Pinwheels: visualizing information flow in an architectural space Export

@inproceedings{Ishii2001a, abstract = {We envision that the architectural spaces we inhabit will become an interface between humans and online digital information. We have been designing ambient information displays to explore the use of kinetic physical objects to present information at the periphery of human perception.This paper reports the design of a large-scale Pinwheels installation made of 40 computer-controlled pinwheel units in a museum context. The Pinwheels spin in a "wind of bits" that blows from cyberspace. The array of spinning pinwheels presents information within an architectural space through subtle changes in movement and sound.We describe the iterative design and implementation of the Pinwheels, and discuss design issues.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Ishii, Hiroshi and Ren, Sandia and Frei, Phil}, booktitle = {CHI '01: CHI '01 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems}, citeulike-article-id = {3268310}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=634067.634135}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/634067.634135}, doi = {10.1145/634067.634135}, isbn = {1-58113-340-5}, keywords = {ambientdisplay, architecture, ceiling, installation}, location = {Seattle, Washington}, pages = {111--112}, posted-at = {2008-09-15 09:53:20}, priority = {2}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Pinwheels: visualizing information flow in an architectural space}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/634067.634135}, year = {2001} }

TY - CONF ID - Ishii2001a L3 - citeulike-article-id:3268310 N2 - We envision that the architectural spaces we inhabit will become an interface between humans and online digital information. We have been designing ambient information displays to explore the use of kinetic physical objects to present information at the periphery of human perception.This paper reports the design of a large-scale Pinwheels installation made of 40 computer-controlled pinwheel units in a museum context. The Pinwheels spin in a "wind of bits" that blows from cyberspace. The array of spinning pinwheels presents information within an architectural space through subtle changes in movement and sound.We describe the iterative design and implementation of the Pinwheels, and discuss design issues. CY - Seattle, Washington SN - 1-58113-340-5 AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 112 TI - Pinwheels: visualizing information flow in an architectural space PB - ACM T2 - CHI '01: CHI '01 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems SP - 111 KW - ambientdisplay KW - architecture KW - ceiling KW - installation AU - Ishii, Hiroshi AU - Ren, Sandia AU - Frei, Phil PY - 2001/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/634067.634135 ER -