MURAL Scan
Why is this project worthy of an award?
If you see the camera roll from any knowledge worker, you’ll see 100s of pictures of whiteboards that then take a lot of time to be transcribed - and someone has to deal with that, or they are never used. MURAL Scan detects content in large surfaces and splits them all individually so that the team involved can keep iterating wherever they might be next, right after the in person meeting ended. Design Thinking, Agile and other visual thinking and collaboration projects will be significantly more productive and all those interns will get their time back from dreadful transcription.
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• The AR UI provides elegant feedback that reduces anxiety when scanning the space, something that has been a problem with past attempts and whiteboard digitization • We scan sticky notes, drawings, images, and convert them to a functional object in a virtual whiteboard • When Scan uploads your whiteboard sketch, it identifies and differentiates strokes, creating an editable digital illustration • Our globally distributed MURAL team has been working with feedback and research from our partners and customers at G2k companies world-wide to ensure we're designing for the user - not just to create "something cool"
Who worked on the project?
Agustin Soler, Head of Product Pato Jutard, CTO Celeste Oliveri, Head of UX Juli Racca, Product Manager Mingus Llorente, Engineer Martin Giachetti, Engineer Mariano Suarez-Battan, CEO
View the project video: http://embed.vidyard.com/share/UtUHeFqzMhSkXfPcX7VbPj?
Neuroscientific Installation
Company Ouchhh
Introduction Date November 21, 2018
Project Website
Why is this project worthy of an award?
What would happen if we could see the architectural consciousness? We started this project with the idea that Neuroscience and simultaneous movement of both eyes between two or more phases of fixation in the same direction algorithms, and we transform the high-resolution led screen into a media canvas which transformed into living architecture. Since it was a public event our target was everyone who is attending.
What else would you like to share about your design? Why is it unique and innovative?
Our starting point was time&illusion of time.The inspiration comes from Chronostasis and saccades of human eye.Our goal is to represent saccade detection’s eye tracking algorithms through producing abstract visuals on Fiesp building’s façade by reinterpreting the time illusion The installation made in Sao Paulo which has been retrofitted in the existing honeycomb facade of the pyramidal FIESP Building.The threefold led facade is formed of a network of approximately 26,000 Led Clusters embedded in 3700 m2 metal structure that covers the pyramids FIESP building.
Who worked on the project?
Direction_Design_Animation: Ouchhh (ouchhh.tv) Sound Design: Mehmet Ünal (Audiofil) Documentation: Ouchhh and ICXC Studios (Jorge Mendes)
View the project video: https://vimeo.com/243815952
New York Times Bike Lock
Company Aruliden
Introduction Date May 2, 2016
Project Website https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/13/magazine/design-issue-redesign-challenge.html
Why is this project worthy of an award?
Link is a bicycle lock that combines robust materials with cutting-edge technology. It’s smart: the proximity-based UI lets Link track your location, locking when you walk away and unlocking when you return. It’s tough: dual locking mechanisms require would-be thieves to cut through both sides to free the bike. It’s sensitive: the inside surface is gasketed in silicone elastomer to prevent scratches. It’s sized right: Link is large enough to secure both front wheel and bike frame to a parking meter post. It’s smart: if someone tampers with Link, it will trigger a sonic alarm and send an alert right to your phone. This new icon of safety and security rethinks form and function to solve for bike theft.
What else would you like to share about your design? Why is it unique and innovative?
This conceptual design was part of a New York Times design challenge. Our goal was to think broadly enough to come up with new ideas for bike locks, but then come back with a simple, beautiful solution. Our inspiration for the bike lock comes from a chain link fence—comprised of small parts, but as a whole, a strong protective structure. Initially we tried to solve for security and make the lock indestructible, but once we started exploring options for shapes and materials, looking at benchmarks in the current market, we realized that this would make the lock massive and over-engineered. So we shifted our design to be the ultimate theft deterrent. Part of our shift was creating something iconic and very pure, with no clear point of weakness. The other was using materials like steel and allowing for technology to be housed inside the lock, incorporating alarms and an accelerometer to notify an owner if someone is tampering with their lock. Other than being a deterrent to thieves, we also wanted to elevate the lock to be as beautiful and useful as the bikes it protects. Bluetooth allowed us to explore keyless entry and locking solutions—one less thing to remember. We included a silicone elastomer band on the inside if the lock to protect your bike from scratches and a bracket to house the lock when not in use.
Who worked on the project?
Rinat Aruh CEO, Johan Liden CCO, Felix De Voss Design Director, Nick Burrows Associate Director Industrial Design, Dan Snyder Associate Director Industrial Design, Eric Call Industrial Designer, Jane Lim Industrial Designer, and Eliot Reshetar-Jost Industrial Designer
View the project video: https://we.tl/mVcpaGFDCX
NexOptic Blade Optics (TM) Telescope
Company NexOptic Technology Corp.
Introduction Date April 4, 2017
Project Website https://nexoptic.com/technology/
Why is this project worthy of an award?
Since the time of Galileo’, over 400 years ago, the basic principles behind telescope lens technology has remained virtually unchanged. NexOptic managed to break centuries old “rules” and well-worn thinking to design a telescope lens that utilizes flat optical surfaces, and a previously unheard of square (not round) aperture. NexOptic’s fully-patented telescope lens design allows for a typical lens stack to be compressed by over 8 times the industry norm. This has the potential for any lens-based telescope, from the amateur telescope, to an earth orbiting telescope, to be many times more effective relative to their package sizes. The novice could therefore “take the universe with them”™ so to speak, by taking high powered telescopes on camping expeditions and family getaways, and a unique form-factor could allow new forms of telescopes to be launched into space, giving us new ways to explore the universe around us. NexOptic’s small but ultra-talented team wrote custom software to simulate and test various assumptions to arrive at their finalized design. To further develop and ultimately produce their design, they also worked extensively with Ruda Cardinal of Tucson, Arizona, a renowned US optics brain trust that does regular builds for everyone from NASA to the US military to some of the world’s largest corporations. To achieve NexOptic’s success, not only did they break a lot of rules, they in fact pushed them into what could very well become the dustbin of optics history. A key factor in quality optics imaging has always been the size of the lens aperture. The larger the aperture, the more light and detail a lens can capture. However, a major limitation of traditional optical designs is that the length of a given lens increases as the aperture size increases. NexOptic’s innovations center around creating high quality, long-range imaging solutions that overcome this traditional limitation. The NexOptic proof-of-concept telescope has a nearly 1:1 aperture-to-depth ratio which allows it to have a comparable optical quality to a 5-inch aperture telescope, at a fraction of the depth. NexOptic’s radical departure from traditional curved lens systems has earned them a successful patent for the novel optical design, and has led the company to pursue more opportunities for thin, high-quality optics in the mobile device and sport optics markets. NexOptic’s telescope is worthy of an Innovation by Design award due to the team’s dedication to creating a truly unique design, the great strides taken to successfully demonstrate a new technology, and the possibilities that this new technology opens up for optics, mobile devices, and beyond.
What else would you like to share about your design? Why is it unique and innovative?
NexOptic’s Blade Optics™ technologies hold the potential to radicalize the future of optics forever. We hope to change the way we see the world around us, and affect the way we view each other. It’s anticipated that over one trillion still images will be taken this year, and with each image holding a value of a thousand words, NexOptic lenses may well help us to better write our stories tomorrow, and for generations to come. Unlike other optical innovations that use nanotechnology or advanced materials, the lens system of the proof-of-concept telescope is a completely geometric solution. This means that the technology can be made with traditional optical manufacturing methods, without the need for experimental tools or materials. These innovative optical methods have far-reaching implications – lenses can be made extremely small (for use on smartphones and digital cameras, etc.) or extremely large (for use on telescopes) and require less depth compared to traditional lens systems, while still maintaining high optical resolution. NexOptic is continuing to develop and expand its suite of innovative optical technologies called Blade Optics™ which increase apertures within given depth constraints of various imaging applications. Increasing the aperture size enables a lens system to have an improved diffraction limit, therefore providing the potential for increased resolution capabilities. We hope that we’ve inspired you to take a closer look at NexOptic through the eyes of tomorrow.
Who worked on the project?
Darcy Daugela - Spectrum Optix, Cofounder John Daugela - Spectrum Optix, CEO Dr. Tilman Stuhlinger - Ruda Cardinal, Chief Designer John Mongelli - Ruda Cardinal, Project Manager
View the project video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6Nrp2JbHOI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajnGR9w00xU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90NnvgUuknY
Nina Chanel Abney for Google Pixel // Refinery29 "29 Rooms"
Company ICNCLST
Introduction Date December 15, 2017
Why is this project worthy of an award?
Google invited Nina Chanel Abney to curate two simultaneous projects celebrating the Google Pixel 2. The first was an exclusive set of designs in support of their Live Case Program and the second was to lead the design efforts for their branded space at 29 Rooms, Refinery 29’s artistic funhouse for adults. Google’s “Live Cases” program started in 2016 with world-renowned artist Jeff Koons and since then has expanded to include a diverse list of distinctive artists in support of their unique method of personalizing phone cases. The goal of the program is to curate and customize exclusive Pixel cases with artworks relevant in today’s culture. In this sense, there was no better artist to collaborate with than Nina Chanel Abney. Known for her bold approach on subjects like race, gender, politics and pop culture, her works are included in collections throughout the world. She combines abstraction with spontaneous color to vividly reinterpret our past and present cultural landscapes. There were two types of live cases, each with an interactive wallpaper companion. Users were able to unlock different versions of artwork that could be displayed as a slideshow on the home screen. At 29Rooms, Refinery29 and Google Pixel came together to create a platform that inspired guests to ask more questions. Much like Nina’s work itself, challenging the status quo was at the heart of each dynamic piece throughout the installation and was done so by design. This was the first time Nina has applied her work in a 3-dimensional format but a perfect time to do so. The goal was to celebrate the nostalgic elements in our past when asking questions occurred as matter of fact, by returning people to the ubiquitous familiarity of the childhood playground. By applying her designs in this form, she was able to bring her powerful composition to life while honoring the theme of “ask more questions.”
What else would you like to share about your design? Why is it unique and innovative?
Both projects were able to provide two separate creative territories that supplied a canvas for Nina’s work to inspire people to explore their beliefs, ask questions, and continue to encourage self-expression, while hopefully inspiring others around them to do the same.
Who worked on the project?
ICNCLST: Sky Gellatly Geraldo Rodriguez Nikle Guzijan Moses Aipa Nina Chanel Abney Caroline Newman GOOGLE: E&E | Amanda Matuk, Melinda Collins Pixel Marketing | Bette Ann Schlossberg, Ava Donaldson, Mike Glaser, Jabari Hearn, Leanne Johnson Social | Tobi Rauscher, Crystal Akins Media Lab | Carrie Parent, Jared Grant (and our friends at Essence) REFINERY29
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