Useless A.I. A symposium that explores the design of Artificial Intelligence Thursday March 8th, 2018 7 – 10 pm Wind Tunnel Useless /ˈyo͞osləs/: 1. having no ability – 2. not fulfilling intended purpose. Driven by…
Update: JURY ANNOUNCED — W.F. Umi Hsu, Strategic Designer and Cultural Humanist;Benjamin Bratton, Design Philosopher; Ilona Gaynor, Designer, Artist, and Writer; Elise Co, Interaction Designer. APPLICATION DEADLINE: 12 noon (PST), February 14, 2018 The MDP Summer…
Deadline: Friday, February 2, 2018 In partnership with the Nature, Art & Habitat Residency (NAHR), the MDP is pleased to announce an exciting new opportunity available exclusively to its students, alumni and faculty (full- and part-time)…
By Renée Reizman Tim Durfee, core faculty in the MDP since 2009, has been named a 2017-18 City of Los Angeles (C.O.L.A.) Individual Artist Fellow in design/visual arts by the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs….
By Christine Meinders In Summer 2018, I was awarded the MDP Post-Graduate Fellowship to continue the collaborative research on artificial intelligence (AI) that I began during my graduate thesis. During my thesis, I worked with the group, “Feminist…
By Sally Liu and Nicci Yin What are the implications of embedding artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the urban environment, and how does this affect a user-consumer’s right to the post-internet…
By Renée Reizman MDP faculty exhibited their research at the Wind Tunnel Gallery. The works included design fictions, algorithmic compositions, geodatabases, speculative ethnology, and more. A Piece of Something Bigger showcased current research-in-progress from…
A course in augmented and virutal reality explores the in-between realities of immersive living. By Theo Triantafyllidis As virtual reality and augmented reality technologies become increasingly ubiquitous and cultural acceptance grows, how might these…
By Phil van Allen @maximolly/@philvanallen speak about teaching a new medium when it’s also new to us in “Teaching & Learning Disruptive New Mediums” #ixd17 pic.twitter.com/IIQUyy9vSP — Ji Su Park (@helloimjisu) February 5,…
By: Godiva Reisenbichler As a principal designer at Microsoft HoloLens, Joshua Walton creates new experiences in mixed reality by blurring the line between physical and digital realms. This spring, he brought his skills to…