(re)Vision Cincinnati: Transforming Cities through Civic Engagement

This paper presents the framework and outcomes of two transformative projects aimed at developing strategies for re-envisioning Cincinnati’s urban and historic core. Through a unique collaboration between University of Cincinnati’s DAAP students, adjunct faculty, the community, and key civic stakeholders, the projects brought to light the possibilities for creating a best-in-class visitor experience and transforming a derelict urban district once celebrated as the center for Brewing in Cincinnati.

Interjection / Integration: Devising Charrettes and Critiques for EGD Classrooms

Charrettes and critiques can be devised specifically for experiential graphic design course goals and assignments in order to inform design process and final project outcomes in particular and unanticipated ways. For the purposes of this paper, charrette refers to a planned, intensive and timed experience that is strategically directed toward the investigation and solution of a specific design goal or objective. The term critique implies a group dialogue, analysis or assessment of work during a particular phase of design process. Diverse approaches to these considerations are explored and illustrated within this paper.

Challenges and Opportunities in building an undergraduate Experiential Design program

This paper provides an in-depth overview of the process in developing the Bachelor of Experiential Design degree (BXD) in the Faculty of Animation, Arts and Design (FAAD) at Sheridan College, located in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.

All We Are Doing is Designing Interfaces!

All We Are Doing is Designing Interfaces Between People and the Environment

All We Are Doing is Designing Interfaces!

Bluecadet's Play at the National Baseball Hall of Fame

In addition to interactive debate surfaces, the Whole New Ballgame exhibit features a massive interactive video jukebox queued up with film from decades of baseball for fans to select, watch and watch again on four enormous interactive video displays – each made of four 55-inch screens unified by an IR frame and a thin glass surface that registers touch across the entire wall.

Developing Digital Content with SenovvA's P. Michael Anderson

P. Michael Anderson at the Xplorer bootcamp.

"I want people to be comfortable with the language of technology employed in design," Anderson says. "They should come away from this Xplorer bootcamp seeing digital media as simply another design material." He also will focus his audience on the need to incorporate planning into content development so that it is as much a part of the design as the material.

Learn to Code with Lauren Kelly Sheridan, July 14, 2016

Lauren Kelly Sheridan at Xplorer in LA 07.14.16

Web development has changed enormously in just the last few years. Where web design entailed handwriting HTML and CSS code, that work has been greatly simplified through widely available content management systems (CMS). If you haven't refreshed your coding skills (or learned them in the first place), you are not alone.

Bluecadet Goes Inside Van Gogh's Bedrooms

Van Gogh's Bedrooms exhibit at Art Institute of Chicago / Interactives by Bluecadet

Bluecadet (Philadelphia) developed a suite of interactives for the Art Institute of Chicago's newest exhibit, Van Gogh's Bedrooms--the first time all three versions of Vincent Van Gogh’s The Bedroom have been displayed together in North America.

Returning Home to Iceland’s Volcano Museum

At a museum dedicated to the wrath of a 1973 volcano, interactive experiences help visitors explore the site and make peace with the worst natural disaster in Iceland’s history. The project was an Honor winner in the 2015 SEGD Global Design Awards.

Xlab 2015 Charts the Journey from Digital Technology to User Experience

On the path to integrate digital technology into user experiences that connect people to place, Xlab 2015both inspired and informed. Designers, planners, municipalities, and makers have come a long way toward changing the world with technology, but there's still a long way to go. Read our Xlab recap and help chart the exciting journey!