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Slides and notes for ‘The City Is My Games Console’ at CIID

By Kars | Published: 11-06-2010

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of doing an open lecture at CIID; the Copenhagen Institute for Interaction Design. Below you’ll find a selection of the slides I used, plus a rough transcript of what I said.1 Not included is arguably the most fun part of the afternoon, which was a playtest of [...]

Posted in Talks | Also tagged Adam Greenfield, architecture, Change Your World, CIID, Frank Lantz, games, Jane Jacobs, Kevin Lynch, Koppelkiek, local, location-based, locative, Malcolm McCullough, pervasive games, urban games, urbanism | 4 Comments

Shaping the city with urban games at Visible Cities #03

By Kars | Published: 16-04-2010

Last week I had the pleasure of being able to speak at Visible Cities, which is a series of events on emerging technologies and the city. The third edition looked at urban gaming and brought together architects, designers and technologists to explore how these games can be used to shape cities. Michiel de Lange kicked [...]

Posted in Talks | Also tagged architecture, game design, games, play, urbanism, Visible Cities | 1 Comment

Talking about game design at Visible Cities #03

By Kars | Published: 06-04-2010

Head over to TrouwAmsterdam tomorrow for what is sure to be another interesting Visible Cities. I can’t think of another event in NL at the moment that is more at the forefront of urbanism and interaction design. So I’m pleased to announce I’ll be there to provide a short overview of what we’ve been up [...]

Posted in Upcoming | Also tagged architecture, game design, interaction design, TrouwAmsterdam, urbanism, Visible Cities | Leave a comment

Architects vs. Game Designers – Fight!

By Kars | Published: 31-03-2010

If you’re like me and consider the city to be a playground, then I’d love to have you join me in two weeks at the Waag for the first Best Scene in Town workshop. The aim of this event is to explore the potential of location-based media in the city. We’re looking for participants with [...]

Posted in Upcoming | Also tagged 7scenes, architecture, game design, games, locative, Martijn de Waal, play, Ronald Lenz, The Mobile City, urbanism, Waag Society, workshops | 2 Comments

Slides and notes for Transmutation at Raum Schiff Erde 2010

By Kars | Published: 23-02-2010

So I’ve returned from a short but wonderful trip to Hamburg (too short, really). Below you’ll find slides plus notes for the talk I gave at Raum Schiff Erde, a conference put together by a group of Reboot adepts. I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed the laid-back atmosphere, the curious venue and the nice [...]

Posted in Talks | Also tagged conferences, games, networks, play, systems, Talks, urbanism | Leave a comment

Kars Alfrink speaking at RaumschiffEr.de in Hamburg

By Kars | Published: 04-02-2010

On February 21 I’ll be speaking at RaumschiffEr.de in Hamburg.1 It’s is a little brother of Reboot, a conference in Copenhagen I love for its relaxed atmosphere, eclectic mix of people and slightly countercultural leanings. RaumschiffEr.de aims to help designers and technologists become more aware of the many networks they rely on — people, technologies, [...]

Posted in Upcoming | Also tagged conferences, games, networks, play, Talks | 5 Comments

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