Tag Archives: design

Museum experience and participatory design

Posted on 24 June 2010 by Cath

This is a paper I wrote for my digital design course. Is it possible for museums to think about their space, or at least their digital space, in a whole-of-experience kind of way? It seems both uncommon and important. So … Continue reading →

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Ubicomp, (museum) space and the social order

Posted on 29 April 2010 by Cath

What follows is a Master of Digital Design assignment – a ‘critical response’ to five papers on the topic of ‘Ubiquitous computing and urban informatics’. It includes (bonus!) references to a few other papers too. Mark Weiser’s 1991 vision of … Continue reading →

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Pobblebonkless

Posted on 6 October 2006 by Cath

Museum Victoria has won the McFarlane Prize for excellence in Australian web design for its lovely site Caught and coloured, about zoological drawings from colonial Victoria. Nice one – I love scientific art / arty science, and there is great … Continue reading →

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Art swallows building in Paris

Posted on 31 May 2006 by Cath

Indigenous Australian artists have been commissioned to embed artwork into the fabric of a new museum in Paris. Walls, ceilings and glass will contain – or be contained by – artworks. Artist Judy Watson has said it is as if … Continue reading →

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