Tangibly understanding intangible complexities: Designing for distributed autonomous organizations Bettina Nissen, Ella Tallyn and Kate Symons, University of Edinburgh New digital technologies such as Blockchain and smart contracting are rapidly changing the face of value exchange, and present new opportunities and challenges for designers. Designers and data specialists are at the forefront of

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Lab Papers Three short papers that were originally submitted and presented at the DAO workshop at DIS 207 have been updated for publication and speculate upon the implication of DAOs for autonomous housing (Margariti and Onabolu), emerging routines of value (Nicolescu) and grading systems for universities (Rooksby and Dimitrov). Together

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Vol 4: Issues 1 & 2 Disruptive agents: Transdisciplinary and posthumous manifestations of the studio Paul Thomas, UNSW Art and Design David Eastwood, UNSW Art and Design In the wake of the post-studio era that took place during the latter half of the twentieth century, new (and renewed) possibilities for

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To Nina Czegledy with love Iliyana Nedkova In her letter to Nina Czegledy, Iliyana Nedkova recovers  the complex geographies, mediums and collaboration that have defined this extraordinary figure in media art. “Data is Beautiful as you would say but I wonder how do we visualize our professional lives in data

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Gillian Crampton Smith This Volumes interview is with Gillian Crampton Smith who established the Computer Related Design programme at the Royal College of Art. This insightful interview provides an insight into the design technologies of the late 1980’s and the early 1990’s that offered a platform and an opportunity for

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Superflux Jon Ardern & Anab Jain Small, but perfectly formed, Superflux remains a centre for collaborative design, working at the intersection of emerging technologies and everyday life to design for a world in flux. “At Superflux we work closely with clients on strategy for product and service invention. The Superflux

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Once Upon a Future Debbie Maxwell The Once Upon a Future Lab engages with the role of science fiction as a means of expressing and exploring our fears, hopes and desires as we design with technology. The title of the Lab is derived from a two-part evening of stories from

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Controlling the Message: New Media in American Political Campaigns, Farrar-Myers and Vaughn (eds), Indiana University Press, 316 pp., ISBN: 9781479867592 Reviewed by Hadi Mehrpouya, Edinburgh College of Art. The last three decades witnessed a major change and strong momentum towards digitization and the use of digital technologies. This momentum got

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Mobile AV experiences from urban peripheries of Rio de Janeiro, Wearable mobile technologies, Globalization & Building egalitarian Communities. Aesthetic disruptions: Mobile audio-visual experiences from urban peripheries of Rio de Janeiro Liliane Leroux, State University of Rio de Janeiro Anne Clinio, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro This article focuses on

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Early Mobile Aesthetics as Intervention to the Industry dominated Discourse The Archaeology section will explore a historical perspective on the research area of mobile filmmaking as an emerging field and intervention across the technologies that established a critical and at that time original aesthetic. The 1st International Feature Film Screening

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