Second Life

found an interesting article on second life:

Architects from Poland, Sweden, Egypt, England, Italy, Denmark, Canada, and the USA meet to discuss 3D Import Tools in Second Life

http://archsl.wordpress.com/2007/03/22/3d-import-tool-10am-session-complete/

Faneuil Hall

I just sent an email to the Faneuil Hall Site contact, and I am waiting to hear back from them about site signage possibilities. I am very interested in implementing this project into the actual site, and making this new technology visible, however temporary. There are many ways to tie back into existing signage, such as the Boston Rocks advertisements inside.

Sprint

I am still very interested about the poster/board layout and the code's physical presence. Here's sprint's page with their 2D barcode

Site Signage Possibilities

Using ConnexTo, a phone with internet capabilities will connect people to parts of the city often left unexplored by the common tourist. Along a series of sixteen nodes defined by the Freedom Trail, people will have a choice of new experiences defined by 2D codes that can be scanned into our phones.

Due to the limited space we have to work with on site because of cost issues, an alignment with existing signage on each site would raise the visibility of our project. With the capabilities of our phones today, video, audio and photographic representation of the new suggested sites are possible. Here are existing signage possibilities I found on the Faneuil Hall site that could be used:





Getting into contact with the Faneuil Hall owners, for example, will be crucial to the idea of tying into existing site signage. Because we have the advantage of making these codes very small, tying into this signage should not be a huge challenge.

Homeless Cart Competition

"Homelessness is a complex issue encompassing multiple facets of society. the theme (and the jury decision) caused much controversy and the here presented 130 variations on the theme are already widely discussed across many sites. It is no surprise to us that we are receiving comments suggesting that we are doing something superficial and self-satisfying, but in answer to that, we say that design is the tool we know best, so we will use it to bring social discussion to our audience.
the massive participation rate made it clear that there is a growing awareness of the homeless issue."
-Shelter in a Cart Competition Statemet

One question that comes to mind when seeing some of these designs is how the competition came to be. Are we really striving to better situate people in the streets or should we be aiming to get the homeless off the streets? Doesn't one further separate the homeless from society by successfully designing an adaptable shelter?