For Future Reference: A Public Event Series at The Institute for the Future

Will We Do Tech Right This Time? Join us for an in depth discussion of how newer, more disruptive tech integrates into our lives.

Institute for the Future’s For Future Reference Public Event Series happens on Thursday, May 16th in Palo Alto, California. It features Amber Case, IFTF research fellow, American cyborg anthropologist, author of Calm Technology, and user experience designer; Dr. Julie Albright, Sociologist specializing in digital culture and communications, and author of Left to Their Own Devices; and Jane McGonigal, IFTF Director of Game Research + Development and author of SUPERBETTER: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver, and More Resilient—Powered by the Science of Gamesand Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World, among others. These authors will explore the ways machine learning, AI and immersive technology enhance and hinder our lives and how to prepare for the future ahead.

This event will also serve as the premiere of Amber Case’s new interactive sound-based art installation, in Palo Alto. “Button Tree" is a collaborative effort, combining original compositions by Case’s artistic identity and engineering by Reese Bowes of Intel. The installation consists of two headphone sets and nine interactive buttons engaging a sound collage method of altering found sounds in the environment, allowing users to collaboratively compose a new experimental piece.

Agenda: 6:00 Doors open 6:20 Program begins 7:15 Audience Q & A 8:00 Doors close

Proceeds from this event go directly to support Institute for the Future's For Future Reference public events series, as a part of our efforts to share the best of our research and strategic foresight practices.

IFTF’s For Future Reference is a public event series featuring talks with influential and prominent authors, designers, artists, economists, historians, journalists, entrepreneurs, activists, technologists, community leaders, and other global change makers. To learn more about our full list of events visit our website, or subscribe to News from the Future.

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/will-we-do-tech-right-this-time-an-in-depth-discussion-of-how-newer-more-disruptive-tech-integrates-tickets-60901621389

Designing with Sound

Sun, November 18, 2018 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM PST Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/designing-products-with-sound-principles-and-patterns-for-mixed-environments-fab590-tickets-49056014861

Description Sound is one of the most commonly overlooked components in product design, even though it’s often the first way people interact with many products. When designers don’t pay enough attention to sound elements, customers are frequently left with annoying and interruptive results. This practical workshop covers several methods that product designers and managers can use to improve everyday interactions through an understanding and application of sound design.

You’ll Learn How to:

• Understand the place of sound in design, and how it can make a difference in your product

• Learn key concepts in sound design, with patterns and principles you can use to improve user experience

• Learn how to integrate sound design into a project

• Use exercises to help evaluate sound design

We have a limited number of scholarships for our workshops. If you need an application, please send an email to mtc@pnca.edu with your complete name and contact information.

If you know of anyone who’d enjoy these workshops, please let them know! These are aimed at user experience designers, students, artists and technologists. You do not have to be affiliated with PNCA to attend.

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Calm Technology to be translated into Japanese and Published by BNN Japan

"How to design technology that becomes a part of everyday life so deeply that you are not aware of its existence! ?? --A book full of ideas, examples, and practical work tools."

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I am excited to announce that Calm Technology is now available in Japanese!

@mui_labo is a startup in Japan that blends nature w/ technology. They created a product based on calm tech principles, translated the book, and even created a calm tech lab! I am so excited that they have undertaken the work to translate the book into Japanese.

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Here is the press release from Mui Japan!

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