Embodied Interaction

Embodied Interaction researches social and phenomenological aspects of situated and embodied experience. We explore and develop novel interactive materials and context-aware devices. These enable us to create responsive environments and mobile services that are sustainable and engage with collective and personal stories.

Keywords: responsive materials, interactive environments, tangible interfaces and context-aware services

Contact

Max Rheiner
Phone: +41 43 446 32 57
Email: max.rheiner@zhdk.ch

Karmen Franinovic
Phone: +41 43 446 32 61
Email: karmen.franinovic@zhdk.ch

Karmen Franinovic

Karmen is an architect and designer working with critical and playful uses of technology in everyday life. She pursues research in fields of sonic interaction, responsive environments, basic design, enaction and ...

Max Rheiner

Max Rheiner ist Bachelor- und Master-Dozent und unterrichtet in den Bereichen Embodied Interaction und Physical Computing. Er ist Ansprechpartner bei Programmierherausforderungen aller Art.

Raphael Perret

Raphael Perret ist ehemaliger Leiter des IAD Elektronik Labors. Er ist Gastdozent in den Bereichen Embodied Interaction mit spezialisierung auf Physical Computing.

Tim Roth

Tim Roth war von 2007-2010 Mitarbeiter im Bereich Multitouchsysteme am IAD tätig. Heute arbeitet Tim Roth als Interaction Designer bei Plasma Design Zürich.

akusTisch

Bachelor Project

Mit der Anwendung von Gesten wird ein intuitiver Interaktionsansatz verfolgt, der es Benutzern jeglicher Erfahrungsstufen erlaubt, auf dem akusTisch klangliche Erlebnisse zu generieren.

Urban Defender

Studium Project

Urban Defender is a location-aware game that takes place in cities and towns. The game and its main interface, the ball, are situated inside the real world.

Bindle

Master Project

Based on user-centered inquiries, a smartphone application is designed that brings local communities together by combining location awareness with playful experiences.

Gesturespace

Bachelor Project

Gestische Steuerung einer immersiven Projektion dreidimensionaler Inhalte

Tamatars

Master Project

a swarm of 16 inspirited rolling objects

Emotive Environments

F&E Project

Research Project on Responsive and Active Materials

Book chapters and Journal Articles

K. Franinovic. “Architecting Play”, Journal of AI & Society - Special issue on Poetic and Speculative Architectures in Public Space. Vol 26.2. Ed. Sha Xin Wei. 2011. Available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/hmv5x2g0u4017k08/

K. Franinovic. “Enactive Encounters in the City” in Responsive Architectures book. Ed. P. Beesley, S. Hirosue, J. Ruxton, M. Traenkle and C. Turner, Riverside Architectural Press, 2006

K. Franinovic, Review of Placing Words: Symbols, Space and the City (2005) by William J. Mitchell, Canadian Journal of Communication, 31.2, 2006. Available at http://www.cjc-online.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/1755/1868

K. Franinovic. ”Behavioural spaces, designing for the social and sensorial ecologies in public spaces”, in Theatre, Dans, Etcetera (96), pp. 22-30. Belgium, April 2005

Conference papers (peer-reviewed, long)

K. Franinovic, A. Wilson. “Hinge Dimension: An Exploration of Enaction in Architecture”. Proc. of the 4th Intl. Conf. on Enactive Interfaces, Grenoble, 2007.

Y. Visell, K. Franinovic, J. Cooperstock. “EcoTile: An Architectural Platform for Audio-Haptic Simulation in Walking“. Proc. of the 4th Intl. Conf. on Enactive Interfaces, Grenoble, 2007.

K. Franinovic and Y. Visell. “Activating Space: from representation to being”, in Proc. Intl. Symposium on Space and Perception, RIXC Center for New Media Culture, Riga, 2005.

Conference Papers (peer-reviewed, short)

K. Franinovic. “Architectures of Play: Participation and Interactivity”. Proc. of the International Symposium on Electronic Art ISEA08, Singapore, 2008.

K. Franinovic, “Participation in urban life: democracy or spectacle?“, Proc. of The First Summit of the Planetary Collegium, Montreal, 2007.

K. Franinovic and Y. Visell. “Modulating Urban Atmospheres: Opportunity, Flow, Adaptation”, in Proc. of The 7th Intl. Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, Tokyo, 2005.

K. Franinovic and Y. Visell. “Recycled Soundscapes”. ACM Designing Interactive Systems: Processes, Practices, Methods, and Techniques, Cambridge, MA, 2004.

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