Totemcollective » News http://www.totemcollective.com Industrial, graphic & conceptual design Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:05:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Interactive Light Design at Co2penhagen http://www.totemcollective.com/blog/light-design-at-co2penhagen/ http://www.totemcollective.com/blog/light-design-at-co2penhagen/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:27:29 +0000 admin http://www.totemcollective.com/?p=224

Forest of Light

TotemCollective created an interactive lighting installation for CO2PENHAGEN in collaboration with Yoke Interaction Design. The lighting was all LED and functioned as a space where light and interactions meet. Through the installation, you could experience how technology and LED lights can be merged to create amazing visual effects.
The interactive light in the forest area was lit up by the help of the visitors. A camera in a specific zone tracked the visitor’s movement. This movement determined the lighting in the forest.
The DTU building stood out with colored Versa tubes in the windows.
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TotemCollective was at Columbia College Chicago from the 10th to 18th October 2009 that entire week conducting workshops and lectures in addition to discussions of design and copyright.

The two worlds of design and copyright have quite many surfaces of contact and rises some interesting questions regarding the world of ideas and their rightful owner, if such a one exists.


- Can you own an idea?

- Where lays the difference between inspiration and copying?

- Which position do we take as designers in a world where everything is being copied?

- How do we survive as designers in a copy-world?

- Are we basically pro or against copy?

- In which way can we make use of copies in our world?

- Can we create designs that people are able to copy without being criminalized?


Download program

]]> http://www.totemcollective.com/blog/columbia-college-chicago/feed/ 0 Workshop: Interactive Façades – Light as material http://www.totemcollective.com/blog/workshop-interactive-facades-light-as-material/ http://www.totemcollective.com/blog/workshop-interactive-facades-light-as-material/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:22:01 +0000 admin http://www.totemcollective.com/?p=207

We participated in a workshop held by Digital Urban Living, CAVI and Martin Professional on media facades at Danish Design Center (DDC) in Copenhagen. The aim of the workshop was to develop visual and interactive experiments to explore the potentials of large media screens in public space. The experiments were conducted on six large screens – making a total of 24 square meters – installed in the windows at DDC in the center of Copenhagen.

TotemCollective created an installation using the human body as a curser to navigate in Google earth. A camera located on the roof of DDC was tracking people’s movements within a marked zone.

Collaboration with architect Mikkel Kjærgård Christiansen.

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Photo by Daniel Pinheiro

Line Langballe

p: +45 2621 0465

Christina Okai Mejborn

p: +45 2886 7170

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TotemCollective have been working as consultative designers for the City of Copenhagen in optimizing the workflow at the Citizen Service Centers.

The Totem Design System was centered on dialogs with the employees and the citizens. Through observations, workshops and interviews we adjusted the workspace and created a new flow in the interior.

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ddc.dk

]]> http://www.totemcollective.com/blog/flying-east/feed/ 0 Teaching at The University of Tennessee http://www.totemcollective.com/blog/teaching-at-the-university-of-tennessee/ http://www.totemcollective.com/blog/teaching-at-the-university-of-tennessee/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:56:37 +0000 admin http://www.totemcollective.com/?p=176

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In 2008, The artist group, Superflex, invited us to do a new set of furniture for “COPYSHOP” – a project that was hosted by The Art Gallery of Knoxville, Tennessee.

We launched The Original C Plus System which is an open and modular shelving and seating system, at the COPYSHOP from September 12th - October 31st 2008. The ramification in the system symbolizes a modern world of collaboration and open culture going through the path from original to copy. The thought behind the design is to demonstrate the development of ideas and the variation of people involved in the process from original idea to the carrying out of the actual design.
The Original C Plus System exhibition was supported by Jørgen Christensen Snedkeri and Kvadrat

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Scholarships:

2008: Træfonden

2008: Ministry of Cultural Affairs


Lectures:

Oct 2009: Columbia College Chicago, TOCPS / TOTEMCOLLECTIVE, Illinois

Aug 2009: Co2penhagen, USE OF LED IN DESIGN PROCESSES, Copenhagen

Sep 2008: University of Tennessee, TOCPS, Tennessee

May 2007: The Alexandra Institute, URBAN DIGITAL LIVING, Aarhus

Feb 2007: Aarhus School of Architecture, MERGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND PREFAB CONCRETE, Aarhus


Workshops:

Oct 2009: Columbia College Chicago, OPEN (D) SOURCE, Illinois

Nov 2009: Copenhagen City Hall, IMPROVEMENT OF WORKFLOW, Copenhagen

Sep 2008: University of Tennessee, TOCPS, Tennessee

May 2007: The Alexandra Institute, URBAN DIGITAL LIVING, Aarhus


Exhibitions:

Mar – Apr 2010: FAIR USE, Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College Chicago

Sep – Oct 2008: TOCPS, The Art Gallery of Knoxville, Tennessee

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Warning display at dangerous junctions

We have designed a warning display to prevent right-turn accidents involving bicycles and lorries.

The See-mi technology facilitates communication between lorries, bicycles and traffic lights at dangerous junctions. By means of this communication, the driver of a right-turning lorry is made aware of the risk of cyclists on his right side. This gives the driver an additional chance of avoiding dangerous situations.

Watch video

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