We will be presenting at PDC16 in August (in Denmark!) on a new paper. Ours is a short paper under the umbrella of “Participatory Design With and Within Communities” (see the program for Short Papers Session A). OFFICIAL TITLE: Designing in …
Going to PDC16? Come and learn with us! In this half-day learning workshop, you’ll get to prototype with our “game toolkit” on hybrid games, connecting urban furniture to digital flows of communication. (We’ll also be presenting in a related session on Designing in …
Here are a few pictures and quotes from the group show we are in at the LA Municipal Art gallery. The show is called “SKIN,” and is open until April 18th, as we previously announced. Our co-founder Ben Caldwell opened the door to …
Join us when our Sankofa Red payphone travels to Skin, courtesy of co-founder Ben Caldwell. Reception Sunday February 7th from 2-5pm; subsequently open Feb 7-April 17, 2016. For details, see the event page on Facebook. Official description: This exhibition, SKIN, addresses issues that have …
Exciting news: a book on the LA Rebellion was recently released, featuring in part our co-founder, Ben Caldwell. Below is a photo of Ben, holding a copy. Our payphone work continues to be inspired by their influence. (Editors of the book …
This spring USC Professor François Bar and (then) Ph.D candidate Andrew Schrock brought lessons from the Leimert Phone Company’s community prototyping to a USC classroom! After all, couldn’t students also benefit from thinking through how to use design practices to foster innovative …
We are hosting a two-hour Saturday workshop at the Digital Media and Learning conference. Register for just the day (June 13, the third day) or see a list of all workshops. Ours will be from 11am-1pm, in the room called The Palace. …
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By the way, here’s a neat montage of the Leimert Phone Company and the Sankofa Says game, courtesy of Karl Baumann: (This image was made by Karl for the end of the year iMap showcase.)
Last week our first journal article was published! The article was peer-reviewed as part of a special issue on urban planning in the Journal of Community Informatics. Our subject was the “Neighborhood Planning of Technology: Physical Meets Digital City from the Bottom-Up …
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Check out the new video of our urban game Sankofa Says. The game launched in October 2014 as an official selection of IndieCade, the leading independent games festival. How it works: Sankofa Says is a place-based game that brings people together on the …