November 2011
Observations on the rise of the Asian mega-city
Ben King contribues the latest of our Brunel Picks in the run-up to MEX: a June 2011 BBC article by Thomas J Campanella, author of ‘The Concrete Jungle: China’s Urban Revolution and What It Means for the World’.
Ben studied in China as part of …
Where is the tactile future amid all the smooth glass?
Dimitrios Stamatis, one of the Brunel designers participating at the next MEX, selected Bret Victor’s ‘A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design‘ as his inspiring piece.
Victor’s essay takes issue with the proliferation of concept design…
Meet the speakers: Charles Lilley
Charles brings special insight to MEX, with a background combining nearly 40 years in healthcare and IT systems. His knowledge and experience will help guide and provoke discussion in MEX Pathway #5 on best practice mobile healthcare experienc…
Meet the speakers: Christoph Raethke
Christoph is working at the leading edge of gestural interface developments, bringing to MEX his insight into the new MagiTact technology. He has worked in digital projects and content since 1996, founding his first startup in 1999. Since 2002…
Treating sound in new ways
The latest in our series of Brunel Picks comes from Kwok Tan, who shares this talk by Woody Norris, which may help inform discussions on MEX Pathway #9 (Expand mobile interactions with the neglected dimensions of sound and tactility):
The elegance of natural engineering
The MEX blog is featuring ideas, images and videos selected by the designers at Brunel University in the build-up to the next MEX event on 30th November/1st December 2011.
Each breakout team at MEX is supported by a pair of Brunel designers, wh…
The luxury of customisation
Lapo Elkann, who runs the ‘Tailor Made’ programme at Ferrari and is grandson of Italian industrialist Gianni Agnelli, stated in a recent interview with the FT’s How to Spent It magazine: “Today customisation is the key to real luxury, and there is…
Meet the speakers: Priya Prakash
When we were thinking about how best to celebrate the 10th anniversary edition of MEX, it seemed entirely natural to ask Priya Prakash to return to present the opening session of the event. Her 2009 MEX session on balancing commercial imperati…