Comments on: Design and the Elastic Mind

Design and the Elastic Mind

Kattullus — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:04:54 -0800

is a MOMA exhibit of cool objects, gadgets, websites and ideas. Some personal favorites are The PainStation, The Religious Helmet, Body Modification for Love, The Minutine Space and Lightweeds.

By: pwally

pwally — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:36:39 -0800

Caveat: this web site will make more sense if you are a robot.

By: The Loch Ness Monster

The Loch Ness Monster — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:44:15 -0800

The PainStation game reminds me of the surprisingly suspenseful game Shocking Roulette. Which is sort of interesting, but I'm always fascinated when artists pick up a sort of lowbrow idea that's a few years old and present it as cutting edge.

By: lauranesson

lauranesson — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:49:09 -0800

Why is this site screaming at me? The things on it are so cool, but it hurts so.

By: The Loch Ness Monster

The Loch Ness Monster — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:08:04 -0800

On second look some of that stuff is pretty cool: Snow World (VR helmet to distract burn patients from the pain of their bandage changes), Play Pump (kids' merry-go-round that pumps water as they play-- an old idea, but still).

User of the SoMo4 (mobile phone) knocks on the phone to communicate the urgency of the call

I had a boss who did that.

By: maryh

maryh — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:39:58 -0800

I love the cootie catcher/remote control.

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:33:21 -0800

Augh... interface... too... much... art!

By: vronsky

vronsky — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:34:56 -0800

Just loads a black screen for me. Drat!

By: oneirodynia

oneirodynia — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:40:49 -0800

Really, really terrible site design. Which is ironic, considering that so many of the projects on it are about making data more accessible and easier to understand.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:03:59 -0800

I find it's much better when I don't try and read anything on that massive page, and I just click somewhere, and then see what I got. Once I let go like that, I enjoyed this site more. (Kinda like the early web.) I'm still not sure what I'm looking at or where it's taking me, though. But I just got the LED Dog Tail Communicator, then clicked on "interfaces" and it took me to Living Sensors. Why, I dunno, but both exhibits (?) are cool and weird nonetheless.

By: onalark

onalark — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:22:30 -0800

Metafilter Meetup?

By: xthlc

xthlc — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:44:30 -0800

Went to it today. A lot of great pieces and very bad exhibit design. There was a bit of a crowd, but moved agonizingly slowly because of bad sign placement and flow control. I'd wait until the initial rush dies down and avoid the crowds. I really liked the concept of AfterLife.

By: mr. strange

mr. strange — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:00:06 -0800

My sea level rise maps are part of this exhibition. MOMA's web-site sure it Flashtastic, though.

By: davemee

davemee — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:44:00 -0800

LOADING INTERFACE LOADING ASSETS .... LOADING INTERFACE LOADER ... LOADING INTERFACE ASSETS ... LOADING INTERFACE ... (sits to attention) ... ... LOADING ASSETS ... LOADING OUTLINES FOR LETTER 'F' ... LOADING A NICE CUP OF TEA, BE RIGHT BACK (ctrl-w)