

evacarina — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0200

Picture: Stairs from Evidencia #2. Copyright: John Paul Bichard, Take 2 Interactive, Rockstar games

John Paul Bichard from Art & Technology participtates in the group exhibition Game Art at Mejan Labs from August 30 to October 7....

"Think" at Ars Electronica

thomas.rydell@tii.se — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:47:33 +0200

The installation Think, created by the Nvision Studio at the Interactive Institute, has been invited to participate in the exhibition “Pixelspaces 2007: Onfield”, a part of the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz - Austria....

Inauguration of Mobile Life VINNex Centre August 30

kersti — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:30:48 +0200

Welcome to celebrate the openingen of the Mobile Life VINN Excellence Center in Kista with us, with a day of inspiring speakers, cutting-edge demonstrations, fine foods, open bar, beat-busting DJs and convivial company!

See invitation and register at Mobile Life inauguration page.

Interactive sculpture in the making

evacarina — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:55:59 +0200

The artist Petra Vargova from the Czech Republic is a new Artist in Residence at Art & Technology at the Interactive Institute from the beginning of September. Before that, she will participate in the group exhibition Game Art at Mejan Labs from August 30....

New Media Meeting – Norrköping 21-22 september

thomas.rydell@tii.se — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:46:14 +0200

New Media Meeting slår i september upp portarna för andra gången och bjuder in till ett för Sverige unikt event där mötet mellan digital medieteknik och kulturproduktion, forskning och samhälle står i fokus. Under två dagar samlas en mängd aktörer med digital medieteknik som gemensamt arbetsområde....

Bakom scenen på Electro Bacchanalia

evacarina — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:00:00 +0200

Bild: Det dansande paret Robert Brecevic och Charlotte Åberg under inspelningarna för det interaktiva verket Electro Bacchanalia. Ursprungsmålningen är från ca 1640 av en fransk målare som tillhörde Nicolas Chaperons krets....

Responderande film kräver ny produktionsmetodologi

evacarina — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:00:00 +0200

Under 2006 gjorde Arvid Engström sitt exjobb hos Performing Pictures. Resultatet av arbetet, magisteruppsatsen "Producing cinematic image content for responsive video installations on multiple...

New co-worker at Art & Technology

evacarina — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:00:00 +0200

Andreas Beijer is a new co-worker in the project Performing Pictures at Art & Technology at the Interactive Institute. He started at the end of May.
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New exhibition collaboration with the National Museum of Science and Technology

evacarina — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:00:00 +0200

Picture: Iron object from the collections of the National Museum of Science and Technology. © National Museum of Science and Technology ...

Special Issue on Design Research

sara.backlund — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:43:35 +0200

The paper Erratic Appliances and Energy Awareness by Anders Ernevi, Samual Palm, and Johan Redström is one of nine selected papers in a Special issue on design research by the journal Knowledge,...

Design research paper accepted to conference in Hong Kong

sara.backlund — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:56:13 +0200

The paper DIFFICULT FORMS: CRITICAL PRACTICES OF DESIGN AND RESEARCH written by Ramia Mazé and Johan Redström has been accepted to the conference 'Emerging Trends in Design Research' that will be held November 12-15 in Hong Kong and organized by the International Association of Societies of Design Research 2007....

Utdelning av det första stipendiet från Bjarne Nyquists Minnesfond

sara.backlund — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:33:45 +0200

Erik Sandelin och Magnus Torstensson från Malmö har tilldelats det första stipendiet från Bjarne Nyquists Minnesfond. De får stipendiet om 30 000 kr för sin idé att utveckla mobiltelefonen till ett lättillgängligt musikinstrument och kompositionsverktyg....

Brainball goes to Campus Party in July

evacarina — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:00:00 +0200

Art & Technology at the Interactive Institute are invited to speak about Brainball at 11th Campus party in Feria de Valencia in July 2007.
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Hämta verksamhetsberättelsen för hela koncernen Swedish ICT Research här.

kersti — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:21:26 +0200

SICS, Interactive Institute, Viktoria Institute, Santa Anna IT Research Institute och Acreo ingår alla i koncernen Swedish ICT Research. Hämta verksamhetsberättelsen för Swedish ICT Research 2006 här.

Kristina Höök, SICS och Bo Dahlbom, Interactive Institute, två av ledamöterna i regeringens nytillsatta IT-råd.

kersti — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:16:21 +0200

Se hela listan....

Extended deadline for Audio Mostly 2007

lilian — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:36:32 +0200

In September 27-28, Audio Mostly 2007 - a Conference on Interaction with Sound will take place in Ilmenau, Germany. The conference is a co-operation between Interactive Institute, Sonic Studio and Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT....

Think - An interactive installation at The 13th International Conference on Thinking

thomas.rydell@tii.se — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:59:45 +0200

Our thoughts and ideas are hidden inside of us, until we decide to let them out. The installation Think is a playful interactive environment, where visitors can share their thoughts and...

Powerstudion får Miljöpris från Eskilstuna kommun

carin.torstensson@tii.se — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:00:58 +0200

Grattis Interactive Instiute/Power till Eskilstuna kommuns miljöpris 2007 i kategorin institution.

Utdelning av priset sker på Världsmiljödagen den 5 juni kl 17.45 i Rademachersmedjorna, Eskilstuna. Prissumman är på 10 000 kr. Prisutdelare är kommunalrådet Jimmy Jansson.

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Participation in the Design Inquiries conference

sara.backlund — Thu, 31 May 2007 08:28:19 +0200

The Design Inquiries conference was held at Konstfack, Stockholm May 27-29, and several researchers and students from Interactive Institute was presenting papers and chairing sessions.

We presented the following papers: 'Domestication ...

Ny antologi om svensk designforskning

sara.backlund — Thu, 31 May 2007 08:09:39 +0200

Johan Redström, Design Director, medverkar med kapitlet 'En experimenterande designforskning' och Bo Dahlbom, Scientific Director, med kapitlet 'Från formgivning till samhällsbyggnad' i den nya antologin 'Under ytan: en antologi om designforskning'....

Stigmergic Robot

evacarina — Mon, 28 May 2007 17:40:00 +0200

Photo: Sebastian Gassner demonstrates his Stigmergic Robot.

Guest student Sebastian Gassner from the Art & Technology program at Chalmers, Gothenburg, has now completed his work on the Stigmergic Robot at the Interactive Institute.
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New Artist in Residence in telepathy project

evacarina — Sun, 27 May 2007 10:43:00 +0200

The artist Ulrika Sparre is a new Artist in Residence at Art & Technology at the Interactive Institute from May 21.
– I want to create a tool for measuring telepathy.

Ulrika Sparre will work with telepathy and different kinds of brain sensors.
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Presence at Visual Forum 2007

sara.backlund — Tue, 22 May 2007 20:21:42 +0200

Johan Redström, Design Director, was invited to moderate the session "Emerging Technologies", and Sara Backlund, Marketing Manager, was invited to present the talk "Visualization Through ...

Familjen – new exhibition opening at ID:I Gallery

evacarina — Mon, 21 May 2007 10:00:00 +0200

The artist duo Robert Brecevic och Geska Helena Andersson from the project Performing Pictures exhibits Familjen at ID:I galleri from May 25.

A family who travels a lot is usually closely knitted together by...

Interactive Institute's Annual Report 2006/2007 now available

sara.backlund — Sun, 20 May 2007 00:00:00 +0200

Interactive Institute's annual report for 2006/2007, 'Expressions 2006-2007', is now available for dowload.

The Static! project in Paris

sara.backlund — Thu, 17 May 2007 10:54:18 +0200

La foundation EDF, has invited the Static! project to participate in 'So Watt ! Du design dans l'énergie', - an exhibition in Paris between May 25th - September 9th. A French film team has ...

Successful presentation at the EAS Congress 2007 and ISME European Regional Conference 2007

lilian — Mon, 14 May 2007 14:28:27 +0200

Mats Liljedahl and Stefan Lindberg from Sonic studio gave a very successful presentation at the EAS Congress 2007 and ISME European Regional Conference 2007 which was held May 10-13 at Luleå University, School of Music in Piteå....

New Artists in Residence in sound art project

evacarina — Mon, 14 May 2007 11:45:46 +0200

Visitors in the sound sculpture Spatial Silences, 2005.

Ann Rosén, artist, and Sten Olof Hellström, composer, are new Artists in Residence at the Art & Technology programme at the Interactive ...

Yoshiyuki makes sound from colour

evacarina — Sun, 13 May 2007 17:39:12 +0200

A Picture as Music av Yoshiyuki Akai. The plastic spades different colours and the movements in front of the camera generates sound and music in the form of piano sounds.

The artist Yoshiyuki ...

Exhibition of the project Flyttfåglar

Collin — Fri, 11 May 2007 11:07:00 +0200

Young people's digital stories about moving to Växjö was exhibited throughout the city, starting with a succesful vernissage at the Swedish Emigrant Institute in June 2007....

Design Director Johan Redström wins the 2006 Design Studies Award!

sara.backlund — Mon, 07 May 2007 08:26:19 +0200

Congratulations, Johan! The announcement was made by the Design Research Society and the journal publishers, Elsevier Science:

Design Studies Award...

Nytt samarbete med SAT i Montréal

fredrikb — Mon, 07 May 2007 00:00:00 +0200

Bild: Interiör från SAT, Société des arts technologiques, i Montréal.

SAT i Montréal är inititativtagare till det nya planerade 2-åriga forskningsprojektet [propulse] ART där bland andra Interative Institute är inbjudna att medverka.
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Sonic to ITA 07

lilian — Thu, 03 May 2007 10:59:31 +0200

The paper "Designing Audio-based networked games to maximize player immersion", has been accepted for presentation and publication at the forthcoming Second International Conference on Internet Technologies and Applications (ITA 07) to be held in Wrexham, North Wales, 4-7 September 2007.

The authors are Nigel Papworth and Mats Liljedahl, Sonic Studio.

Interactive Salon Budapest

davidn — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:32:24 +0200

The Interactive Salon exhibition will be hosted by the Intermedia Department of the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest in the end of June. The exhibition will continue to Prague and Brighton later this year

Design Inquiries - The Second Nordic Design Research Conference

sara.backlund — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:03:52 +0200

How can we understand the impact of design for people, companies and society? How can we provide design practice with appropriate and inspiring knowledge and ideas? How can we use critical and constructive design thinking to create new possibilities for the future? ...

Faces - an interactive exploration of portraits

evacarina — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0200

Master-student Gesa Friederichs-Büttner has now completed her project Faces at the...

Listen to RTX networked sound performance event

evacarina — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0200

RTX – Radio Tower Xchange – is a networked sound performance event, taking place online on Friday 27 of April. It starts at 18.00 CET (19.00 EET) and is online until 21.00 CET. Sound artists ...

Mateusz Herczka in exhibition at Andréhn-Schiptjenko

evacarina — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:00:00 +0200

Mateusz...

New co-worker at Art & Technology

evacarina — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:00:00 +0200

Andi Muka is a new co-worker in the project Perfoming Pictures at Art & Technology at the Interactive Institute. He started in the middle of April.
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Accepted abstract for NES 2007

lilian — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:56:22 +0200

The abstract "Future intuitive warning signals", written by Johan Fagerlönn, Sonic Studio is accepted for inclusion in the conference proceedings and accepted for oral presentation at the conference NES 2007 - Nordic Ergonomics Society's annual conference in Lysekil, Sweden, October 1-3.

Successful opening of our new office – see the pictures

evacarina — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:33:48 +0200

On the 17th of April we celebrated the official opening with exciting keynote speakers, live music and much more!The opening started in the afternoon with presentations from...

Successful opening of our new office!

sara.backlund — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0200

In the end of February Interactive Institute moved to Kista Science City outside of Stockholm. On the 17th of April we celebrated the official opening with exciting keynote speakers, live music and much more!

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Förstudie för ny kultur i Kista Science City

evacarina — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:00:00 +0200

Art Productions vid Art & Technology på Interaktiva institutet har fått pengar av Kista Science City Fastighetsägare respektive Företagsgrupp samt av Kista Science City AB till förstudien Cultural Infrastructure ...

Invigningsdags!

evacarina — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:00:00 +0200

Bild: Alexander testar Kara-tribune av Denis Romanovski för invigningsfesten....

Paper accepted for ACE 2007

lilian — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:36:22 +0200

Paper accepted for the conference ACE 2007 - International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment.

Mats Liljedahl, Nigel Papworth, Stefan Lindberg at Sonic studio are the authors of the paper "Beowulf - An Audio Mostly Game". ...

Papers accepted for ICAD 2007

lilian — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:12:46 +0200

Two papers have been accepted from Sonic studio for the conference ICAD 2007 - The 13th International Conference on Auditory Display....

Alberto Frigo wins Prix Möbius Creation Nordica

evacarina — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:00:00 +0200

Alberto Frigo won Prix Möbius Nordica for Creation for his works dRream_me and SOBJEKT on March 30th. He was awarded at the Kiasma Theatre in Helsinki, Finland.
dReam_me can be described as an on-line dream sampler. ...

Flurry in exhibition at Kulturhuset

evacarina — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:00:00 +0200

The interactive work Flurry by Sachiko Hayashi is now being exhibited at the ongoing LARM Festival at Kulturhuset in Stockholm. Flurry is one of nine works being exhibited on different floors in Kulturhuset.
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Call for papers - Audio Mostly 2007

lilian — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0200

Call for papers, Audio Mostly 2007 - 2nd Conference on Interaction with Sound, Ilmenau, Germany September 27-28....

Audio Mostly 2007, September 27-28

lilian — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:54:08 +0200

Audio Mostly 2007 - 2nd Conference on Interaction with Sound, Ilmenau, Germany September 27-28.

Based on the very successful international conference at Sonic Studio in Piteå, Sweden this years conference ...

DigiWall på TV8

lilian — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:00:00 +0200

Ett inslag om Interactive Institute, filmat i Interactive Institutes nya lokaler i Kista, sändes på TV8 Finansnytt den 28 mars. Bl a visades klätterväggen DigiWall upp i inslaget.

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Annika Waern håller docentföreläsning

webdev-mgr — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:33:36 +0100

Den 21 mars 2007 höll Annika Waern sin docentföreläsning med titeln "Socialt expanderade spel":...

Interactive Institute har flyttat till Kista

ydsten — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:06:56 +0100

Den 20:e februari lämnade vi våra lokaler på Linnégatan och har nu flyttat in bredvid vårt systerinstitut SICS i Electrumhuset i Kista. Vi ser fram emot många besök i våra nya lokaler!

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PRELUDE kick-off

lilian — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:04:00 +0100

In Athens in december 2006 the kick-off for PRELUDE - Training Programme on ICT in Music Education took place. Sonic is one of the members in the project.

The PRELUDE project is an EU FP6 project and aims to develop an in-service training programme for music teachers who are motivated to learn about, integrate and critically evaluate the use of ICT in music education.

DigiWall - Invention of the future

lilian — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:04:00 +0100

Photos of DigiWall on Weekly Reader’s first page.

Weekly Reader is a publisher of materials for elementary and secondary schools in the United States. They ...

Accepted article in Psychology of Music

lilian — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:04:00 +0100

The article "Young Adolescents' Usage of Narrative Functions of Media Music by Manipulation of Musical Expression" written by Wingstedt J., Brändström S., Berg J. is accepted for publication in the journal Psychology of Music.

Mediastudenter hos Sonic

lilian — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:00:00 +0100

Erik Sikström och Ulf Blomqvist, som är studenter på utbildningen Arena media, musik och teknik, Luleå Tekniska Universitet, gör för närvarande praktik hos oss på Sonic.

Sonic studion i radions P2 Monitor

lilian — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 01:00:00 +0100

Under två dagar i oktober höll Sonic en internationell ljudkonferens i Piteå. Deltagare från Europa och USA hade samlats för att prata om ljudets och musikens betydelse i spel. Radions P2 Monitor sände ett radioreportage den 8 november som spelades in hos Sonic.

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International conference on sound in games organized by Sonic

lilian — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:00:00 +0200

During two days in October the conference Audio Mostly 2006 was held in Piteå. The conference was organized by Sonic Studio.

The Sonic Studio organized the conference Audio Mostly 2006 in Piteå October 11-12. ...

"From the Arctic Edge of Europe"

lilian — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:00:00 +0200

Sonic Studio was one of the selected to participate on the exhibition “From the Artic Edge of Europe” in Brussels.

The northern regions of Sweden arranged an event "From the Artic Edge of Europe" ...

DigiWall® på Wired NextFest i USA

lilian — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:00:00 +0200

En gång om året samlas de främsta forskarna och innovatörerna för att visa upp sina resultat kring ny teknik på Wired NextFest i USA. Detta år kommer eventet att äga rum i New York den 29: e september – 1: e oktober. ...

DigiWall® lockade besökare på prestigefyllt event i Boston - SIGGRAPH 2006

lilian — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 01:00:00 +0200

DigiWall® deltog under sommaren på SIGGRAPH 2006, en stor internationell konferens kring datoranimation och interaktiv teknik.

Temat för årets utställning var "Emerging Technologies" som handlade om nya tekniker eller koncept. ...

DigiWall® vann 100 000 i finalen av Venture Cup!

lilian — Mon, 29 May 2006 01:00:00 +0200

Den digitala klätterväggen DigiWall®, som tagits fram av Sonic Studion i Piteå, har vunnit silvermedaljen i Venture Cup Nord. Klätterväggen har redan fått pris i de första två stegen av tävlingen och denna sista finalplats gav 100 000 kronor. ...

DigiWall i final av Venture Cup

lilian — Mon, 29 May 2006 01:00:00 +0200

digitala klätterväggen DigiWall, som tagits fram av Sonic i Piteå, har nominerats till finalen i Venture Cup Nord. Digiwall har redan fått pris i de första två stegen av tävlingen. Finalen avgörs den 30 maj.

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Non Stop - Performing Pictures på Konstnärshuset

geska — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0200

Friday, 26 January 2007

Performing Pictures presents at Mejan Labs

Mejan Labs in collaboration with The Royal Univeristy College of Fine
Arts in Stockholm are producing a series of lectures, open for
students and the public.
As part of the project "From Reality and back"; demonstration
evenings with lectures, presentation of exhibitions and discussions
between artists and industry will be arranged. On Wednesday 31 of
January 5-7 pm, key competences within the area of "Art, moving
images and digital effects" are gathered. Geska Helena and Robert
will present their work with responsive video installations as part
of the event.

Digiwall Technology pristagare i Venture Cup Nord!

lilian — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 01:00:00 +0100

Digiwall Technology var en av pristagarna i andra steget (marknadsplan) i Venture Cup Nord. Digiwall har därmed vunnit pris i både deltävlingen om affärsidé och om bästa marknadsplan. Digiwall Technology ...

DigiWall to SIGGRAPH

lilian — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:00:00 +0100

DigiWall have been accepted as a concept to the topic "Emerging Technologies" at SIGGRAPH 2006. The conference SIGGRAPH 2006 is in Boston July 30 – August 3.

DigiWall will be shown together ...

New members in the Sonic studio

lilian — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:00:00 +0100

Since October last year Nigel Papworth is new in the Sonic studio. Nigel is trained in graphic design at the London College of Printing and worked as a designer/illustrator in London until 1985, when he moved to Umeå. ...

Kom och utmana dina atletiska och musikaliska sidor på "Olympic Airport"!

lilian — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:00:00 +0100

Under de olympiska spelen kommer DigiWall® från Digiwall Technology AB och Interactive Institute att visas på Arlanda flygplats, SkyCity. DigiWall® ser ut som en traditionell klättervägg men är också ...

Paper accepted to workshop

lilian — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 01:00:00 +0100

A paper have been accepted to the workshop Physicality 2006, February 6-7 2006 in Lancaster, England.

Titel of the paper: Music, Physicality and the Physiology of Listeners
Authors: Johan Fagerlönn and Nyssim Lefford, Sonic studio

Sonic to GDC

lilian — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:00:00 +0100

Sonic is invited to the Serious Games Summit, Game Developers Conference (GDC), March 20–24 2006 in San Jose, California.

Mats Liljedahl, Stefan Lindberg and Nigel Papworth will represent Sonic ...

Digiwall Technology vinner pris i Venture Cup Nord

lilian — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 01:00:00 +0100

Digiwall Technology var en av pristagarna i första steget (affärsidé) i Venture Cup Nord. Digiwall Technology är ett företag som utvecklar digitala klätterväggar. Företaget är delägt av Interactive ...

2.5 million to Sonic!

lilian — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 01:00:00 +0100

2.5 millions from the EU structural funds to Sonic!

The Interactive Institute, Sonic, has been granted a new one-year project with money from the strucutral funds of the European Union. The name of the project is: Interactive music and sounddesign for media, health, events and industry. The project starts in march 2006.

Framgångsrikt försvar

lilian — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 01:00:00 +0100

Framgångsrikt försvar av licentiatavhandling.

Johnny Wingstedts försvar av sin licentiatavhandling "Narrative Music: Towards an Understanding of Musical Narrative Functions in Multimedia" blev ...

DigiWall at NEXT05

lilian — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:00:00 +0100

After Future Design Days in Stockholm DigiWall is going straight to Copenhagen to the conference NEXT05 at the IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark, November 25th-26th.

NEXT05 are gathering a hundred of the finest examples of the most innovative ...

Another accepted paper

lilian — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 01:00:00 +0200

Another conference paper have been accepted. This time to the conference Understanding and Creating Music 5th Conference in Caserta, Italy in November 27-30 2005.

The paper is called "Generation of Musical Patterns and Perceptions of Similarity" and, again, the author is Nyssim Lefford.

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DigiWall at FutureDesignDays

lilian — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 01:00:00 +0200

DigiWall is going to be shown at FutureDesignDays EXPO at Stockholm International Fair November 14-15. FutureDesignDays EXPO is the multi-exhibition venue for innovative design.

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Accepted paper

lilian — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 01:00:00 +0200

A conference paper have been accepted to the 8th Generative Art Conference, GA2005, Milan December 15,16,17.

The paper is called "Investigating Composers' Perceptions and Style through Musical Composition Games" and the author is Nyssim Lefford, Sonic studio.

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Försvar av licentiatavhandling

lilian — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 01:00:00 +0200

Johnny Wingstedt försvarar sin licentiatavhandling.

Avhandlingen har titeln "Narrative Music: Towards an Understanding of Musical Narrative Functions in Multimedia".

Tid: Onsdag 16/11, kl. ...

"People's prize" to DigiWall

lilian — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 01:00:00 +0200

The conference and the exhibition during the SITI days in Stockholm became successfull for the Sonic Studio. At the exhibition at Stockholm Concert Hall June 16 you could see many exciting results from the big ...

Sonic prototypes at the Concert Hall in Stockholm

lilian — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 01:00:00 +0200

The climbing wall DigiWall and BodyResT, the interactive tool for stress, will be shown at the conference "IT-forskning för framtiden" in Stockholm at the Concert Hall, June 16. The conference will be opened by the minister of IT Ulrica Messing.

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Sonic to Belgium and France!

lilian — Tue, 17 May 2005 01:00:00 +0200

Two conference papers accepted.

A workshop paper has been accepted to the 10th Rhythm Perception and Production Workshop. Alden Biesen (Bilzen, Belgium) from July 2-6.

The workshop presentation will be on:
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Premiär för den nya prototypen av DigiWall

lilian — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 01:00:00 +0200

I samband med upplevelseindustrins konferens, Mötesplatsforum'05, som går av stapeln den 27-28 april i Piteå kommer den nya prototypen av klätterväggen DigiWall att preimärvisas.
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Sonic at cconference in Tampere

lilian — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 01:00:00 +0200

A conference paper have been accepted to the conference Intelligence Ambience and Well-Being in Tampere, Finland, September 19 to 20.

The paper is:
Musical Parameters for Promoting Relaxation And Stress-Reduction in Listeners by Cecilia Sjömark.

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Sonic at the NIME Conference in Vancouver, Canada

lilian — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 01:00:00 +0200

A conference paper have been accepted to the NIME Conference which is hosted at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada from May 26 to 28.

The paper is:
REMUPP - An Interactive Tool for Investigating Musical Properties and Relations by ...

Three papers accepted to The ACE 2005

lilian — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 01:00:00 +0200

Three papers have been accepted to The ACE Conference in Valencia, Spain in June 15-17.

The papers are:
Relations between Selected Musical Parameters and Expressed Emotions – Extending the Potential of Computer Entertainment by Berg, J. ...

Sonic at The AES 118th Convention, Barcelona

lilian — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 01:00:00 +0200

An articles have been accepted to The AES 118th Convention in Barcelona, Spain.

The article is:
OPAQUE - a tool for the elicitation and grading of audioquality attributes by Berg, J

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Patentansökan för Digiwall klar

lilian — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Sonic har fått sin patentansökan på klätterväggen DigiWall godkänd av PRV. Beslutet kommer att finnas med i nästa nummer av Svensk Patenttidning.

Nya medarbetare i Sonic studion

lilian — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 01:00:00 +0100

I mitten av februari börjar Nyssim Lefford arbeta hos oss på Sonic. Vid samma tillfälle börjar även två nya internship studenter från Hagenberg i Österrike.

Den 14 februari kommer två nya ...

Visit from MIT MediaLab

lilian — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:00:00 +0100

Nyssim Lefford, PhD from MIT MediaLab in Boston visited the Interactive Institute Sonic studio.

Nyssim Lefford, PhD from MIT MediaLab in Boston will visit the Interactive Institute Sonic studio the last week in November. On ...

Workshop with Mark Polishook

lilian — Wed, 10 Nov 2004 01:00:00 +0100

Mark Polishook - will run a workshop at the Interactive Institute Sonic studio. Mark Polishook - composer, jazz pianist and associate professor at Central Washington University - will run a workshop at the Interactive Institute Sonic ...

Jan Berg intervjuas i Sveriges Radio

lilian — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 01:00:00 +0200

I radioprogrammet Nattens Undring, blev Jan Berg, från Interactive Institute, intervjuad av Pär Fontander om hur Ljud och Musik påverkar människor.

Programmet sändes I P3/P4 den 21 september.

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Klättrar till musik

lilian — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 01:00:00 +0200

Klättra till din favoritmelodi. Det kan bli verklighet om Radek Kapica får som han vill. Han har, tillsammans med Interactive Institutes Sonic-studio, skapat en interaktiv klättervägg som skapar ...

Väggen som tar sig ton

lilian — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 01:00:00 +0200

Skulle du vilja klättra samtidigt som du spelar din favoritlåt?
Ja, då skulle du kunna testa Radek Kapicas examensarbete, en interaktiv klättervägg utvecklad tillsammans med Interactive Institute i Piteå
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Narrative functions of film music in a relational perspective

lilian — Wed, 30 Jun 2004 01:00:00 +0200

A paper, Narrative functions of film music in a relational perspective has been accepted to the ISME (International Society for Music Education) World Conference 2004. It will be presented at Teneriffe, July 14th by Johnny Wingstedt.

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Swedish Prosperity and Technology

lilian — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 01:00:00 +0200

At a seminar arranged by the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova), two presentations, by Johnny Wingstedt, were made: "Music, Technology & Research" and "Music, Technology & Learning". The ...

Intelligent Street accepted at ACM SIGCHI

lilian — Fri, 21 May 2004 01:00:00 +0200

Location and time: 3rd - 5th June 2004

Intelligent Street was accepted on the ACM SIGCHI International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology ACE 2004.

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Intelligent Street participates in international conference

lilian — Fri, 14 May 2004 01:00:00 +0200

May 11-13 2004 HP Labs, Bristol UK

2AD: The Second International Conference on Appliance Design took place on May 11-13 2004.

Over 130 delegates from around the world presented papers, posters, ...

Workshop on Music for new media

lilian — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 01:00:00 +0200

Which musical challenges arise when music meet other media in an interactive situation?

Join a creative and intensive workshop! The Sonic research studio at the Interactive Institute in Piteå is inviting to a gathering where we ...

Workshop on concept development in interactive music research

lilian — Tue, 28 Jan 2003 01:00:00 +0100

March 26-28 2003 Interactive Institute, Piteå, is inviting to a three day workshop on creative methods for concept development in interactive music research.

The workshop is addressing questions about how to develop and evaluate ...

New site for the Jukkasjärvi project

lilian — Thu, 28 Nov 2002 01:00:00 +0100

Interactive Institute in Piteå is happy to present a project site for our sound and light installation at the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi. While the project is running this site will continuously be updated ...

Interactive Institute designs suite at the Ice Hotel

lilian — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 00:00:00 +0100

Researchers from Interactive Institute in Piteå are the designers of one of the suites at this year’s Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi. Interactive sound and light guide the guests in their search for a frozen soulmate.

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The inauguration of Acusticum – sounds and pictures

lilian — Mon, 11 Nov 2002 00:00:00 +0100

Mingling and champagne at the inauguration of the new Acusticum building in Piteå.

Interactive Institute finally got its new home base. Join us when Acusticum 4 was inaugurated on the 24th to 26th October. ...

Interactive Institute at Nolia Mediapoint Acusticum

lilian — Wed, 23 Oct 2002 00:00:00 +0200

Nolia Mediapoint Acusticum on the 24th to the 26th of October 2002, is a meeting place for companies, academy and public service within the field of music, media and Internet. Mediapoint Acusticum is an ...

Interactive Institute holds exhibition at Stora Nolia

lilian — Thu, 22 Aug 2002 23:00:00 +0200

Two prototypes produced by Interactive Institute’s research studio in Piteå – Sonic – were exhibited at Stora Nolia in August. Curious visitors came to interact with both Playmate ands the installation Sonic Mirror, a sound mirror that transforms movements into sound.

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