David Boardman

Selected projects 2002-09



Focused on the intersection of urban environment, social/cultural complexity and technologies, David is a designer engaged in envisioning radical solutions to create connections between people, information and physical spaces. To sustain his approach, he actively takes part along a design process with contributions in terms of creative thinking, design strategy, user experience and prototyping techniques.

He has presented his design and media arts projects in a number of international exhibitions and conferences. David is a distinguished graduate of Domus Academy / Interaction Design Institute and he holds an undergraduate degree in Media & Communication Studies. He is currently a Research Scholar at the MIT Design Laboratory (Mobile Experience Lab), a research lab operating within the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

News & Updates



Locast - Civic Media | Mobile street reporting & participatory journalism platform

  • Mobile experience, Geo-social networks, Civic media
  • Porto Alegre (BR) / MIT, September - November 2009
  • Partner: PUCRS university

Locast - Travels | Location-based media & innovative travel experience

  • Mobile experience, Locative, Wearable computing
  • Venice (IT) / MIT, February - July 2009
  • Client: RAI New Media - Italian Public Broadcast TV

Connected Home | Envisioning the Connected Home in the future

  • Scenarios & future casting, Energy management, Green design
  • Boston (US) / MIT, March - September 2008
  • Client: Cisco Systems Inc.

Ride.Link | Wearable media for social sustainability

  • Social sustainability, Mobile experience, Wearable
  • Brescia (IT) / MIT, September - December 2008
  • Client: Provincia Brescia

This or That | Mobile social shopping

  • Mobile experience, Mobile Social Software, Social Shopping
  • Barcelona (ES) / MIT, July - November 2008
  • Client: Telefonica

That's Alcohol | Breathalizer 2.0

  • Interactive exhibition, Physical computing, Playful experience
  • Milano (IT) / FuoriSalone, March 2007
  • Venue: Milan Design Week 2007

DigePige | Platform for commerce information sharing

  • Mobile experience, Locative, Non-mediated economical transactions
  • Milan (IT) - Domus Academy, February 2007
  • Client: IconMediaLab

Transdanube | A networked object

  • Locative, Internet of things, Prototype, Physical computing
  • Budapest (HU) / Kitchen Budapest, August 2007
  • Client: Kitchen Budapest (Deutsche Telekom)

Random Messenger | Augmenting common objects

  • Media arts, Rapid prototyping, Playful Experiences
  • Milano (IT) / Domus Academy, February 2007
  • Support: Tinker.it

Cultural Luggage | A DIY locative media platform

  • Locative, Wearable, Software prototyping
  • Torino (IT) - January - March 2005
  • Venues: Santiago de Chile (CL), Pinerolo (IT)

Orama | A collaborative narration for contemporary flaneurs

  • Media arts, Net-art, Collaborative hypertext
  • Torino (IT), Valparaiso & Santiago de Chile (CL) / 2002-2005
  • Independent work

in.fondo.al.mar / under.the.sea | Interactive information visualization

  • Data visualization, Collaborative, Activism
  • November 2009
  • Independent work

Green Wheel | Smart mobility & ubiquitous computing scenarios

  • Scenarios & future casting, Mobility, Ubiquitous Computing
  • Boston (US) / MIT, April 2009
  • Partner: MIT Media Lab - Smart Cities Group

A day at MIT with NFC | NFC technology in everyday life

  • Scenarios & Future casting, Mobile experience, Ubiquitous computing
  • Boston (US) / MIT, April - May 2008
  • Client: Nokia

Le voci della pressa | Memory of the industrial archeology in Modena district

  • Interactive exhibition, Memory, Rapid prototyping
  • Milano / Fiorano Modenese (IT) - DARC, January - February 2008
  • Client: Domus Academy Research & Consulting

Dinamo|Complesso plastico | Experience on Made in Italy collective imagery

  • Interactive exhibition, Tangible interfaces, Collective imagery
  • Milano (IT) / Domus Academy, September - November 2007
  • Client: Fondazione Valore Italia

The Bubbies | Robot assisted play

  • Scenario, Robotics, Playful Experiences
  • Milano (IT) - Domus Academy, March - April 2007
  • Client: IROMEC consortium

DejaVu | A collection of vintage wearables

  • Mobile experiences, Wearable, Fashion
  • Milano (IT) - Domus Academy, June-July 2007
  • Client: Total Tool

Memoria Historica de la Alameda | Collective memory of recent Chilean history

  • Media arts, Locative, Memory
  • Santiago de Chile (CL) / Universidad de Chile, May - July 2005
  • Support: Universidad de Chile

Deriva en Santiago | Psychogeography experience in Santiago de Chile

  • Media arts, Psychogeography, Urban space perception
  • Santiago de Chile (CL) / Universidad de Chile, April 2005
  • Support: Universidad de Chile

Shake/Speare | Cutup of Shakespeare's opera omnia

  • Media arts, Net-art, Generative hypertext
  • Torino (IT) - May 2003
  • Independent work

Photography | A selection of pictures

Graphic design | A selection of web and print design

Resume, contact & links


Currently located in

Cambridge - Boston, MA (US)

Where I am currently located