I found this Swedish Interaction Design blog today (http://www.interactiondesign.se/blog/) which is written by students from the Umea Institute of Design. Whilst searching through the posts I came across a very nicely composed short film about the humble desk.
Desk - Music and Sound Design from Aaron Trinder Film:Motion:Music on Vimeo.
It made me think about how I use my desk and how this can differ from other people’s experiences. It also made me remember an innovative product I’d seen on the engadget website, called benddesk. http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/27/benddesk-the-curved-multitouch-workspace-of-the-future-video/.
It would be interesting to see these interactive desks incorporate and recognise ones own style of organisation, creativity and visual preferences, so as to make the multi-touch interactions even more intuitive and personal.
Such systems and their potential to be used in educational environments seems very encouraging; easily helping to provide multi-touch, group interactive learning sessions. It seems research in this field is happening fairly locally, at Durham University - http://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blogs/multitouch-interactive-desk
On a slightly different note, I also came across this ingenious long exposure light painting - http://berglondon.com/blog/2010/09/14/magic-ipad-light-painting/. The technique is executed using a series of digital images displayed on an iPad, which is gradually moved through the space and then photographed on a long exposure, thereby creating the shape of the final image. Light painting is nothing new, but this method looks great fun and creates interesting visual effects, something which could definitely be explored further using new technologies and spacial interventions.
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