December 2002
To learn more about the Institute, to meet our faculty and students and to see how we work, you are more than welcome to come to our next Open Day on Friday afternoon 6 December 2002.
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November 2002
On Saturday 23 November, the Institute hosted a one-day conference dedicated to Pier Giorgio Perotto, another famous Olivetti engineer who designed the Olivetti Programma 101, the first desktop programmable electronic calculator.
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November 2002
Interaction-Ivrea faculty and researchers gave five presentations at the international Doors of Perception conference in Amsterdam, 14-16 November, which was attended by more than 900 designers, entrepreneurs, innovators and educators.
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November 2002
'Natale Capellaro's smart machines', an exhibition dedicated to one of Olivetti's most famous office machine designers and taking place at the centennial of his birth, will run until 22 December at the Villetta Casana (home of the Olivetti Historical Archives), Via Miniere in Ivrea, Italy.
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6 September 2002
An interactive installation with six touch screen terminals and eighty luminescent photographs brings beauty and grace to the Venice Pavilion Infospace at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale.
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August 2002
Interaction-Ivrea's first academic year concluded with Open Days for members of the interaction design community, featuring an exhibition of thirty-three "Works in Progress", developed by students and researchers.
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August 2002
In September, Andrew Davidson will take on the responsibility for the academic programme and will be in charge of the planning and implementation of the diploma course. Also in September, Linda Norlen will join the Institute, assisting the Director in academic relations and planning. Massimo Banzi joined the Institute in April 2002 as Associate Professor of Technology.
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August 2002
On 15 September 2002 twenty-six new students will join our two-year interaction design programme. They come from 12 countries: seven are from Italy, nine from the rest of Europe, five from the USA, and five from the rest of the world.
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August 2002
Project developed by a team of staff and students at this year's Architecture Biennale in Venice
Autumn launch of Proce55ing
Fluidtime
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August 2002
More than forty business leaders and senior managers in charge of service innovation participated at Pure Play or Pure Pain, a one-day professional workshop in Ivrea on 16 April about sustainable business models for interactive products and services. Also the second trimester of the academic year 2001-02 kicked off with a weeklong conference, Designing Desire, to explore the potential of interactive media in designing desirable user experiences for the private spaces of our homes and in wearable computing.
The Institute's Director Gillian Crampton Smith, Senior Associate Professor Jan-Christoph Zoels and other senior staff presented the Institute and its work at international conferences.
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May 2002
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May 2002
14 May - David Peters, Director, Design Films: "Openers: 12 Then, 12 Now"
28 May - Juha Huuskonen, Director, Olento, Ltd.: "Life of a Chameleon"
13 June - Jaochim Sauter, Director, Art+Com: "Interactivity in synthetic and real space"
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May 2002
Students of Interaction Ivrea present four of their projects in design stores in Turin, during the Turin contemporary art festival BIG Torino.
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February 2002
To get a taste of what the Institute is all about and to meet the people who created it, potential students are invited to participate in an Open Day at Interaction Ivrea on Friday 8 February 2002.
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