Intergrating more digital elements

After reviewing my assignment at length I feel that to really capture the itent of the assignment, I will require much more interactive elements.

I have started to look at unteractive surfaces and here are some examples:

Superstar Interactive surfaces are all the rage right now, and excitement is stirring as we find out that these futuristic devices may not be so futuristic after all. It was announced today that the Perceptive Pixel Interactive Media Wall will be readily available at Nieman Marcus.

The Perceptive Pixel invention “Allows you to navigate, locate, and manipulate information by touching anywhere on the screen,” according to New Launches. “Tap out a sonata with your fingertips, flip through manuscripts with the swipe of your hand, or crop photos with a pinch; it responds to grand gestures or the lightest touch with finesse.”

It will be available a few months before the release of the Microsoft Touch.

Check out some of the interactive surfaces Trend Hunter has featured recently:


Microsoft ‘Surface’ Demonstration - Minority Report Becomes Reality (VIDEO)
Every time I replay the movie Minority Report and see Chief John Anderton (Tom Cruise) play with his Pre-Crime software with some help from Pre-Cogs, I always end up daydreaming for a touch screen technology that will surely make my laptop experience and net surfing adventure very exciting! The ne… [More]




Coffee Table PC - Surface Interface Computer
Run all of your home media from a 40 inch touchscreen PC embedded in a coffee table. This would have to qualify as the ultimate remote control! It also has the great advantage of being too big to get lost behind the sofa cushions! “Remember back in March when Microsoft demonstrated its Surface comp… [More]


SensitiveWall - Interface of the Future (VIDEO)
A new language on how the real world interact with computers has now begun. The Sensitive Wall, an interactive video wall that presents a bookshelf of multimedia content organized in templates, where you can select the videos that you want using gestures and moving your hand across the screen witho… [More]


Interactive Tables and Floors - Catchyoo’s Cool Projection System (VIDEO)
Catchyoo, Japanese company brings an entirely new way of interactive advertisement to the world. The company offers the interactive advertising that you can promote your brand on floors, walls, tables, 3-D spaces, or wherever. The quality of the visuals and sounds is incredibly crisp. Based on senso… [More]


Interactive Furniture - LED Coffee Table In Action (VIDEO)
For that extra punch of ambiance in your living room, consider getting an LED coffee table. The creation from the Evil Mad Scientist Lab consists of a glass-top table embedded with LEDs that are motion-activated. When an object passes over the top, the lights directly beneath it go off. This could t… [More]


World’s Most High Tech Bar - iBar at 24 (VIDEO)

These are some new skecthes that I have been developing after the tutorial feed back last week. I have been constantly refereing to my breif to make sure it alligns with my design.

New Sketces

These are some of the sketches I have been developing in Sketchup. I have really been concentrating on the idea of the blank canvas, and have tried to leave large expansences for digital possibilities.

Concept Development Sketches

I have been playing around with the idea of the gallery. I have been looking at the spatial qualities of the art gallery and expressing them in the composition of the structures.

Preliminary Sketches

I have started my to do some design sketches. My concept is to create a blank canvas that will have digital projection at night, and a box that can be opened up during the day. It will represent an art gallery type arrangement with art pieces hanging from the bridge.