Tag: Interactive Design

Playground Sessions

A new software program trains aspiring pianists through interactive learning

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Gaming meets Chopin with Playground Sessions, a downloadable software that teaches piano through its breakthrough “Play to Learn” approach. Riffing on the strumming-to-scoring simulation of Guitar Hero, Playground Sessions enables users to practice “in an interactive environment with real-time feedback,” backed by an interconnected keyboard and hit music library. Created by brand invention firm, ZAG, Playground Sessions is a “Choose-Your-Own-Adventure” method of self-driven learning motivated …

John Kestner

A leading interactive technologist uniting digital and physical design

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Among the dystopian visions of a Matrix-style digital future, interaction designer John Kestner comes as a welcome voice, “enhancing the successful physical interfaces between humans and objects.” The graduate and research affiliate of M.I.T. Media Lab, along with fellow grad David Carr, runs Supermechanical, a studio devoted to relating old-world craftsmanship with modern technology, in essence, giving electronics some soul. “When each object has an …

Build Up!

Celebrating cityscapes with an interactive installation at Washington D.C.'s National Building Museum

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Last week design firm Rockwell Group’s interactive team, The Lab, completed their latest project aptly-named Build Up!. The one-night-only install came in the form of a four-sided hanging screen, designed and built for the 25th Anniversary National Building Museum Honor Award Gala in Washington D.C. Using iPad software and projection apps customized with openFramework for the project, the 18′ x 18′ geometric structure displayed animated …