We got ourselves a design award!
July 5th, 2011 by rbanks
It’s not common for a team at Microsoft Research, a division involved in the academic exploration of all things computer science-like, to have much of a connection to the discipline of design. There are quite a few teams in addition to mine that have designers in them, though, and who take design practice seriously as part of the process of developing and exploring ideas.
So it’s great to get a little recognition from the design community, rather than from the academic one. I’m pleased to say that the Technology Heirlooms work that we’re doing in Cambridge, and which I’ve talked about a lot on this site, just got itself a prestigious design award.
We entered the work in the “Design Research” category for the IDEA 2011 competition, run by the Industrial Design Society of America, and came away with a silver award, which I’m very happy and proud about.
You can see our submission details on the IDEA 2011 site.
For those who are interested, here’s my original PDF submission.
And for good measure, here’s the follow up poster.
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Jon Nehring Says
Well done, Richard!
Jul 13th, 2011 at 5:20 am
Tony Redhead Says
Congratulations, this is a subject I’m very interested in and I love the work you are doing in this field. I’ve been working in the area of computer graphics since 1984 and I turned 60 late last year so the question of the continuation of my digital self’s existence is quite an interesting one.
Jul 15th, 2011 at 1:22 am
Chris Lim Says
Fantastic and well done! It is indeed something to celebrate.
Jul 28th, 2011 at 8:33 am