Human Powered Objects
How could people become their own renewable source of energy?

A growing number of everyday objects are now fitted with electronic features, making them dependent on standby energy sources. Mobile devices, toys, alarm clocks use up mountains of batteries each year.
While technology so far has been developed towards a state of minimum human effort, this workshop now explores the potential of using the human body itself as a renewable power source.

Higher Institute of Product Development, Antwerp, Belgium

Politics of Play
Enabling collaborative networks in public places

The Politics of Play is a collaborative workshop inviting artists, sociologists, designers, game designers, urban planners... PEOPLE to come together in an expedition. The purpose of this journey is to foster collaborative networks in the city through the medium of play.

With Amy Franceschini as Futurefarmers

At Mal au Pixel/ Pixelache, Paris

Learning Tree

Through the Learning Tree leaflets, people of Chicago's Midway Plaisance, Eaglewood and Woodlawn districts were asked to share what they know with their neighbours. Fragments of knowledge, expertise, and identity within the community became locally published, such as cooking recipes, chemical formulas or tree information for the benefit of other passersby.

With Dan S. Wang and Kevin Haywood.

UNESCO toys workshop in Armenia
Toys for children’s rehabilitation

During this two week workshop we visited different childcare facilities in Yerevan to develop new toys for children with special needs.

The symposium, workshop and exhibition were a joint effort of Studio-College of the National Aesthetics Center, the Soros Foundation’s Open Society Institute (OSI), World Vision Armenia, Fördern durch Spielmittel – Spielzeug für behinderte Kinder e.V. and UNESCO Armenia.