Presentation Simon Bowen
If you were not able to attend the lecture by Simon Bowen in his Critical Artefact Methodology in design, you can have a look at his presentation.
puntKom #2 – SoundCoding – Why Mr Blob needs to be happy
Since January 2010 the educational program Communication & MultiMediadesign (with the support of the Social Spaces group) is organising the so-called puntKom-sessions.
puntKom is a series of informal meetings (each second Thursday of the month). It is a mix of crispy lectures, tasty workshops, bite-sized performances and yummy demos. In short, a meeting place for those passionate about media, culture, design and technology!
The first puntKom dealt with Serious Gaming & Digital Bastard Culture and there were lectures by Roman Kirschner & Mirko Tobias Schäfer.
puntKom #2 was all about SoundCoding, how code can create sound. Each participant had a small talk (of some ten minutes) and afterwards people could have a better look at the different projects (and drink a free beer of course). We saw Mr Blob, a project by C-md-students Danny Leen & Thomas Lammers. They created a “cuddly” interface which should help to settle disputes on difference in musical taste when you’re having a party or when you’re sitting in a bar: by “stroking” Mr Blob, you will draw his attention. If you are gentle enough, Mr Blob will be happy and the music in the bar will change to the music you like (using your Last.fm-profile). Well, for more info, just check the movie below…
making of the BLOB – interactive social music creature from Thomas Lammers on Vimeo.