“the ‘e-volo‘ multicopter is a prototype personal transport vehicle, steerable via joystock and powered by sixteen propellers to hover in the air. a team of german professionals– physicist thomas senkel, programmer stephan wolf, and designer philipp halisch, as well as alexander zosel– have just completed the first prototype and test flight of the craft, which they imagine for use towards entertainment purposes, aerial photography and inspection, and short-distance travel.

in ‘e-volo’, altitude, directional control, and balance are automatically managed by onboard computers, while the driver steers by using a simple joystick. the designers note that the program could be integrated with GPS and obstacle detection systems to enable unmanned flight. each of the vehicle’s sixteen motors uses an off-the-shelf battery and is independently controlled, easing maintenance and repairs.

the craft is energy and economically efficient, with a one-hour flight estimated to cost about 6 euros’ worth of electricity. redundancy engineering permits ‘e-volo’ to land safely even if up to four of its motors fail, and the vehicle can also be protected by safety parachute. currently ‘e-volo’ should permit flights of up to 20 minutes, but by integrating a hybrid gas system, or as the capacity of batteries increases, the engineering team suggests that flights could last over an hour.”

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The e-volo team
Thomas Senkel developed the concept as a graduate physicist. He did the complete mechanical and electrical construction of the e-volo multicopter. His specialties are research & development of electric drives and ultralight vehicles and aircrafts. He is an enthusiastic paragliding and ultralight pilot.
Stephan Wolf developed the software from scratch, which controls the e-volo’s onboard flight computer. He has more than 25 years of experience developing core drivers and embedded software development in the industry. Alexander Zosel is responsible for marketing, sales, and public relations. He has developed several patents and utility modules and is an avid paragliding pilot and flight instructor.

Thanks to
Philipp Halisch for the design studies. He is a qualified product designer. He studied in Germany, Mexico and Spain, where he realized projects in urban space. He investigated the needs and practicability of an electrically-operated multicopter as an urban means of transportation.

“with the ‘windows of opportunity’ (‘WOO’) project, GM collaborated with students in the ‘future lab’ masters course at bezalel academy of arts and design in jerusalem to transform car windows into interactive displays. the project’s focus is primarily on enriching
the experience of backseat passengers.

the bezalel design students produced full scale functional prototypes of a rear passenger seat and side windows, using ‘eyeclick‘ motion and optical sensor technology to transform the glass into an interactive surface on which they featured their game designs.

the concepts are not planned for immediate production, but four application designs offer users  glimpse of what this technology may be used towards in the future.”

These guys are great, but I sense they’re both very much graphic designers. What we really need are collaborators where one is a gd, and the other from another discipline.
 

This logo illustrates collaboration between two people really nicely.
Craig and Karl are co-founders of the Australian design collective Rinzen.
craig & karl 
craig redman and karl maier live on opposite sides of the world but collaborate daily to create bold work that is filled with simple messages executed in a thoughtful and often humorous way. they specialize in illustration, installation, typography, as well as character, editorial and pattern design.

craig & karl have exhibited across the world, most notably at the musée de la publicité, louvre. they have worked on projects for clients like lvmh, google, nike, apple, vogue, microsoft, converse, MTV and the new york times.

craig is the creator of the blog darcel disappoints, often working in collaboration with iconic parisian store colette and in 2010 he opened a solo exhibition there, titled ‘and a miserable day to you too’.

‘the objective of the project was to breathe new life into the space which, having been rendered in concrete with little inlet of natural light, felt quite dark and heavy. working closely with the owners, who possess a keen design sensibility, it was decided that the mural would cover all surfaces in a blanket of bright color. there was also a request that the larger wall surfaces be left blank with an eye towards potentially introducing additional, individually commissioned works at a future date. nevertheless it was vital that the installation feel and function as a complete work in its own right. the resulting design is a dynamic mix of overlapping geometric forms that mirror
and respond to the angularity of the architecture. the whole piece is tied together by a winding, ribbon-style device which, acting as a central axis, leads in from the driveway, through the space and out to the garden beyond.’ – craig & karl

An immersive mural for a private residence car park in Sydney, Australia. Mural installation by Edward Woodley. Photo: Katherine Lu.

A mural for Bikes 4 Humanity, an organization that collects pre-loved bikes for donation to communities in Africa. The mural was commissioned by Lend Lease for a collection depot they set up at the Barangaroo site in Sydney. It was also painted in large part by Lend Lease employees. This project was facilitated by Gallery A.S.

Sculpture of film director Michelangelo Antonioni, installed in the Castle Estense Ferrara, the city of Antonioni’s birth. Thanks to Slam Jam for making it possible.

collaboration beween Camron Mcnall and Damon Seeley

Create interactive environments which use layers of technology to intelligently register the movement of pedestrians through public spaces.

At the time of posting couldn’t get their website to work – http://electroland.net/

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Electroland is a team that creates objects, interactive experiences and large-scale public art projects. Damon Seeley co-founded Electroland in 2002. He holds a degree in Design and Media Arts from UCLA, and has fulfilled various roles as an art director, interaction designer, technical director and project manager for design and media-arts projects. Cameron McNall is an Architect and Artist. He received a Master of Architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 1985 and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Design from UCLA in 1978. He co-founded the design collaborative Electroland in 2002.

Drive By. A 73 meter electronic display that tracks passing cars and alternates between two modes: alphanumeric letters that read out famous lines from Hollywood films and abstract letterforms that follow cars as they pass by. Completed 2007

Author Wall. Interactive touchscreen interface, Guadalajara Book Fair, 2009. Visitors manipulate a floating cloud of 200 author names, projected on a 30-meter wall. This is a great example of gd-driven interdisciplinarity.

 
R-G-B ant SCI-Arc, 2001. Three month installation.
Colored lights fill 81 windows, extending over 180 meters at SCI-Arc. Light animations are commanded by cell phone keypad combinations. Anyone could call in and control part of the animation. This project questioned private interaction and control of public spaces.

Colllege Faces. Gateway Community College, New Haven, Connecticut. Year??
The faces of all students, faculty and administators, projected huge, in slow motion. Builds a sense of community, stands in contrast to the “pseudo-tudor” architecture of nearby Yale college. Individual faces can be accessed via smartphone or website.  Another

worth visiting her site to listen to her narrate her ideas behind her most recent album- nature, music, technology- listen, learn, create

http://bjork.com/