Doors of Perception

Source	Rob van Kranenburg
Release date	13/09/2002
Contributor	bulanmir

environmental consequences

Press Release 10 September 2002

Doors of Perception 7
Flow: the design challenge of pervasive computing
14,15,16 November 2002 Amsterdam
http://flow.doorsofperception.com

Everything flows said Heraclitus. But we have filled our world with complex technical systems - on top of the natural systems that were already here, and social/cultural ones that evolved over thousands of years without thinking much about the consequences. Some of these consequences, as a result, include environmental decline and poor social quality. So we need to start thinking proactively about the design of complex systems and flows particularly as we pervade the world with smart systems and ambient intelligence.

What happens to society when there are hundreds of microchips for every man, woman and child on the planet most of them (the chips) talking to each other? What are the implications of a world filled with sensors and actuators? What does the world as spread sheet look like? What will it mean it to be 'always on' in a real-time economy? Some of the worlds most insightful designers, thinkers and entrepreneurs will address these questions at Doors of Perception 7 in Amsterdam on 14, 15 and 16 November 2002.The theme of the celebrated international gathering is flow: the design challenge of pervasive computing.

Confirmed Doors of Perception speakers are:
TON VAN ASSELDONK (Netherlands) business advisor
MICHAEL AWAD (Canada) architect/photographer
JANINE BENYUS (USA) author ofBiomimicry: innovations inspired by nature
BEN VAN BERKEL and CAROLINE BOS (Netherlands) UN Studio, architects
PETER BOEGH ANDERSEN (Denmark) maritime instrumentation designer
STEFANO BOERI (Italy) architect
OLE BOUMAN (Netherlands) editor of Archis
JOSHUA DAVIS (USA) web artist
ADITYA DEV SOOD (India) Director Centre for Knowledge Societies, Bangalore
LUIS FERNÁNDEZ-GALIANO (Spain) authorFire and Memory: On Architecture and Energy
FELICE FRANKEL (USA) Director Envisioning Science project at MIT
J C HERZ (USA) CEO, Joystick Nation
IVO JANSSEN (Netherlands) pianist
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO (USA) Centre for Advanced Technology, NYU
DERRICK DE KERCKHOVE (Canada) Director, The McLuhan Programme
ROB VAN KRANENBURG (Netherlands) Flow editor, Doors of Perception
EZIO MANZINI (Italy) Politecnico Milano, expert on sustainability and the design of services
PATRICIA DE MARTELAERE (Belgium) philosopher, author of What Remains
MALCOM McCULLOUGH (USA) author of Abstracting Craft
FRANZISKA NORI (Italy/Gemany) curator ofI Love You at MAK Frankfurt
DAVID ROKEBY (Canada) media artist
ELLIE RUNCIE and GILL WILDMAN (UK) The Design Council
MICHAEL SCHMIDT and TOKE NYGAARD (Denmark) K10K
FELIX STALDER (CANADA) moderator of Nettime , Director of Openflows
BRUCE STERLING (USA) writer
MARCO SUSANI (Italy) director advanced concepts group at Motorola
PHILIP TABOR (UK) former director, Bartlett School of Architecture
JOHN THACKARA (UK) first Perceptron, Doors of Perception
LARS ERIK HOLMQUIST, (Sweden) leader of the Future Applications Lab
AXEL THALLEMER (Germany) Festo Corporate Design
JAKUB WEJCHERT (Belgium) project managerThe Disappearing Computer

Open Doors - Design Grand Prix
Who has the most exciting, innovative and meaningful project for the future use of pervasive computing? To find out, we are staging an exciting special event at the end of Day 2: Open Doors Design Grand Prix. In quick-fire, five-minute presentations, 20 finalists - selected by our advisors from around the world - will present proposals for design scenario projects to a jury of experts.

Doors of Perception
Doors of Perception (Doors) brings together innovators, entrepreneurs, educators, and designers, who need to imagine alternative futures - sustainable ones - and take design steps to realize them. Our products are a better understanding of the design process; scenarios for services that meet emerging needs in new ways; and new connections and capabilities among innovative people and organisations.

Contact details
E: press@doorsofperception.com (Livia Ponzio)
T: 00 31 20 596 3220
F: 00 31 20 596 3202
W: http://flow.doorsofperception.com

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