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On June 26th, 2019, I had the opportunity to speak during a special SF Design Week event since frog was also celebrating its 50th anniversary. The topic of the event was the SFMOMA Magritte project and collaboration. After frog President, Andy Zimmerman kicked things off, I was joined on the stage by SFMOMA’s Chad Coerver, … Continued
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The GOLD Muse award in AR, VR, and Mixed Reality went to @SFMOMA for “René Magritte: The Fifth Season Interpretive Gallery. ”The project was “absolutely incredible, a very playful exhibit that engages visitors.”
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As part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of frog design, the firm asked frogs—both current and past—from around the globe to send their interpretations of the beloved friedolin the frog logo. My submission was in the medium of pancake art, which I have been aspiring to master.
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These are some highlights during the day and night from the absurdly expansive two-week SXSW conference, which as actually about 10 normalish-sized conferences mashed together into one. I presented within the AR/VR track of programming and was intrigued by some of the VR artists that were exhibiting their work. Re-animated was a high fidelity naturalistic … Continued
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On March 12, 2019, I co-presented a SXSW panel entitled Art Museums as Spaces of Digital Play alongside Sarah Brin, Creative Producer at Meow Wolf and Chad Coerver, Chief Education & Community Engagement Officer at SFMOMA. Many adjectives are ascribed to art museums, but “fun” isn’t usually at the top of the list. Institutions have … Continued
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I interviewed my SXSW 2019 co-panelist Sarah Brin about our upcoming presentation with Chad Coerver, the Chief Content Officer at SFMOMA, titled Art Museums as Spaces of Digital Play which will take place on March 12th.
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We visited Denmark for Christmas and had the opportunity to visit some of the recent and notable architecture and exhibits. At the new Danish Architecture Center building a video entitled The Danish Model (below) explained how and why design is integral to Danish culture and society. Denmark’s view on design and architecture has made it … Continued
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On Friday October 26th 2018, I presented our IKEA AR project at XD Immersive, and on Tuesday October 30th I presented our SFMOMA AR project at XRDC. I met a bunch of interesting people and heard some intriguing presentations. The following are some things I learned about the current state of the industry. Lowe’s is … Continued
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I will be speaking at two AR/VR conferences in October of 2018. One is XRDC, a spinoff from the Game Developer Conference, will be held on October 29th and 30th. I will be speaking about bringing mixed reality to the Magritte exhibition at SFMOMA. The other engagement is XD Immersive, which emerged from the UX … Continued
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The Interpretive Gallery we designed and developed for SFMOMA launched as part of the 2018 Magritte: The Fifth Season exhibition in 2018. After the launch we learned that the marketing department was counting visitor images shared on Instagram and other social networking sites by hand in order to understand how visitors were experiencing and sharing … Continued