For this project I am proposing the formation of a project committee comprised of international thought leaders on ubiquitous computing, social objects, and design. This committee would participate in the ideation and sketching process in a variety of ways: online documentation and conversation, my visiting members at their locations around Europe, and during a three-day summit during the Spring of 2009. During this summit the committee members would be invited to UID to participate in a Friday of presentations hosted by the project then spend the weekend at the ICE HOTEL where we would engage in critique and ideation. The summit presentations and documentation of the ICE HOTEL visit would be major components of my final deliverables.

•    PROJECT COMMITTEE
o    Adam Greenfield, Head of Design Direction for service and user interface design for Nokia.

He has spent the past ten years exploring the intersection of technology, design and culture, with a strong focus on issues around ubiquitous computing. His 2006 book on the subject, Everyware, has been acclaimed as “groundbreaking,” “elegant,” and “soulful” by Bruce Sterling, and “gracefully written, fascinating, and deeply wise” by Wired’s Steve Silberman.

Previously a rock critic, coffeehouse owner, San Francisco bike messenger, psychological operations sergeant in the US Army Special Operations Command, and head of the information architecture department for the Tokyo office of the notorious early Internet consultancy Razorfish, Adam speaks frequently before a wide variety of audiences. He lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.

o    Matt Jones, Founder and Lead Designer, Dopplr

Matt Jones is a designer. He was creative director for the award-winning BBC News Online and Sapient’s London studio in the late 1990s, then returned to the BBC in 2001 to design the BBC’s first web search and a pioneering geo-located social network for social activism. From 2003, he joined Nokia in design research, then as a Director of UX Design. He is one of the founders/lead designer of Dopplr.com, a service for
frequent travelers.

o    Timo Arnall, Design Researcher, Oslo School of Architecture

Timo is a designer working with interactive products and media. He leads an international research project on mobile technology, collaborates on interaction design work and lectures in design, physical computing and design methodology. Timo’s work spans design, media and technology; specialising in emerging use of new technologies, sketching and design of user-experience, and the visual design of ubiquitous computing. Previous history of his design work has included projects on the web, location-based and mobile services, film and interactive television production, motion graphics, installations and exhibitions.

Timo is currently based in Oslo but regularly works in London, Helsinki
and Brussels

o    Mikael Wiberg, Mike Stott and Jasjit Singh from UID would also be participants

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