Busy times. Last week I returned from Nottingham after a two-days long
Workshop on Creative Science 2011 (part of the Intelligent Environments 2011 conference held at the University of Nottingham), where I was given an honour to present my science fiction prototype:
"The End of Hearing". The quality and variety of talks was surely a surprise to everyone who gathered to listen. Enough to say that for me the whole event was as much about engineering and science, as creative thinking and design. I would like to thank everyone who was involved in organising it—this is a genuinely hot thing today and it can evolve into something really big and important tomorrow. But most of all, it has a potential of becoming a free-minded platform of designer-scientist collaboration... at least I would hope for that.
It was also great to meet some mighty people and get to know their work a bit closer:
Regina Peldszus,
Marc Tuters,
Kevin Tassini and
Tiina Kymäläinen. I enjoyed your presentations very much—well done, guys!
I am looking forward to taking part in the next workshop in 2012.
Below: 1 & 2] Notthingham Trent University monumental fascist-like building. It looks dated now, but it is a high-tech education facility inside! 3] modernist lights in one of the twin lecture halls—love it! Slick, tidy, modern and effective. Reminds me of some lovely old shops in East Berlin equipped with forgotten products from the Bauhaus era.
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