A "conversation starter" presentation prepared for a Relay Studio workshop on communication and technology in public space.

1. S T U D I O S T U D I O
Having Conversations through
Technology in Public Space
Andrew Lovett-Barron
@readywater
Movable Type at the New York Times building by Mark Hansen and Ben Rubin

2. Jason Bruges Studio
Opportunities for conversation

3. The Woods by Camille Sherrer
A new type of experience

4. Kiosk set up at Terminal1 in Pearson YYZ
Experiences for individuals

5. Night Light by YesYesNo
Experiences for groups

6. We have new possibilities
through technology.

7. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Computers can see

8. Studio Roosgaarde
Computers can feel

9. Computers can listen

10. Technologies change,
Audiences don’t.
We must value experience over
technology.

11. People on People by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Make excuses for play

12. Body Paint by Memo Akten
http://www.memo.tv/bodypaint/
Let people by physical

13. Sniff by Karolina Sobecka
Make something worth sharing

14. Why do organizations invest in
interactive public spaces?

15. Engineer moments for sharing

16. L.A.S.E.R by Free Art and Technology labs/Graffiti Research
Lab
Conversation, not broadcast

17. Museum installation by Local Projects
Connecting experiences

18. Funky Forest by Design.io
Memory through interactivity

19. How do we make this?
The Process at Relay Studio

20. Conversations and Constraints

21. Rapture by Brad Farwell
Watching how audiences act

22. Concepting shots, collaboration between
Relay Studio and FoundationTO
Planning and Concepting

23. “When Spring Started,” a collaboration
between Andrew Lovett-Barronand Flavia Lopez
Content for Time and Space

24. Screenshot from Kineme
Designing Interactions

25. Prototype to test assumptions

26. Test often to mitigate risk

27. Install and tweak to perfection

28. Observe, iterate, and improve

29. S T U D I O S T U D I O
Andrew Lovett-Barron
@readywater
http://andrewlb.com
andrew@relaystudio.com