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52 Weeks of UX: How Constraints Drive Creativity
52 Weeks of UX: How Constraints Drive Creativity 52weeksofux: “Constraints drive creativity.” You’ve probably heard this quote (or some variation of it) before. I see it all the time. But I always find myself asking: “What is it about constraints that make us more creative?” Is it a mindset we get into, that forces us…
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loscabrones: FAB LAB BCN is a centre of production, investigation and education, that uses last generation (as of 2008) computer aided design software to the creation of prototypes and scale models for architecture, construcion, industrial design and any activity that needs the connection to a computer to manipulate materials according to digital instructions.
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howstuffismade.org
howstuffismade.org How Stuff Is Made (HSIM) is a visual encyclopedia that documents the manufacturing processes, labor conditions and environmental impacts involved in the production of contemporary products. It is a free, independent, academic resource published by engineering and design students, who research and produce summative photoessays describing these conditions of creation. Academic faculty are responsible…
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As part of a research project on computer games produced prior to 1973 (the date of 101 BASIC Computer Games), I have been conducting research on The Oregon Trail, which originated at Carleton College in Minnesota in 1971 by Don Rawitsch, Paul Dillenberger, and Bill Heineman. The game was played in one of Rawitsch’s history…
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Louisville-based Mark Mosher’s electronic music part of larger Boulder scene – Boulder Daily Camera Louisville-based Mark Mosher is part of a burgeoning electronic music scene that includes such local groups as The Digital Media Studies Program at DU [ed note: DU = The University of Denver], The Ableton Denver User Group, and Boulder’s annual Communikey…
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paperbits: Beautiful Modeler Beautiful Modeler is a software tool for gestural sculpting using a multi-touch controller such as an iPad. Each finger is used to control a single touch point in the model, with multiple layers working to build up 3D volume. As the controller is connected over the wireless network, it can be moved…